Whitefield (Greater Manchester)

Through town (2006)

Whitefield is a city of about 23,000 people in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury , Greater Manchester , England .

It is located on hilly terrain above the Irwell Valley, along the south bank of the River Irwell , 4.8 km southeast of Bury and 7.9 km northwest of the city of Manchester . Prestwich and the M60 motorway are south. The urbanization of Whitefield largely coincided with the industrial revolution . The name Whitefield may have come from the medieval “bleachfields” used by Flemish settlers to whiten their tissues, or from the bright wheat fields in the area.

Web links

Commons : Whitefield, Greater Manchester  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Welcome to The Greater Manchester County Record Office ( Memento of the original from July 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed March 5, 2019 

Coordinates: 53 ° 33 ′  N , 2 ° 18 ′  W