Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BESWICK

BESWICK, an extra-parochial tract in Manchester borough, Lancashire; 1 mile NE of the Manchester and Sheffield railway depot. Acres, 60. Real property, £2,280. Pop., 881. Houses, 171. See Bradford and Manchester.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "an extra-parochial tract"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Lancashire AncC
Place: Beswick

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