Ainsworth (

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known as Cockey) is a village and former

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in the Bury district, now in

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, England. It lies on the western fringe of Bury, northwest of Radcliffe, and east of

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. The city of

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is south-southeast of Ainsworth. Author and ghostwriter

Paul Stenning Paul David Stenning (born 12 June 1976) is an English author and ghostwriter. He has written twenty-nine books, of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and biography. The best-known of his books is ''The Robert Pattinson Album'', a biography of Robert P ...

is a former resident and pupil of Ainsworth County Primary School.

History

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a part of

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, Ainsworth was formerly a

chapelry A chapelry was a subdivision of an ecclesiastical parish in England and parts of Lowland Scotland up to the mid 19th century. Status A chapelry had a similar status to a Township (England), township, but was so named as it had a chapel of ease ...

in the parish of Middleton and hundred of

Salford Salford ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city in Greater Manchester, England, on the western bank of the River Irwell which forms its boundary with Manchester city centre. Landmarks include the former Salford Town Hall, town hall, ...

, from 1866 Ainsworth was a civil parish in its own right, on 1 October 1933 the parish was abolished and merged with Radcliffe. In 1931 the parish had a population of 1969. It was added to the Radcliffe Urban District in 1933.

References

{{authority control Villages in Greater Manchester Former civil parishes in Greater Manchester Geography of the Metropolitan Borough of Bury Radcliffe, Greater Manchester