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Hindley

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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an urban district in the Ince parliamentary division of Lancashire, England, 2 M. E.S.E. of Wigan, on the Lancashire & Yorkshire and Great Central railways. Pop. (1901) 23,504. Cotton spinning and the manufacture of cotton goods are the principal industries, and there are extensive coal-mines in the neighbourhood. It is recorded that in the time of the Puritan revolution Hindley church was entered by the Cavaliers, who played at cards in the pews, pulled down the pulpit and tore the Bible in pieces.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Hindley'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​h/hindley.html. 1910.
 
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