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WATERFOOT, a village and a chapelry in Bury parish, Lancashire. The village stands on the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway, 2½ miles W by S of Bacup; and has a post-office under Manchester, a r. station, cotton mills, and woollen factories. The chapelry was constituted in 1861. Pop., about 3,500. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £110. Patrons, Trustees. The church is recent.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Bury Parish Lancashire Ancient County |
| Place: | Waterfoot |
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