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Shakerley
| Shakerley | |
|---|---|
 Houses in Shakerley | |
  Shakerley Location within Greater Manchester | |
| OS grid reference | SD695035 |
| • London | 170 mi (274 km) SE |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MANCHESTER |
| Postcode district | M29 |
| Dialling code | 01942 |
| Police | Greater Manchester |
| Fire | Greater Manchester |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | |
Shakerley is a suburb of Tyldesley in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England.[1] It was anciently a hamlet in the northwest of the township of Tyldesley cum Shakerley, in the ancient parish of Leigh.[2][3] The boundary between Shakerley and Hindsford is the Hindsford Brook. It remains the boundary between Tyldesley and Atherton. Hyndforth Bridge across the brook, was rebuilt in stone in 1629.[4]
- ^ TyldesleywithShakerley, genuki.org.uk, retrieved 8 August 2009
- ^ Lunn 1953, p. 3
- ^ William Farrer; J Brownbill, eds. (1907), "Tyldesley with Shakerley", A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 3, British History Online, pp. 439–445, retrieved 16 June 2009
- ^ Lunn 1953, p. 51
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