There are historic records from the right bank of the River Irwell, near the suspension
Bridge, Lower Broughton (SJ8299), plentiful; hedge by the Irwell Irwell almost
opposite Trafford Hall (SJ7798, Wood 1840); Foxhill Meadows, Barton (SJ7396,
J Shaw Grindon 1859, J Evan 1870); Worsley Woods (SD7400, Greenless
& Holden 1920); Barton (SJ7398, Anon, 1954).
