Salford

Salford
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Shire county	Lancashire
Council	Salford City Council
Population	129,794 (2021 Census)
Area (sq mi)	8.1 sq mi (21 km2)
Population density (/sq mi)	8,981/sq mi (3,468/km2)
Demonym	Salfordian
Co-ordinates	53° 28′ 58.8″ N, 2° 17′ 35.16″ W

Salford is a cathedral city in Lancashire, England, approximately three miles north-west of Manchester city centre. It lies to the west of the River Irwell.

Historically the textile industry was important to the city’s economy, based around the Manchester Ship Canal. The Salford Quays area has undergone major regeneration including new housing and businesses.

The Manchester Metrolink tram system serves Salford Quays. The city’s mainline railway stations are Salford Central and Salford Crescent.

Salford City Reds are an English rugby league club. Salford City Football Club play regional football (soccer).

Its population is 72,750 (2001).

Salford Hundred

The Salford Hundred of Lancashire as depicted by a 17th century map by the cartographer John Speed.

Salford Hundred, sometimes called Salfordshire or the Salford Wapentake, is a traditional subdivison of Lancashire. It effectively covers the south-east part of Lancashire, or the Lancastrian parts of the Greater Manchester combined authority (excluding roughly the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan). As well as Salford, the Hundred includes the settlements of Ashton-under-Lyne, Bolton, Bury, Manchester and Rochdale. The Hundred was established prior to the establishment of the county Lancashire itself (which came in the late 12th century) and it was recorded in the Domesday Book (1086) as having been held by Edward the Confessor prior to the Norman conquest of 1066. The subdivision was never formally abolished but ceased to have any role in local politics in the mid-18th century. However, Salford Hundred Court survived until the mid-19th century.