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Little Hulton, Lancashire

Historical Description

Hulton, Little, a village and a township, with two ecclesiastical parishes, in Deane parish, Lancashire. The village stands 2½ miles WSW of Halshaw Moor, and 3½ S of Bolton, is a considerable place, inhabited chiefly by colliers, and has a station on the L. & N.W.R., and a post, money order, and telegraph office, under Bolton. Acreage of township, 1707; population, 6693. The two ecclesiastical parishes are Peel or Little Hulton (population, 3225), and Little Hnlton (3359). Kenyon Peel Hall belongs to Lord Kenyon. Coal is largely worked. The living of St Paul (Peel), is a vicarage in the diocese of Manchester; gross value, £300 with residence. Patron, Lord Kenyon. The church is a plain building with a bell turret The living of St John the Baptist (Little Hulton) is a vicarage in the diocese of Manchester; gross value, £300 with residence. There are a school-room used for worship, and Roman Catholic, Wesleyan, and Primitive Methodist chapels.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyLancashire 
Civil parishDeane 
HundredSalford 
Poor Law unionBolton 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

Ancestry.co.uk, in association with Lancashire Archives, have images of the Parish Registers for Lancashire online.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Little Hulton from the following:


Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Lancashire is available to browse.


Maps

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Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Lancashire newspapers online:

DistrictSalford
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland
Postal districtM38
Post TownManchester

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