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Eccleston is a village and civil parish of the Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England. It is beside the River Yarrow , and was formerly an agricultural and later a weaving settlement. History
Chorley is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England, [1] 8 miles (13 km) north of Wigan, 11 miles (18 km) south west of Blackburn, 11 miles (18 km) north west of Bolton, 12 miles (19 km) south of Preston and 20 miles (32 km) north west of Manchester.
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The Borough of Chorley is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. It is named after the town of Chorley , which is an unparished area . The borough extends to several villages and hamlets including Adlington , Buckshaw Village , Croston , Eccleston , Euxton and Whittle-le-Woods .
The Municipal Borough of Chorley was governed by a mayor and council of eight aldermen and twenty-four councillors, chosen equally from four wards — North, East, South and West. [3] The borough's population remained roughly static in the 20th century, with the 1911 census showing 30,315 people and the 1961 census showing 31,315.
Chorley East (3) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour: Raymond Parr 1,658 24.9 Labour: Patricia Mary Wilson 1,651 24.7 Labour: Terence Brown 1,536 23.0 Independent: Melville Coombes 711 10.7 Conservative: Jacqueline C. Bettney 596 8.9 Liberal Democrats: Jean Mellor 521 7.8 Turnout
Chorley is a hamlet (at ) and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The hamlet lies 5 miles to the west of Nantwich and 6 miles to the north east of Malpas. The total population is a little over a hundred people.
Anderton is a civil parish in the Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England. It is now a suburb of Adlington, 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Bolton. Within its boundaries are the Rivington Reservoirs. Grimeford village is in the parish. In 2001, the parish had a population of 1,206, [1] increasing to 1,316 at the 2011 census. [2]