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.
These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Manchester. You may be able to find further references to Manchester in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.
| Place | Type of entry | Source |
|---|---|---|
| MANCHESTER | a city, a township, a district, a parish, and a diocese | Imperial |
| MANCHESTER AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY | a railway | Imperial |
| MANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY | a railway | Imperial |
| MANCHESTER, BOLTON, AND BURY RAILWAY | a railway | Imperial |
| MANCHESTER, BURY, AND ROSSENDALE RAILWAY | a railway | Imperial |
| MANCHESTER, BUXTON, MATLOCK, AND MIDLANDS JUNCTION RAILWAY | a railway | Imperial |
| MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLNSHIRE RAILWAY | a railway | Imperial |
| MANCHESTER, SOUTH JUNCTION, AND ALTRINCHAM RAILWAY | a railway | Imperial |
This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Manchester.
| Place | Type of entry | Source |
|---|---|---|
| ARDWICK | a township, three chapelries, and a subdistrict | Imperial |
| BARLOW-MOOR | a chapelry | Imperial |
| Barlow Moor, Emmanuel | ecclesiastical district | Bartholomew |
| Birch in Rusholme | ecclesiastical district and hamlet | Bartholomew |
| BIRCH, or Birch-in-Rusholme | a hamlet and a chapelry | Imperial |
| Blackley | township | Bartholomew |
| BLACKLEY | a village, two chapelries, and a subdistrict | Imperial |
| BRADFORD | a township and a chapelry | Imperial |
| BRADFORD-ROAD | a chapelry | Imperial |
| Broughton | township | Bartholomew |
| Burnage | township | Bartholomew |
| BURNAGE | a township | Imperial |
| Chorlton cum Hardy | township with railway station | Bartholomew |
| CHORLTON-CUM-HARDY | a township-chapelry | Imperial |
| Chorlton upon Medlock | township | Bartholomew |
| CLAYTON | a village | Imperial |
| Crumpsall | township with railway station | Bartholomew |
| CRUMPSALL | a township and two chapelries | Imperial |
| Culcheth | hamlet | Bartholomew |
| Denton | small town and township with railway station | Bartholomew |
| DENTON | a township, two chapelries, and a sub-district | Imperial |
| DROYLSDEN | a township-chapelry | Imperial |
| Failsworth | township and railway station | Bartholomew |
| Fairfield | village and railway station | Bartholomew |
| FAIRFIELD | a village | Imperial |
| Fallowfield | ecclesiastical district and village | Bartholomew |
| Gorton | township and railway station | Bartholomew |
| GORTON | a township and a chapelry | Imperial |
| Harpurhey | township | Bartholomew |
| HARPURHEY | a township and a chapelry | Imperial |
| Haughton | township | Bartholomew |
| HAUGHTON | a village and a township | Imperial |
| Heaton Mersey | ecclesiastical district | Bartholomew |
| HEATON-MERSEY | a village and a chapelry | Imperial |
| Heaton Moor | ecclesiastical district | Bartholomew |
| Heaton Reddish | ecclesiastical district | Bartholomew |
| Higher Openshaw | village | Bartholomew |
| HOPE | a chapelry | Imperial |
| Hulme | township | Bartholomew |
| KERSALL | a village and a chapelry | Imperial |
| KIRKMANSHULME | a hamlet | Imperial |
| Kirkmanshulme, Hamlet of | Bartholomew | |
| Levenshulme | township with railway station | Bartholomew |
| Longsight | 2 ecclesiastical districts | Bartholomew |
| LONGSIGHT | a chapelry | Imperial |
| Lower Broughton | district | Bartholomew |
| Lower Crumpsall | ecclesiastical district | Bartholomew |
| MILES-PLATTING | a chapelry | Imperial |
| Moss Side | town and township | Bartholomew |
| MOSS-SIDE | a village, a township, and a chapelry | Imperial |
| Moston | township and railway station | Bartholomew |
| Newton | township | Bartholomew |
| Newton Heath | town and railway station | Bartholomew |
| Openshaw | town and township | Bartholomew |
| OPENSHAW | a township and a chapelry | Imperial |
| Openshaw, Higher | Bartholomew | |
| Ordsall | ecclesiastical district and railway station | Bartholomew |
| PADDINGTON | a chapelry | Imperial |
| Redbank | ecclesiastical district | Bartholomew |
| REDBANK | a chapelry | Imperial |
| Reddish | township and railway station | Bartholomew |
| REDDISH | a township and a chapelry | Imperial |
| Rusholme | town and township | Bartholomew |
| RUSHOLME | a township | Imperial |
| Stretford | town and township with railway station | Bartholomew |
| TRAFFORD (Old) | a chapelry | Imperial |
| West Gorton, Gorton | Bartholomew | |
| Whalley Range | ecclesiastical district | Bartholomew |
| WHALLEY-RANGE | a chapelry | Imperial |
| Withington | town and township | Bartholomew |
| WITHINGTON | a township and a chapelry | Imperial |
This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Manchester within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.
This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:
| Place | Mentioned in Travel Writing | Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer |
|---|---|---|
| Chorlton upon Medlock | 0 | 2 |
| Moss Side | 0 | 2 |
| Rusholme | 0 | 2 |
| Ardwick | 0 | 2 |
| Birch in Rusholme | 0 | 2 |
| Chorlton | 0 | 2 |
| West Gorton | 0 | 2 |
| Longsight | 0 | 2 |
| Kirkmanshulme | 0 | 2 |
| Hulme | 0 | 2 |
| Deansgate | 0 | 2 |
| Fallowfield | 0 | 2 |
| Whalley Range | 0 | 2 |
| Bradford Road | 0 | 1 |
| Beswick | 0 | 2 |
| Openshaw | 0 | 2 |
| Levenshulme | 0 | 2 |
| Bradford | 0 | 2 |
| Oldfield Road | 0 | 1 |
| Gorton | 0 | 2 |