1881 census: Class: RG11; Piece: 4118; Folio: 12; Page: 18
Hay Lane, Wuerdal & Wrdle, Rochdale, Lancashire
Howarth, John Head M 30 Cotton Weaver b Wardle
Howarth, Jane Wife F 25 b Wardle
Howarth, William Son M 7 Scholar b St Johns
Howarth, John Son M 5 Schlar b St Johns
Howarth, Samuel Son M 3 b St Johns
Howarth, Sarah Daughter F 1 b St Johns
From GenUKI:
WARDLE, a chapelry, with a village, in Rochdale parish, Lancashire; 2¾ miles NNE of Rochdale r. station. It was constituted in 1859; and it has a post-office under Rochdale. Pop., 2,176. Houses, 439. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £200. Patron, the Vicar of Smallbridge.
Churches: St John the Baptist, Halifax Road, Smallbridge, Church of England