North West

Museums, archives and heritage in Greater Manchester

Manchester, parliamentary and municipal borough, city, parish, and township, SE. Lancashire, on rivers Irk, Irwell, and Medlock, 31 miles E. of Liverpool and 186 miles NW. of London by rail – parish (including the greater part of the sister town of Salford, separated from Manchester by the Irwell), 35,248 acres, population 720,481; township, 1646 acres, … Read more

Museums, archives and heritage in Cumbria

Cumberland – a maritime and border county of England; length, NE. and SW., 75 miles; extreme breadth, E. and W., 45 miles; average breadth, 22 miles; coast line, about 75 miles; area, 970,161 acres, population 250,647. The coast on the Solway is low and sandy, but on the Irish Sea it is lofty and rugged; … Read more

Museums, archives and heritage in Cheshire

Cheshire, or Chester, county palatine and maritime county of England, bounded on the NW. by the Irish Sea, and bordering on the counties of Lancaster, York, Derby, Stafford, Salop, Denbigh, and Flint; extreme length, NE and SW., 58 miles; extreme breadth, 40 miles; average breadth, 18 miles; area, 657,123 acres; population 644,037. Cheshire forms, towards … Read more