In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ashworth like this:
ASHWORTH, a township-chapelry in Middleton parish, Lancashire; on an affluent of the river Roch, 3 miles NE by E of Bury r. station. Post Town, Rochdale. Acres, 1,022. Real property, £2,143. Pop., 233. Houses, 45. The property is all held by one proprietor. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £119. Patron, Lord Egerton. The church is good.
Ashworth through time
Ashworth is now part of Rochdale district. Click here for graphs and data of how Rochdale has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ashworth itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ashworth, in Rochdale and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22440
Date accessed: 27th April 2024
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