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227:Lancashire
203:Lancashire
76:Population
1369:Companies
1230:Brinscall
1194:Adlington
1152:Transport
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1002:12 August
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323:in 1934.
255:townships
1400:Politics
1275:Withnell
512:Sources:
301:aldermen
284:and the
267:Poor Law
231:township
1615:Chorley
1552:History
1499:Chorley
1353:Cuisine
1339:The Bee
1260:Hoghton
1240:Coppull
1209:Croston
1204:Chorley
313:Duxbury
239:Croston
233:in the
217:History
211:Chorley
107:History
1255:Heapey
500:31,315
489:32,640
478:30,265
448:30,796
437:30,581
429:+12.9%
426:30,315
399:+16.3%
396:26,852
388:+18.5%
385:23,087
374:19,478
317:Euxton
309:census
150:Status
98:31,315
88:19,478
1332:Media
1314:Fauna
1288:Sport
739:Notes
503:â4.1%
497:1961
492:+7.8%
486:1951
481:â1.7%
475:1939
451:+0.7%
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440:+0.9%
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423:1911
393:1901
382:1891
371:1881
297:mayor
243:civil
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1532:1878
1527:1874
1512:1913
1507:1903
1481:2015
1476:2014
1471:2012
1466:2011
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1456:2008
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1446:2006
1441:2004
1436:2003
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