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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bradford Road like this:
BRADFORD-ROAD, a chapelry in Manchester parish, Lancashire; in the eastern suburbs of Manchester. It was constituted in 1837, and reconstituted in 1850. Pop., 10,540. Houses, 2,043. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Manchester; of the value of £300, in the patronage of trustees.
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Place | Mentioned in Travel Writing | Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer |
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Miles Platting | 0 | 2 |
Beswick | 0 | 2 |
Bradford | 0 | 2 |
Redbank | 0 | 2 |
Ardwick | 0 | 2 |
Collyhurst | 0 | 1 |
West Gorton | 0 | 2 |
Moss Side | 0 | 2 |
Openshaw | 0 | 2 |
Chorlton upon Medlock | 0 | 2 |
Deansgate | 0 | 2 |
Clayton | 0 | 2 |
Manchester | 131 | 9 |
Newton Heath | 0 | 2 |
Lower Broughton | 0 | 1 |
Harpurhey | 0 | 2 |
Kirkmanshulme | 0 | 2 |
Hulme | 0 | 2 |
Rusholme | 0 | 2 |
Oldfield Road | 0 | 1 |