The Parish of Barton-upon-Irwell in the County of -- Lancashire --

Barton-upon-Irwell

A township in the parish of Eccles, hundred of SALFORD, county palatine of LANCASTER, 5-1/2 miles (W.by S.) from Manchester, containing 7,977 inhabitants.

There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. The manufacture of calico and nankeen goods is carried on here.

The Duke of Bridgewater’s canal crosses the river Irwell at this place, by means of a stone aqueduct of three arches, which was the first in England constructed over a navigable river.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis,Vol.1,London,1831,p.104.

Entered here 29 August 2004 by Lynn Ransom Burton.