In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Whalley Range like this:
WHALLEY-RANGE, a chapelry in Manchester parish, Lancashire; 1½ mile S of Manchester r. station. It was constituted in 1854; and its Post town is Manchester. Pop., 3,980. Houses, 748. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £422.* Patrons, Trustees. The church was built in 1849.
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Whalley Range through time
Whalley Range is now part of Manchester district. Click here for graphs and data of how Manchester has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Whalley Range itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Whalley Range, in Manchester and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26023
Date accessed: 22nd April 2025
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