The Roch, Lancashire
Historical Description
Roch, The, a river of Lancashire, rising in the moors at Upper Knowsley, near the boundary with Yorkshire, and running about 12 miles south-westward past Rochdale to the Irwell, 2½ miles S of Bury.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
Church Records
Ancestry.co.uk, in association with Lancashire Archives, have images of the Parish Registers for Lancashire online.
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Lancashire is available to browse.