Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Heaton Norris

Heaton Norris, town and township, Manchester nar., SE. Lancashire, on river Mersey, 5½ miles SE. of Manchester - township, 2116 ac., pop. 20,347 (14,550 in bor. of Stockport); town, pop. 5797; P.O., T.O.; is connected with Stockport by several bridges and a railway viaduct; has extensive cotton factories, bleaching works and iron foundries.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Feature Description: "town and township"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Lancashire AncC
Place: Heaton Norris

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