Source document description
Pigot & Dean's Directory 1821 - Bolton
Period covered: from 1821 to 1821
World location: UK & Ireland
Country location(s): England
'Region' and/or city location(s): Lancashire
Town/locale: Bolton (Great & Little), Great Lever, Little Lever, Darcy Lever, Farnworth, Halshaw Moor, Halliwell, Hulton-Lane-Ends, Kearsley, Prestolee, Ringley, Sharples, Tonge with Haugh
Now a borough in Greater Manchester, in 1821 Bolton was a large and thriving manufacturing town 11 miles north-west of Manchester in the county of Lancashire. Great Bolton and Little Bolton were two of the eighteen townships of the ecclesiastical parish of Bolton le Moors. These two townships were separated by the River Croal, with Little Bolton on the north side of the river and Great Bolton on the south side.
Bolton was known as a major centre for the cotton spinning industry in Britain, and also conatined a number of iron foundries. In the 1821 census the population of Great Bolton was given as 22,000, with an additional 9, 250 resident in Little Bolton.
All places except Bolton are distinguished by italics.
Merchant: Genhound
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