Little Bolton

Little Bolton
Area
  18811,779 acres (7.20 km2)
  1891727 acres (2.94 km2)
Population
  18014,867
  189144,307
History
  CreatedMiddle Ages
  Abolished1895
StatusTownship (Until 1866),
Civil parish (1866–95)
  HQLittle Bolton Town Hall

Little Bolton was a township of the civil and ecclesiastical parish of Bolton le Moors in the Salford hundred of Lancashire, England, and later a separate civil parish. Besides the main part of Little Bolton, it had three detached parts which were separated by areas of Lower Sharples and Higher Sharples. Despite its name, Little Bolton had a larger acreage than its southern neighbour Great Bolton, from which it was separated by the River Croal. In 1891 the parish had a population of 44,307.