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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described High Houses like this:
HIGH HOUSES, a village in Sharples township, Bolton-le-Moors parish, Lancashire; 5 miles E of Chorley.
High Houses is now part of BOLTON District. Click here for graphs and data of how BOLTON has changed over two centuries. For statistics about High Houses itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of High Houses, in Bolton and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26538
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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