Bolton le Moors (also known as Bolton le Moors St Peter) was a large civil parish and ecclesiastical parish in hundred of Salford in the historic county of Lancashire, England. It was administered from St Peter's Church, Bolton in the township of Great Bolton.
History Bolton le Moors was originally a part of the ancient parish of Eccles. In the 14th century it became a parish in its own right.The parish of Bolton-le-Moors. British History Online. Retrieved on 15 March 2009. It resembled what is now the town of Bolton and some outskirts. As with many large parishes in the north of England, it was split into townships in 1662 for easier civic administration.Local Authority Records: Townships And Civil Parishes . Retrieved on 15 March 2009. Some of the townships had chapels and were known as chapelries.Map of Bolton ancient parishes. Retrieved on 15 March 2009.
Anglezarke Blackrod Bradshaw Breightmet Darcy Lever Edgworth Entwistle Great Bolton Harwood Little Bolton Little Lever Longworth Lostock Quarlton Rivington Sharples Tonge with Haulgh Turton
For civil purposes, these townships and chapelries were largely autonomous. For ecclesiastical purposes they were presided by and gave an overall precept to the vicar of Bolton. In 1866, the young civil parish (civil parishes in England were set up for almost all parishes from the 1840s to 1860s) was ended; the townships became civil parishes in their own right. These townships, later civil parishes, were used for the censuses until 1891, after which most were absorbed into the County Borough of Bolton or became urban districts. Anglezarke and Rivington became part of the Chorley Rural District.
Anglican parish
The residual ecclesiastical parish exists, being east-central Bolton town centre and a joined-on zone south-west.Bolton-le-Moors: St Peter (Parish Map). Retrieved on 15 March 2009. It is one of the Church of England parishes in the Diocese of Manchester.Bolton Parish Church. (Official website). Retrieved on 15 March 2009.Diocese of Manchester: Churches . Retrieved on 15 March 2009. The parish church is St Peter's Church, Bolton and was rebuilt between 1866 and 1871.
The Reverend Matthew Thompson served from 2008 to 2017 before becoming Dean of Birmingham.Parish Magazine: June 2008 . Retrieved on 15 March 2009.
Notable residents Thomas Cole (1801–1848), painter and the founder of the Hudson River School. John Moran (1830–1902), pioneer artistic photographer. Thomas Moran (1837–1926) painter and printmaker of the Hudson River School.
Demography Total population of the Parish of Bolton le Moors Year 1801 1811 1821 1831 1841 1851 1861 1871 1881Population 29,826 39,721 50,197 63,034 73,298 86,660 96,266 110,818 122,248Sources:
Total population of each of the townships in the Parish of Bolton le Moors Township Year and Population 1801 1811 1821 1831 1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891Anglezarke 162 181 215 168 164 179 134 195 99 92 Blackrod 1,623 2,111 2,436 2,591 2,615 2,509 2,911 3,800 4,234 4,021Bradshaw 380 582 713 773 827 853 792 870 755 647Breightmet 734 852 963 1,026 1,309 1,500 1,562 1,500 1,525 1,720Darcy Lever 589 792 956 1,119 1,700 2,091 2,071 2,048 1,994 1,979Edgworth 1,003 1,302 1,729 2,168 1,697 1,230 1,350 1,675 1,862 1,861Entwistle 447 571 677 701 555 486 422 339 341 - - - -Great Bolton 12,549 17,070 22,037 28,299 33,449 39,923 43,435 45,313 45,694 47,067Harwood 1,281 1,430 1,809 2,011 1,996 2,057 2,055 1,976 1,811 1,564Little Bolton 4,867 7,099 9,258 12,896 15,707 19,888 24,942 35,013 41,937 44,307Little Lever 1,276 1,586 1,854 2,231 2,580 3,511 3,890 4,204 4,413 5,168Longworth 249 226 238 179 149 152 154 113 106 102Lostock 509 540 576 606 625 620 580 670 782 891Quarlton 238 295 320 376 370 361 253 264 271 251Rivington 519 526 583 537 471 412 369 531 330 373Sharples 873 1,374 2,065 2,589 2,880 3,904 3,294 3,315 3,710 6,981Tonge with Haulgh 1,158 1,402 1,678 2,201 2,627 2,826 3,539 4,050 6,731 10,735Turton 1,369 1,782 2,090 2,563 3,577 4,158 4,513 4,942 5,653 11,808Sources:
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