In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Beswick like this:
BESWICK, an extra-parochial tract in Manchester borough, Lancashire; 1 mile NE of the Manchester and Sheffield railway depot. Acres, 60. Real property, £2,280. Pop., 881. Houses, 171. See Bradford and Manchester.
Beswick through time
Beswick is now part of Manchester district. Click here for graphs and data of how Manchester has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Beswick itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Beswick, in Manchester and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22443
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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