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