In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Broadheath like this:

BROADHEATH, a station on the Manchester and Warrington railway, 9 miles SW of Manchester. It serves for Altrincham.

Broadheath through time

Broadheath is now part of TRAFFORD District. Click here for graphs and data of how TRAFFORD has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Broadheath itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Broadheath, in Trafford and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25761

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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