BARTON-upon-IRWELL, a township in the parish
of ECCLES, hundred of SALFORD, county palatine of
LANCASTER, 5-§ miles (W. by S.) from Manchester, containing
7977 inhabitants. There is a place of worship
for Wesleyan Methodists. The manufacture of calico
and nankeen goods is carried on here. The Duke of
Bridgewater's canal crosses the river Irwell at this
place, by means of a stone aqueduct of three arches,
which was the first in England constructed over a
navigable river.