Leverbridge, Lancashire
Historical Description
Leverbridge, an ecclesiastical parish in Bolton-le-Moors parish, Lancashire, on the river Tonge, the Bolton and Bury railway, and the Bolton and Manchester Canal, 1½ mile E by S of Bolton railway station. It comprises the township of Darcy Lever, and part of the township of Hauigh, and was constituted in 1844. Post town, Bolton; money order and telegraph office, Darcy Lever. Population, 8485. The Earl of Bradford is lord of the manor and one of the chief landowners. There is a colliery and several cotton mills. A magnificent viaduct takes the Bolton and Bury railway over the valley, and a three-arched aqueduct takes the Bolton and Manchester Canal across the river. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Manchester; gross value, £300. Patron, alternately the Crown and the Bishop. The church was built in 1844, at a cost of upwards of £3000, on a site given by the Earl of Bradford, and is a cruciform structure of terracotta in the Decorated English style, with tower and spire. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
Church Records
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Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Lancashire is available to browse.
Newspapers and Periodicals
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