A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
FAILSWORTH, a township, a chapelry, and a sub-district, in Manchester parish and district, Lancashire. The township lies on the Rochdale canal, and near the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway, 4½ miles NE by E of Manchester; and has a post office under Manchester. Acres, 1, 064. Real property, £16, 052; of which £450 are in gas-works. Pop. in 1851, 4, 433; in 1861, 5, 113. Houses, 1, 054. The increase of population arose from the erection of cotton mills and manufactories, the enlargement of a foundry, and the facilities afforded for traffic by canal. The chapelry is conterminate with the township; and was constituted in 1844. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £211.* Patron, alternately the Crown and the Bishop. The church was built in 1846. There are four dissenting chapels, a Roman Catholic chapel, and national schools.—The sub-district includes Moston township. Pop., 8, 312.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township, a chapelry, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Failsworth Tn/CP Manchester PLU/PLPar/RegD Lancashire AncC |
| Place: | Failsworth |
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