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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Falinge like this:
FAILINGE, a hamlet in Spotland township, Rochdale parish, Lancashire; 1 mile W of Rochdale. Pop., with Healey, in 1851, 7, 981; in 1861, 9, 867. Houses, 2, 005. The increase of pop. arose mainly from the prosperity of the cotton trade.
Falinge is now part of ROCHDALE District. Click here for graphs and data of how ROCHDALE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Falinge itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Falinge, in Rochdale and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26033
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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