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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Clayton le Woods like this:
CLAYTON-LE-WOODS, a township in Leyland parish, Lancashire; on the Wigan and Preston railway, 3¾ miles NNW of Chorley. It contains Clayton-Green, with post office under Chorley. Acres, 1, 450. Real property, £3, 544. Pop., 705. Houses, 144.
Clayton le Woods is now part of CHORLEY District. Click here for graphs and data of how CHORLEY has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Clayton le Woods itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Clayton le Woods, in Chorley and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10048
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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