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In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Higher Openshaw like this:
Openshaw, Higher, eccl. dist., Manchester par., Lancashire, forming part of Openshaw town, pop. 512; P.O.
Higher Openshaw is now part of MANCHESTER District. Click here for graphs and data of how MANCHESTER has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Higher Openshaw itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Higher Openshaw, in Manchester and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24583
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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