PENNINGTON, a township in the parish of LEIGH,
hundred of WEST-DERBY, county palatine of LANCASTER,
1 mile (S. by W.) from Leigh, containing 2782 inhabitants.
This township includes part of the market
town of Leigh. The manufacture of cotton is extensively
carried on; and the neighbourhood produces
coal, and lime of a very superior quality. AtPennington
Hall is a small chapel for Swedenborgians.