Great Bolton

Great Bolton
Area
  1891826 acres (3.34 km2)
Population
  180112,549
  189147,067
History
  CreatedMiddle Ages
  Abolished1895
StatusTownship (Until 1866),
Civil parish (1866–95)

Great Bolton was a township of the civil and ecclesiastical parish of Bolton le Moors in the Salford hundred of Lancashire, England and later a separate civil parish. Despite its name, Great Bolton had a smaller acreage than its northern neighbour Little Bolton from which it was separated by the River Croal. In 1891 the parish had a population of 47,067.