FARNWORTH, a chapelry in the parish of DEAN,
hundred of SALFORD, county palatine of LANCASTER,
2 miles (S. S. E.) from Great Bolton, containing 2044
inhabitants. The chapel, a handsome structure, has been
recently erected by the Commissioners appointed under
the act for building additional churches, at an expense
of £8000, There is a place of worship for Independents.
In this township are extensive coal and vitriol
works, spinning and power-loom mills, and one of the
best paper manufactories in the kingdom. A schoolhouse,
erected on land given by James Roscoe, in 1715,
was endowed, in 1728, with £300 by Nathan Doming,
The commissioners of enclosures, in 1798, allotted cer-.
tain land to the trustees of this school, and in 1825
the school-room was rebuilt; there is also a house and
garden for the master. An infant school, and a school
for the children of Wesleyan Methodists, are supported
by subscription.