A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
PATRICROFT, a village in Barton-upon-Irwell township, Eccles parish, Lancashire; on the Liverpool and Manchester railway, near the Bridgewater canal and the river Irwell, 4½ miles W of Manchester. It has a station on the railway, a post-office‡ under Manchester, a recently-constructed iron church, a British school, acotton mill, a quilting factory, silk-throwing and weaving mills, machine works, an iron-foundry, and manyprivate residences.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Lancashire AncC |
| Place: | Patricroft |
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