In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Urmston like this:
URMSTON, a township, with a village, in Flixton parish, Lancashire; on the river Mersey, 5½ miles WSW of Manchester. Acres, 974. Real property, £4,511. Pop., 748. Houses, 158. The manor belongs to G. J. N. Ridehalgh, Esq. There is a Wesleyan chapel. John Collier, or "Tim Bobbin," was a native.
Urmston through time
Urmston is now part of Trafford district. Click here for graphs and data of how Trafford has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Urmston itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Urmston, in Trafford and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/355
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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