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In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Woolfold like this:
Woolfold, vil. with ry. sta., SE. Lancashire, 1½ mile NW. of Bury; P.O.; has the Woolfold Paperworks.
Woolfold is now part of BURY District. Click here for graphs and data of how BURY has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Woolfold itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Woolfold, in Bury and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25147
Date accessed: 13th February 2026
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