Description
Tottington, a village and an ecclesiastical parish in Lancashire, 2 1/2 miles NNW of Bury, with a station on the L. & Y.R., and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Bury. The church, a nondescript structure, was built in 1799 as a chapel of ease to the parish church of Bury. In 1844 it was made the centre of an ecclesiastical parish, the population of which is 5611. The benefice is a vicarage in the diocese of Manchester; gross value, £290 with residence. Patron, the Rector of Bury.
Tottington Manor is one of the oldest manors in England. It is 5 or 6 miles long, and includes Tottington, Walshaw, Hawkshaw, Holcombe, Edenfield, and the small town of Ramsbottom. It belonged to the Crown, was given by Charles II. to General Monk, and passed through the Duchess of Buccleuch to Lord Montague.
