Birtle cum Bamford, Lancashire
Historical Description
Birtle-cum-Bamford, a township in Middleton parish, Lancashire. The township comprises the ecclesiastical parishes of Birtle and Bamford, and lies 2½ miles NE of Bury station on the L. & Y.R. Acres, 1447; population, 1852. There is a post and telegraph office at Bamford under Rochdale, which is the money order office. The inhabitants are employed chiefly in cotton and woollen factories, coal mines, and stone quarries. The living of Birtle is a vicarage in the diocese of Manchester; value, £150. Patron, the Rector of Middleton. The church was built in 1845-46. The living of Bamford is a vicarage; value, £209, in the gift of the Bishop of Manchester. The church was consecrated in 1886. There are five dissenting chapels in the township.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Lancashire | |
Civil parish | Middleton | |
Hundred | Salford | |
Poor Law union | Bury |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Ancestry.co.uk, in association with Lancashire Archives, have images of the Parish Registers for Lancashire online.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Birtle cum Bamford from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Birtle, with Bamford)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Lancashire is available to browse.
Newspapers and Periodicals
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