Description
Anglezark, a township in Rivington parish, Lancashire, 3 miles E of Chorley station on the L. & Y.R. It is situated on the Moors, which abound in grouse. Acreage, 2793; population, 92. There are large stone quarries and a cotton mill; and lead ore, witherite, and carbonate of barytes are found. There are several small charities. Post town, Chorley, which is the money order and telegraph office.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
