HEYWOOD, a chapelry in that part of the parish of BURY which is in the hundred of SALFORD, county palatine of LANCASTER, 2 miles (E.) from Bury, with which the population is returned. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chester, endowed with £400 private benefaction, £600 royal bounty, and £1200 parliamentary grant. The Rev. G. Hornby was patron in 1823. The chapel contains three hundred free sittings, towards defraying the expense of which the Incorporated Society for the enlargement of churches and chapels contributed £400. There are places of worship for Independents, Wesleyan Methodists, and Swedenborgians. In 1737, James Lancashire bequeathed £50 towards establishing a school for poor children: a school-house and a rent-charge of £ 5 per annum were likewise conveyed to trustees, by James Starky, as also a bequest of £50, the interest to be applied in aid of the children; twenty children are taught by a schoolmistress, who has the use of a house rent-free, and a stipend of £ 5 per annum; 40s. are applied annually for the benefit of the children. A National school is supported by voluntary contributions. Here are extensive manufactories for cotton and woollen goods.