A Comprehensive List of Chapelries in Deane Parish

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DEANE, a village and a parish in Bolton district, Lancashire. The village stands near the Bolton and Leigh railway, 1¾ mile SW of Bolton; and has a post office under Bolton. The parish contains also the town ships of Kersley, Farmworth, Little Hulton, Middle Hulton, Over Hulton, Rumworth, Westhoughton, Heaton, Halliwell, and Horwich. Acres, 19, 340. Real property, £157, 633; of which £46, 743 are in mines. and £642 in quarries. Pop., 35, 746. Houses, 7, 077. The property, in many parts, is much subdivided. Large part of the population is employed in cotton factories, bleachfields, and coal-mines. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £350 * Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is good, and was recently enlarged.

Here's a list of the chapelries lying within and standing in the civl parish boundaries of Dean Parish:


 * Halliwell St Peter - 1840
 * Halliwell St Paul - 1848
 * Westhoughton - 1732
 * Wingates -
 * Horwich - 1660
 * Peel or Little Hulton - 1760