Didsbury

"DIDSBURY, a chapelry in the parish of Manchester, hundred of Salford, in the county of Lancaster, 5 miles S. of Manchester, its post town, and 3½ W. of Stockport station. It is situated on the river Mersey, which separates it from Cheshire. There are extensive mills for spinning and bleaching cotton, called the Heaton Mersey Mills. The living is a recto in the diocese of Manchester, value £180, in the patronage of trustees. The church, dedicated to St. John, is an old stone building, the tower of which contains a peal of bells. In the interior are several monuments, and a stained-glass window. The charities amount to £68 per annum. There are schools for both sexes, also a Wesleyan Methodist college. R. M. Fielden, Esq., is lord of the manor. Cattle fairs are held on the 30th April and 2nd October."