EDGWORTH, a township in the parish of BOLTON, hundred of SALFORD, county palatine of LANCASTER, 5 miles (N.N.E.) from Bolton, containing 1729 inhabitants. The Independents have a place of worship here. There are several establishments in the neighbourhood, for spinning and printing cotton. A school-room for the education of poor children, and a dwelling-house for the master, were erected in 1804, by subscriptions amounting to £ 500.