RUMWORTH, a township in the parish of DEAN,
hundred of SALFORD, county palatine of LANCASTER,
3 miles (W. S. W.) from Great Bolton, containing 847
inhabitants. James Crompton, in 1636, bequeathed
£ 100 towards the support of a school, to which subsequent
bequests have been added, producing an annual
income of £36. 17, for which about fifty children, are
taught to read only, in a school-room rebuilt in 1820,
at an expense of £750.