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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Folds like this:
FOLDS, a village in Sharples township, Bolton parish, Lancashire; 5½ miles E of Chorley.
Folds is now part of BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Folds itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Folds, in Blackburn with Darwen and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26533
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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