Irlam, Lancashire

Description
Irlam, an ecclesiastical parish in Lancashire, comprising the townships of Irlam and Barton Moss. It lies at the confluence of the rivers Irwell and Mersey, 5 miles SW of Leigh, with a station, of the name of Irlam and Cadishead, on the Cheshire Lines Committee's railway, and a post and money order office under Manchester; telegraph office, Cadis-head. It was constituted in 1867, and includes the hamlet of Cadishead. Population, 4862. Both at Irlam and Cadis-head are viaducts for carrying the railways across the Manchester Ship Canal, and at the former place is the second series of locks from Manchester. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Manchester; gross value, £168. The church was built in 1865. There are also Roman Catholic and Methodist chapels, and a school with an endowment of £150 a year.