Ainsworth, Greater Manchester

Ainsworth
Ainsworth
	Ainsworth Parish Church
	Ainsworth Location within Greater Manchester
OS grid reference	SD765105
• London	172 mi (277 km) SE
Metropolitan borough	Bury;
Metropolitan county	Greater Manchester;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BOLTON
Postcode district	BL2
Dialling code	01204
Police	Greater Manchester
Fire	Greater Manchester
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Bury South;
	List of places UK England Greater Manchester 53°35′24″N 2°21′14″W / 53.590°N 2.354°W

Ainsworth (archaically known as Cockend^[1]) is a small village—effectively a suburb—within Radcliffe, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, in Greater Manchester, England.^[2] It lies on the western fringe of Bury, 2.2 miles (3.5 km) northwest of Radcliffe, and 2.9 miles (4.7 km) east of Bolton. The city of Manchester is 8.7 miles (14.0 km) south-southeast of Ainsworth.

Historically a part of Lancashire, Ainsworth was formerly a chapelry in the parish of Middleton and hundred of Salford. It was added to the Radcliffe Urban District in 1933.^[2] Author and ghostwriter Paul Stenning is a former resident and pupil of Ainsworth County Primary School.

References

^ Gastrell, Francis (1849). Notitia Cestriensis: or Historical notices of the Diocese of Chester. Vol. 19. p. 105.
^ ^a ^b Greater Manchester Gazetteer, Greater Manchester County Record Office, Places names - A, archived from the original on 18 July 2011, retrieved 17 October 2008

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[1] Gastrell, Francis (1849). Notitia Cestriensis: or Historical notices of the Diocese of Chester. Vol. 19. p. 105.

[GM_Gazetteer-2] Greater Manchester Gazetteer, Greater Manchester County Record Office, Places names - A, archived from the original on 18 July 2011, retrieved 17 October 2008

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