Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Moss Side

Moss Side.-- town and township, Manchester par., SE. Lancashire, on S. side and within parliamentary limits of Manchester - township, 421 ac., pop. 18,184; town (including a small part of Withington township), 420 ac., pop. 18,131; P.O., 1 Bank.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "town and township"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Manchester AP/CP       Moss Side CP/Tn       Lancashire AncC
Place: Moss Side

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