Pilkington (ancient township)

Pilkington
History
 • CreatedHigh Middle Ages
 • Abolished1894
 • Succeeded byCounty Borough of Bury,
Whitefield Urban District,
Radcliffe Urban District
StatusTownship
Subdivisions
 • Type"Recognised divisions"[1]
 • UnitsOutwood, Unsworth, Whitefield

Pilkington was a township in the parish of Prestwich-cum-Oldham, hundred of Salford and county of Lancashire, in northern England.[2][3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference vchPilk was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Greater Manchester Gazetteer, Greater Manchester County Record Office, archived from the original on 18 July 2011, retrieved 17 June 2008
  3. ^ Pilkington Township Map, genuki.org.uk, retrieved 27 June 2010