Descriptive gazetteer entries

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Place	Type of entry	Source
Houghton Division, West	parliamentary division	Bartholomew
Houghton, West	township and railway station	Bartholomew
Westhoughton	town and township	Bartholomew
West Houghton Division	parliamentary division	Bartholomew

Travel writing

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Place	Mentioned in Travel Writing	Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer
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Over Hulton	0	2
Lostock	0	2
Lostock Junction	0	2
Chowbent	0	2
Atherton	1	2
Hindley Green	0	1
Pennington Green	0	2
Howe Bridge	0	1
Hindley	0	2
Deane	0	2
Rumworth	0	2
West Leigh	0	2
Aspull	0	2
Daubhill	0	2
Middle Hulton	0	2
Heaton	0	2
Horwich	0	2
New Springs	0	1
Bolton	23	4