In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wardle like this:
WARDLE, a chapelry, with a village, in Rochdale parish, Lancashire; 2¾ miles NNE of Rochdale r. station. It was constituted in 1859; and it has a post-office under Rochdale. Pop., 2,176. Houses, 439. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £200.* Patron, the Vicar of Smallbridge. The church is modern and cruciform, and has a tower and spire. There are two dissenting chapels and a national school.
Wardle through time
Wardle is now part of Rochdale district. Click here for graphs and data of how Rochdale has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Wardle itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wardle, in Rochdale and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/644
Date accessed: 28th April 2024
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