In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Redbank like this:
REDBANK, a chapelry in Manchester parish, Lancashire; within Manchester borough. It was constituted in 1856; and its post town is Manchester. Pop. in 1861, 8, 167. Houses, 1, 452. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £300.* Patron, the Bishop of Manchester. The church is modern.
The location is that of St Thomas's church, Red Bank, Manchester, as marked and named on the Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map of Lancashire and Furness of 1892-3, accessible on the www.old-maps.co.uk site. Additional information about this locality is available for Manchester
Redbank through time
Redbank is now part of Manchester district. Click here for graphs and data of how Manchester has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Redbank itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Redbank, in Manchester and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24704
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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