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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hamer like this:
HAMER, a chapelry in Rochdale parish, Lancashire; comprising a suburb of Rochdale, with several large factories. Pop., 3, 390. The living is a vicarage. Value £200. The church was built in 1867, at a cost of £5, 000.
Hamer is now part of ROCHDALE District. Click here for graphs and data of how ROCHDALE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hamer itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hamer, in Rochdale and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26045
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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