Barton on Irwell

"BARTON-ON-IRWELL, a township in the parish of Eccles, and hundred of Salford, in the county palatine of Lancashire, 7 miles to the W. of Manchester, its post town. At Barton Moss is a station on the Liverpool and Manchester railway. The Bridgwater canal is here carried across the Irwell on an aqueduct of three arches, the first of the kind constructed in England. It is of stone, and 40 feet in height. Here are extensive manufactories of calico and nankeen, and several collieries. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Manchester, of the value of £150, in the patronage of the bishop, the Vicar of Eccles, and others. There are two Dissenting chapels."