Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Mottram in Longen Dale

Mottram in Longen Dale, town, par., and township (ry. sta. Mottram and Broadbottom), Cheshire, 3 miles W. of Glossop and 9 miles E. of Manchester - par., 23,279 ac., pop. 25,576; town and township, 1084 ac., pop. 2913; P.O., called Mottram; cotton-spinning and calico-printing are carried on.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "town, parish, and township"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Mottram CP/AP       Cheshire AncC
Place names: MOTTRAM     |     MOTTRAM IN LONGEN DALE
Place: Mottram in Longendale

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