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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cowlishall like this:
COWLISHALL, a village in Crompton township, Prestwich parish, Lancashire; 2 miles N of Oldham.
Cowlishall is now part of OLDHAM District. Click here for graphs and data of how OLDHAM has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cowlishall itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cowlishall, in Oldham and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26529
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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