ROCHDALE, (Lancashire) 12 m. N. E. from Manchester, 145 cm. 175 mm. from London, is a good trading T. in a valley or dale,
on the r. Roch, under the hills, called Blackstone-Edge, that are sometimes covered with snow in August. It is of late
years much improved in the woollen mf. is larger and more populous than Bury, and gives title of Baron to Ld. Biron. The
Mt. is Tu. Fairs May 3 and Octob. 23.