URMSTON, a township in the parish of FLIXTON,
hundred of SALFORD, county palatine of LANCASTER,
5 miles (S. W. by W.) from Manchester, containing
645 inhabitants. John Collier, commonly called Tim
Bobbin, the author of the "Lancashire Dialect," was
born here. Ten poor children are taught to read for
£5 a year, left by Richard Newton, in 1800.