Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WHALEY-BRIDGE

WHALEY-BRIDGE, a village in Whaley-cum-Yeardsley township, Cheshire; on the river Goyt, the Peak Forest canal, and the Manchester and Buxton railway, 9¼ miles SE of Stockport. It has a post-office‡ under Stockport, and a r. station.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Cheshire AncC
Place: Whaley Bridge

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