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WERNITH, a chapelry in Prestwich parish, Lancashire; suburban, on the SW, to Oldham. It was constituted in 1844; and its Post town is Oldham. Pop., 5,888. Houses, 1,096. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £300. Patron, alternately the Crown and the Bishop. The church was built in 1855; and is in the early English style, with tower and spire.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Prestwich Parish Lancashire Ancient County |
| Place: | Werneth |
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