| Pennington | |
|---|---|
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| History | |
| • Created | Middle Ages |
| • Abolished | 1894 |
| • Succeeded by | Leigh Urban District |
| Status | Township |
Pennington, a suburb of Leigh, Greater Manchester is one of six townships in the ancient ecclesiastical parish of Leigh,[1] that with Westleigh and Bedford merged to form the town of Leigh in 1875. The township of Pennington covered most of Leigh's town centre.
- ^ The Parish of Leigh in the County of Lancashire, genuki.org.uk, retrieved 3 September 2012