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through an intermediary acting on behalf of the descendants of the owner as an historic relic to preserve its existence and keep the rights within the borough, at a cost of £15,000 in 2006. At the same time designing a heraldic badge for
Sharples. In the same year he gifted the rights to
172:. Sharples was the name of a local family who lived at Sharples Hall, the Lawson family owned the Hall at the time that the manor became partitioned after the death of Dr John Sharples Lawson who died in 1816. The next family to live and own the hall were the Rothwells.
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and
Whimberry Hill contained the districts of Hordern, Belmont, and the hamlet of Bromiley and a reservoir built by Bolton Waterworks formed the boundary between Sharples and Longworth. Lower Sharples was separated from the upper portion by a detached portion of
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replaced parishes as the main units of local administration in
Lancashire. Sharples became one of the eighteen autonomous townships of the parish of Bolton le Moors. In 1837, Sharples became part of the Bolton
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The township, on ground rising to the north of Bolton, had an area of 3920 acres divided into two portions. Upper
Sharples on the slopes of
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Evening News, 2008, Malcome Howe Unveils Sharples Coat of Arms
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became Astley Bridge Local Board of Health and in 1894 Astley Bridge
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whilst retaining rights to continue the use of the title of
407:"Self-styled Peer unveils coat of arms for Bolton village"
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and was separated and then further divided into shares by
640:, Greater Manchester County Record Office, archived from
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Authority Records: Townships And Civil Parishes
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Sharples contained forty-three hearths liable to the
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223:, whilst administered from St Peter's Church, at
332:St Peter's church in Belmont was built in 1850.
362:A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 5
320:The main secondary school serving the area is
1251:History of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton
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356:Farrer, William; Brownbill, J., eds. (1911),
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719:Blackburn and Over Darwen Tramways Company
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563:, British History Online, pp. 295–302
364:, British History Online, pp. 260–262
211:Historically, Sharples formed part of the
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267:from 1894 to 1898 when it became part of
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467:"The Lordship of the Manor of Sharples"
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259:in 1898. Upper Sharples became Belmont
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561:A Topographical Dictionary of England
445:A Topographical Dictionary of England
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183:coal was mined on a small scale and
247:In 1864 Lower Sharples and part of
219:, a judicial division of southwest
1261:Geography of Blackburn with Darwen
405:Thorpe, Julian (29 October 2008),
14:
473:. Halliwell Local History Society
871:Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery
493:"Malcolm Howe, Lord of Sharples"
724:Blackburn Boulevard bus station
613:, The Workhouse, archived from
471:Halliwell Local History Society
729:Blackburn Corporation Tramways
689:Culture and infrastructure of
1:
557:"Bolton-Le-Moors (St. Peter)"
529:Kelly, Angela (6 June 2006).
952:East Lancashire Cricket Club
637:Greater Manchester Gazetteer
324:, located on Hill Cot Road.
271:and in 1974 became part of
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998:Blackburn (ancient parish)
227:. Under provisions of the
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947:Darwen Old Wanderers F.C.
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1003:Blackburn Rural District
922:Blackburn Park Road F.C.
744:Lancashire Union Railway
533:. Bolton News. NewsQuest
413:, Newsquest Media Group
255:before being merged in
917:Blackburn Olympic F.C.
790:Mill Hill (Lancashire)
304:via Astley Bridge and
57: • Abolished
1179:North East Lancashire
1174:Rossendale and Darwen
1018:Turton Urban District
967:Lancashire Wolverines
957:East Lancashire Lions
927:Blackburn Rovers F.C.
811:Blackburn Bolton Road
714:Blackburn Bus Company
691:Blackburn with Darwen
384:Sharples Township Map
269:Turton Urban District
265:Bolton Rural District
257:Bolton County Borough
181:Industrial Revolution
116:ecclesiastical parish
1050:Lancashire Telegraph
1039:BBC Radio Lancashire
902:Blackburn Buccaneers
739:East Lancashire line
229:Poor Relief Act 1662
179:in 1666. During the
45: • Created
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1118:Darwen Town Council
932:Darwen Cricket Club
866:Blackburn Cathedral
836:Turton and Edgworth
734:Blackburn Transport
531:"Thank you, M'Lord"
1256:West Pennine Moors
1222:53.5991°N 2.4330°W
962:Lancashire Raptors
942:Darwen F.C. (1870)
912:Blackburn Law F.C.
861:King George's Hall
754:Witton Weavers Way
749:Ribble Valley line
610:Bolton, Lancashire
294:West Pennine Moors
273:Blackburn District
130:, England. It lay
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1081:Council elections
972:Lower Darwen F.C.
887:Alexandra Meadows
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225:Great Bolton
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185:cotton mills
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79:Civil parish
31:Civil parish
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1225: /
982:Witton F.C.
977:Turton F.C.
937:Darwen F.C.
892:Barley Bank
831:Spring Vale
821:Feniscowles
795:Pleasington
775:Cherry Tree
648:21 November
537:20 February
503:21 November
477:21 November
451:21 November
391:20 November
368:20 November
285:Winter Hill
166:Middle Ages
81:(1866–1898)
50:Middle Ages
1240:Categories
1210:53°35′57″N
816:Daisyfield
441:"Sharples"
417:12 January
358:"Sharples"
336:References
221:Lancashire
207:Governance
177:hearth tax
128:Lancashire
1213:2°25′59″W
1139:Blackburn
841:Wilpshire
785:Entwistle
770:Blackburn
709:A678 road
698:Transport
594:26 August
567:26 August
316:Education
279:Geography
233:townships
1065:Politics
1023:Quarlton
1013:Sharples
621:9 August
328:Religion
310:moorland
306:Withnell
242:Poor Law
108:township
106:, was a
100:Sharples
74:Township
27:Township
21:Sharples
1076:Council
1044:The Bee
991:History
302:Preston
263:in the
217:Salford
213:Hundred
160:History
150:Belmont
139:⁄
122:in the
110:of the
37:History
1159:Darwen
780:Darwen
298:Bolton
146:Bolton
104:Bolton
70:Status
1032:Media
880:Sport
296:from
112:civil
1187:1880
1167:1943
1152:1875
1147:1869
1086:2004
854:Arts
650:2010
623:2010
596:2010
569:2010
539:2022
505:2019
479:2019
453:2010
419:2010
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