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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Longworth like this:
LONGWORTH, a township in Bolton-le-Moors parish, Lancashire; 5 miles N by W of Bolton. Acres, 1,590. Real property, £1,145. Pop., 154. Houses, 23. A cotton-mill is here.
Longworth is now part of BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Longworth itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Longworth, in Blackburn with Darwen and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22539
Date accessed: 17th February 2026
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