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Manchester was an ancient parish in the Hundred of Salford in Lancashire, England. A civil parish in the United Kingdom is a unit of local government. The hundred of Salford was an ancient division of the historic county of Lancashire, in Northern England. Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland It included the following townships and chapelries which today form part of the City of Manchester and parts of neighbouring metropolitan boroughs. In England, township (latin - vill) usually means a village or hamlet A metropolitan borough is a type of local government district in England covering urban areas within metropolitan counties.

Map of the ancient parish of Manchester.
Map of the ancient parish of Manchester.

In 1866 the townships became recognised as separate civil parishes. Failsworth is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. Failsworth is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. Gorton is a district of the City of Manchester in North West England. Harpurhey is a district of the city of Manchester, in North West England. Haughton Green is a large village in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. Denton Urban District was a local government district in England from 1894 to 1974 Heaton Norris is now a mainly residential area of Stockport, England bordering on Heaton Chapel, Heaton Mersey and Heaton Moor. Heaton Norris is now a mainly residential area of Stockport, England bordering on Heaton Chapel, Heaton Mersey and Heaton Moor. Hulme is an Inner city area and electoral ward of the City of Manchester, in North West England. Levenshulme is an Urban area of the City of Manchester, in North West England. Manchester Township was one of the many townships and chapelries which formed the ancient parish of Manchester within the Salford hundred of Lancashire Moss Side is a residential suburb district and electoral ward of Manchester in North West England situated two miles Moston is a district of the City of Manchester, in North West England. Newton is an area of Hyde, in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. Openshaw is an area of the City of Manchester, in North West England. Reddish is an area of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, in Greater Manchester, England. Rusholme is a part of Manchester, in North West England, about two miles south of Manchester city centre. Salford lies at the heart of the City of Salford, a Metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in North West England. Stretford (pop 37500 is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, in Greater Manchester, England Withington is a suburban area of the City of Manchester, in North West England. Part, but not all, of this area was in the municipal borough of Manchester, which expanded with the decades. Municipal boroughs were a type of Local government which existed in England and Wales between 1835 and 1974 in Northern Ireland from 1840 to In 1896 the parishes of the city of Manchester outside the remaining Manchester parish were re-organised as North Manchester and South Manchester parishes, which were themselves re-organised as a single civil parish of Manchester in 1916. North Manchester is a town in Chester Township, Wabash County, Indiana, United States.

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