Bedford, Greater Manchester

Bedford, a suburb of Leigh, Greater Manchester is one of three ancient townships, Bedford, Pennington and Westleigh, that merged in 1875 to form the town of Leigh. Historically, Bedford was in Lancashire.

Bedford
St Thomas's Church
History
  CreatedMiddle Ages
  Abolished1875
  Succeeded byLeigh Urban District
StatusTownship
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