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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Prestolee like this:
PRESTOLEE, a chapelry in Prestwich parish, Lancashire; near Prestwich town. It was constituted in 1863; and its post town is Prestwich, under Manchester. Pop., about 1, 600. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £300.* Patrons, Mrs. J. B. Crompton and W. J. Rideout, Esq. The church was built and endowed by the late Mrs. Crompton; and it has a largememorial window to her, put up in 1866.
Prestolee is now part of BOLTON District. Click here for graphs and data of how BOLTON has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Prestolee itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Prestolee, in Bolton and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25208
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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