Hulme
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HULME, a township, eight parochial chapelries, and a sub-district, in Manchester parish and Chorlton district, Lancashire. The township lies on the river Irwell and on the Manchester and Altrincham railway, at the termination of the Bridgewater canal, 1¼ mile SW of the centre of Manchester; and is all within Manchester borough, and under the Manchester police. Acres, 440. Real property, £240,913; of which £77,916 are in the canal. Pop. in 1851, 53,482; in 1861, 68,433. Houses, 13,487. The increase of pop. arose from participation in the prosperity and extension of Manchester.John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72) more ...
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Civil Registration
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In 1835 Hulme was a township in the parish of Manchester.Information about boundaries and administrative areas is available from A Vision of Britain through time.