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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Haulgh like this:
HAULGH, a township in Bolton-le-Moors parish, Lancashire; within Bolton borough, ¾ of a mile NE of Bolton. Acres, with Tonge, 1, 030. Real property, with Tonge, £11, 421; of which £800 are in mines, and £375 in railways. Pop. of H. alone, in 1851, 1, 360; in 1861, 2, 018. Houses, 409. The increase of pop. arose from the erection of cotton mills.
Haulgh is now part of BOLTON District. Click here for graphs and data of how BOLTON has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Haulgh itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Haulgh, in Bolton and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24574
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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