TOTTINGTON (HIGHER), a township in that part
of the parish of BURY which is in the hundred of SALFORD,
county palatine of LANCASTER, 3 miles (N. W.)
from Bury, containing 1728 inhabitants. Joshua.Elton,
in 1761, gave certain lands and buildings in support of
a free school at the village of Edenfield, in this townshipj
but the income is only £1. 2. 6. a year, for which one
child is educated. Samuel Ash ton, in 1826, gave land
for the enlargement of this [charity, for which purpose
also a subscription has been entered into.