Harpurhey
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Harpurhey, township, Manchester par., SE. Lancashire, on river Irk, within parl. bor. of Manchester, 193 ac., pop. 4810; here is the Queen's Park (30 ac.), a public recreation ground of Manchester.John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887)
Archives and libraries
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Census
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Church Records
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Civil Registration
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In 1835 Harpurhey was a township in the parish of Manchester.Information about boundaries and administrative areas is available from A Vision of Britain through time.