In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Fairfield like this:
FAIRFIELD, a village in Droylsden township, Manchester parish, Lancashire; on the Manchester and Lincoln railway, 3½ miles ESE of Manchester. It has a station on the railway; includes broad paved streets, with the aspect of a town; is a seat of cotton manufacture; and has a Moravian settlement and chapel.
Fairfield through time
Fairfield is now part of Tameside district. Click here for graphs and data of how Tameside has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Fairfield itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Fairfield, in Tameside and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22912
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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