Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Hopwood

Hopwood.-- township, Middleton par., SE. Lancashire, mostly in bor. of Heywood, 2126 ac., pop. 4440; P.O.; has cotton mills and iron-foundry; contains the seat of Hopwood Hall.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Lancashire AncC
Place: Hopwood

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