In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Werneth like this:
WERNITH, a chapelry in Prestwich parish, Lancashire; suburban, on the SW, to Oldham. It was constituted in 1844; and its Post town is Oldham. Pop., 5,888. Houses, 1,096. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £300. Patron, alternately the Crown and the Bishop. The church was built in 1855; and is in the early English style, with tower and spire.
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Werneth through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Werneth, in Oldham and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24745
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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