Description
Prestwich, a small town, a township, and an extensive parish in Lancashire. The town stands 1 1/2 mile ENE of the river Irwell, near the Bury and Bolton Canal, 4 miles NNW of Manchester, and 191 from London. It contains numerous good residences, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Manchester, a station on the L. & Y.R., two churches, a Wesleyan chapel, a Jewish cemetery, a workhouse, and the county lunatic asylum. It is governed by an urban council of twelve members. St Mary's Church is in the Gothic style; consists of nave, aisles, two terminal chapels, and a chancel built in 1888, with a tower 85 feet high; and contains a fine reredos erected in 1865 and several handsome monuments. St Margaret's Church was built in 1852. It is in the Gotllic style, and consists of chancel, nave, aisles, and a bell-turret. The Lunatic Asylum stands in the centre of extensive grounds, consists of two ranges of brick buildings with stone facings, and has accommodation for about 2790 patients. The township comprises 1917 acres; population, 10,485. The inhabitants are employed in manufactories connected with the Manchester trade. The parish contains also the townships of Great Heaton and Little Heaton. The township is divided into the ecclesiastical parishes of St Mary (population, 9709) and St Margaret's, Holyrood (1825), constituted in 1885. The living of St Mary is a rectory in the diocese of Manchester; net value, £1486 with residence. Patron, the Earl of Wilton. The living of St Margaret's is a vicarage; net value, £300 with residence. Patron, the Rector of Prestwich.
Prestwich, Lancashire
Parish Church
