Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for DAVYHULME

DAVYHULME, a hamlet in Barton-upon-Irwell parish, Lancashire; adjacent to the river Irwell, 6½ miles WSW of Manchester. It has a post office under Manchester. Pop., 569. D. Hall is the seat of the Norreyses.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Barton upon Irwell CP/Tn       Lancashire AncC
Place: Davyhulme

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