Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Werneth

Werneth.-- township with ry. sta., Stockport par., Cheshire, partly in bor. of Hyde, and 4 miles NE. of Stockport, 1571 ac., pop. 3129; has cotton mfrs., calico printing, and hat-making. Werneth Low is an eminence, commanding fine views.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Compstall Tn/CP       Stockport AP/CP       Cheshire AncC
Place: Compstall

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