In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Guide Bridge like this:
GUIDE BRIDGE, a hamlet in Audenshaw division of Ashton-under-Lyne parish, Lancashire; on the SE verge of the county, near a junction of the Manchester and Staleybridge, the Manchester and Sheffield, and the Stockport branch of the North-western railways, 5 miles E of Manchester. It has a station at the railway junction; and near it is Audenshaw-ST. Stephen church.
Additional information about this locality is available for Ashton under Lyne
Guide Bridge through time
Guide Bridge is now part of Tameside district. Click here for graphs and data of how Tameside has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Guide Bridge itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Guide Bridge, in Tameside and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26043
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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