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CHORLEY

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 270 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHORLEY , a See also:

market See also:town and municipal See also:borough in the Chorley See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Lancashire, See also:England, on the See also:river See also:Yarrow, 202 M. N.W. by W. from See also:London and 22 M. N.W. from See also:Manchester, on the Lancashire & See also:Yorkshire and London & See also:North-Western See also:railways and the See also:Leeds & See also:Liverpool See also:Canal. Pop. (1891) 23,087; (1901) 26,852. The See also:church of St See also:Lawrence is of Perpendicular and earlier date, largely restored; it contains See also:fine woodwork and some interesting monuments. See also:Cotton See also:spinning and the manufacture of cotton and See also:muslin are extensively carried on, and there are also See also:iron and See also:brass foundries and See also:boiler factories. Railway-See also:wagon See also:building is an important See also:industry. The See also:district contains a number of See also:coal-mines and See also:stone-quarries. See also:Close to the town is the beautiful Elizabethan See also:mansion of See also:Astley See also:Hall, which is said to have sheltered See also:Oliver See also:Cromwell after the See also:battle of See also:Preston (1648). The See also:corporation consists of a See also:mayor, 6 aldermen and 24 councillors. See also:Area, 3614 acres.

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