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Other current and historical names
Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Radcliffe within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Radcliffe.-- manufacturing town and par. (ry. stations Radcliffe and Radcliffe Bridge), SE. Lancashire, on river Irwell, 3 miles SW. of Bury and 8 NW. of Manchester by rail, 2533 ac., pop 16,267; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Radcliffe has cotton spinning, gingham and fustian weaving, paper making, and coal mining. Among the public buildings are a market hall (1852), presented to the town by the Earl of Wilton, and a co-operative hall with store rooms, library, and assembly room, which was erected in 1878.
A village in Salford hundred, in the county of Cheshire.
