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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Tameside like this:
TAME (The), a river of Yorkshire, Lancashire, and Cheshire; rising near Saddleworth; and running about 18 miles south-westward, past Staleybridge, to the Mersey at Stockport.
Tameside is now part of TAMESIDE District. Click here for graphs and data of how TAMESIDE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Tameside itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Tameside in Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/17262
Date accessed: 14th February 2026
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