A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
BIRCH, or Birch-in-Rusholme, a hamlet and a chapelry in Manchester parish, Chorlton district, Lancashire. The hamlet stands 1¼ mile NW of Levenshulme r. station, and 2½ S by E of Manchester. The chapelry includes the hamlet; was constituted, conterminate with Rusholme township, in 1838; and was reconstituted, on a smaller scale, in 1854. Post Town, Levenshulme, under Manchester. Pop., 2,043. Houses, 344. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £160.* Patron, Sir J. W. H. Anson, Bart. The church is good.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Manchester AP/CP Chorlton RegD/PLU Lancashire AncC |
| Place names: | BIRCH | BIRCH IN RUSHOLME | BIRCH OR BIRCH IN RUSHOLME |
| Place: | Birch in Rusholme |
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