Salford (hundred)
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The hundred of Salford (sometimes known as Salfordshire) was an ancient division of the historic county of Lancashire. It corresponds loosely to the modern Greater Manchester area excluding the parts historically in Cheshire.
The Salford hundred included the following parishes
- Ashton under Lyne
- Bolton le Moors
- Bury
- Deane
- Eccles
- Manchester
- including Salford
- Middleton
- Prestwich-cum-Oldham
- Radcliffe
- Rochdale
Wigan was in the hundred of West Derby. A township of Wigan, Aspull, was in Salfordshire.
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