CHORLEY, a market-town in the parish of Croston, and hundred of Leyland, in Lancashire, 209 miles from London, on the great road to Edinburgh. The river Chor rises near it, the various streams from which are used to turn mills, and for the other purposes of the cotton manufacture, which is very extensively carried on in and around the town. Two canals connect Chorley with Leeds, Liverpool, and Lancaster. The market, on Tuesday, is
well supplied. The inhabitants amounted in 1811 to 5182, in 1821 to 7315, and in 1831 to 9282.