. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE DROYLSDEN Drilesden, 1502. This township/ on the south side of the Medlock, has an area of 1,621 J acres. The surface is compara- tively even, rising towards the eastern boundary, and falling on the north, towards the river. Droylsden proper' forms the eastern half of the township, and is parted from Clayton, the western half, by Edge Lane, running south from Newton to Openshaw ; Little Droylsden' is a detached area of 2 acres in extent in the extreme east of Openshaw. In the south-east corner of Droyl
. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE DROYLSDEN Drilesden, 1502. This township/ on the south side of the Medlock, has an area of 1,621 J acres. The surface is compara- tively even, rising towards the eastern boundary, and falling on the north, towards the river. Droylsden proper' forms the eastern half of the township, and is parted from Clayton, the western half, by Edge Lane, running south from Newton to Openshaw ; Little Droylsden' is a detached area of 2 acres in extent in the extreme east of Openshaw. In the south-east corner of Droylsden lies the hamlet of Fairfield. The principal road * is that called Ashton New Road, leading east from Manchester to Ashton;' another road leads north-east from Openshaw near the eastern boundary of Droylsden ; it is along this road chiefly that the houses are built, though at Clayton there is another group, forming an extension of Bradford. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Com- pany's Manchester and Ashton railway cuts through the northern part of the township, and at Droylsden station * has a junction with the London and North Western Company's line from Stockport. The Man- chester and Ashton Canal winds along near the southern boundary ; at Clayton it has a junction with the Stockport Canal, coming from the south, and near Fairfield one with the Oldham Canal, from the north. At Greenside, to the west of the village of Droyls- den, is a cemetery. A stone celt, some Roman coins, and an axe have been found in the mosses at the eastern end.' There were coal-mines at Clayton ; potter's clay has been found on the moss. In 1859 the older people still clung to farming and the hand-loom, and a few to hatting ; oats were the principal crop.' Bleaching was introduced as early as the tifne of James I ;' hat-making '° and linen and cotton weav- ing " were ancient industries ; but the first factory of the modern type was erected in ; There are now several cotton mills, prin
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