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SHAWFORTH, a village in Rochdale parish, Lancashire; 4½ miles N of Rochdale. It has a post-office under Rochdale, a news-room, cotton-mills, and a Wesleyan chapel.
(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: | Shawforth |
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