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RIVINGTON, a village, a township-chapelry, and a sub-district, in Chorley district, Lancashire. The village stands on the side of a hill, 2 miles E N E of Adling-ton r. station, and 4 S E of Chorley; overlooks the largereservoir of the Liverpool water-works; and has a post-office under Chorley. The chapelrycomprises 2, 630 acres; and is in Bolton-le-Moors parish. Real property, £2, 153. Pop., 369. Houses, 82. The property is divided among a few. R. Hall, Gillbrook Hall, and Beech House arechief residences. R. Pike is a mountain 1, 345 feet high, and had formerly a beacon. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £90* Patrons, the Inhabitants. The church is tolerable; and there are a Presbyterian chapel, and an endowed grammar-school with £310 a year.—The sub-district contains also another township of Bolton, and three of Standish. Acres, 7, 742. Pop., 3, 493. Houses, 676.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a township-chapelry, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Rivington Ch/CP Chorley RegD/PLU Lancashire AncC |
| Place: | Rivington |
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