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CHOWBENT, or Chewbent, a village in Atherton chapelry, Lancashire; with a railway station, 2¼ miles NNE of Leigh. It has a post office‡ under Manchester, and chapels for Episcopalians, Baptists, and Unitarians; and it carries on an extensive manufactory of nails.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Lancashire Ancient County |
| Place names: | CHEWBENT | CHOWBENT | CHOWBENT OR CHEWBENT |
| Place: | Chowbent |
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