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In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Smithills like this:
Smithhills, vil., Boltou le Moors par., SE. Lancashire, 2 miles N W. of Bolton; in vicinity is Smithhills Hall, seat.
Smithills is now part of BOLTON District. Click here for graphs and data of how BOLTON has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Smithills itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Smithills, in Bolton and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22748
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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