In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Delph like this:
DELPH, a village and a sub-district in Saddleworth-with-Quick township, Rochdale parish, Saddleworth district, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands at the terminus of a branch of the Sheffield and Manchester railway, 2¼ miles E of the boundary with Lancashire, and 6½ NE of Ashton-under-Lyne; and has a station on the railway, and a post office‡ under Manchester. ...
The woollen manufacture is carried on. There are chapels for Independents and Wesleyans. The sub-district comprises the part of Saddleworth-with-Quick township N of the Stockport and Newhouses road, and W of the Wakefield and Ansterlands road. Pop., 9, 754. Houses, 2, 048.
Delph through time
Delph is now part of Oldham district. Click here for graphs and data of how Oldham has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Delph itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Delph, in Oldham and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20891
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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