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Coppice, Greater Manchester
Coppice is a locality and urban/suburban area the town of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. It is located to the south of Oldham town centre and is contiguous with other areas of Oldham including Hathershaw, Werneth, Hollins, Copster Hill and Primrose Bank. Coppice is the location of Hulme Grammar School and Werneth Cricket Club Werneth Cricket Club (; ), based in the Werneth area of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, are an English cricket team currently playing in the Central Lancashire League.http://www.wernethcc.co.uk/, Werneth Cricket Club Website Retrieved 16 ... whose ground is known as 'The Coppice'. References Areas of Oldham {{GreaterManchester-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropolitan Borough Of Oldham
The Metropolitan Borough of Oldham is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in North West England. It is named after its largest town, Oldham, The borough had a population of 237,628 making it the seventh-largest district by population in Greater Manchester. The borough spans . Geography Part of Oldham is rural and semi-rural, with a quarter of the borough lying within the Peak District National Park. The Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale lies to the north-west, the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees (of West Yorkshire) to the east, and the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside to the south. The City of Manchester lies directly to the south west and the Derbyshire Borough of High Peak lies directly to the south east, but Derbyshire is only bordered by high moorland near Black Hill and is not accessible by road. History Following both the Local Government Act 1888 and Local Government Act 1894, local government in England had been administered via a national framework of r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county and combined authority, combined authority area in North West England, with a population of 2.8 million; comprising ten metropolitan boroughs: City of Manchester, Manchester, City of Salford, Salford, Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Bolton, Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Bury, Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Oldham, Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Rochdale, Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Wigan. The county was created on 1 April 1974, as a result of the Local Government Act 1972, and designated a functional Manchester City Region, city region on 1 April 2011. Greater Manchester is formed of parts of the Historic counties of England, historic counties of Cheshire, Lancashire and the West Riding of Yorkshire. Greater Manchester spans , which roughly covers the territory of the Greater Manchester Built-up Area, the List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, second most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oldham West And Royton (UK Parliament Constituency)
Oldham West and Royton is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It has been represented by Jim McMahon of the Labour Co-op party since 4 December 2015, after winning a by-election following the death of Michael Meacher on 21 October 2015. Boundaries 1997–2010: The Metropolitan Borough of Oldham wards of Alexandra, Chadderton Central, Chadderton North, Chadderton South, Coldhurst, Royton North, Royton South, St Paul's, and Werneth. 2010–present: The Metropolitan Borough of Oldham wards of Chadderton Central, Chadderton North, Chadderton South, Coldhurst, Hollinwood, Medlock Vale, Royton North, Royton South, and Werneth. The constituency is one of three covering the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham. It covers most of the western part of the borough, including Chadderton and Royton but not Failsworth which is in the Ashton-under-Lyne constituency. Name In July 2006 fourteen representations were received by the Boundary Commission for En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oldham
Oldham is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, amid the Pennines and between the rivers Irk and Medlock, southeast of Rochdale and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, which had a population of 237,110 in 2019. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, and with little early history to speak of, Oldham rose to prominence in the 19th century as an international centre of textile manufacture. It was a boomtown of the Industrial Revolution, and among the first ever industrialised towns, rapidly becoming "one of the most important centres of cotton and textile industries in England." At its zenith, it was the most productive cotton spinning mill town in the world,. producing more cotton than France and Germany combined. Oldham's textile industry fell into decline in the mid-20th century; the town's last mill closed in 1998. The demise of textile processing in Oldham depressed and heavily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight. The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Paleolithic period, but takes its name from the Angles, a Germanic tribe deriving its name from the Anglia peninsula, who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in the 10th century and has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century. The English language, the Anglican Church, and Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hathershaw
Hathershaw (or, archaically, Hathershaw Moor) is an urban area of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. It occupies a hillside to the immediate south of Oldham town centre, and is bordered by the districts of Coppice and Fitton Hill to, respectively, the north-west and south-east. Hathershaw, which has no formal boundary or extent, is bisected from north to south by the A627 road which leads to Ashton-under-Lyne. Historically a part of Lancashire, Hathershaw is one of the oldest recorded named places in Oldham, the name occurring in a deed for 1280 with the spelling ''Halselinechaw Clugh''. Existing as a manor house in the 15th century, Hathershaw Hall was the home of a Royalist family in the 17th century who lost part of their possessions as a result of the English Civil War. Hathershaw, an area identified by the Housing Market Renewal Initiative as having terraced residences unsuited to modern needs, is currently undergoing gentrification. The Hathershaw College (formerly the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werneth, Greater Manchester
Werneth (; ) is an area of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. The population at the 2011 census was 12,348. It is west-southwest of Oldham's commercial centre and one of its most ancient localities. It is contiguous with Westwood, Hollinwood, Hollins and Chadderton. Werneth includes Freehold between Werneth Park and Oldham's border with Chadderton at Block Lane. In 2017 more than three quarters (76.6%) of Werneth's population were members of an ethnic minority group, with the Pakistani population being largest (48.6%). History Etymology The name ''Werneth'' is ancient and derives from a Brittonic personal name identical to the Gaulish ''Vernetum'', derived from ''*verno-'' meaning "alder" (Welsh ''gwern''). The survival of place-names derived from Celtic personal names is rare in England outside Cornwall. The name is cognate with the place-names Le Vernet and Vernois in France. Pre-Industrial Revolution In the reign of Henry III, the manor of Oldham was held ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hollins, Oldham
Hollins is an area of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, 1.7 miles south of the town centre. Formerly a hamlet set amongst open moorland and farmland along Hollins Road, the 19th century growth of Oldham saw Hollins form a contiguous urban area with Hollinwood, Limeside, Garden Suburb, Werneth, Coppice and Copster Hill. Amenities Hollins Fire Station opened in 1981 to replace the now demolished Werneth Fire Station. The area is served by Lyndhurst Primary School. It was formerly served by Hollins Comprehensive School. Hollins Methodist Church on Millgate has served the area since 1840. A Buddhist Temple, Ketumani Buddhist Vihara, was established in Hollins in 2000, although it subsequently relocated to Manchester. Merton Playing Fields is the last remaining undeveloped land in the area. Transport First Greater Manchester provides the following bus services along Hollins Road: 180 providing services to Greenfield via Oldham and to Manchester via Failsworth. 184 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copster Hill
Copster Hill is a locality in the town of Oldham in Greater Manchester, lying 1.6 miles to the south of Oldham town centre. Archaically a hamlet and private estate set in open moorland and farmland along Hollins Road, the 19th-century growth of Oldham saw Copster Hill form a contiguous urban area with Hathershaw, Hollins, Garden Suburb and Coppice. The area is served by Copster Park which opened to the public in 1911. Two long-standing public houses survive in this locality: The Falconers Arms and the King George. The King George was built in 1911 but can trace its roots to an earlier inn on the same site, The Noggins, which dates from the early 1700s. History Copster Hill features prominently on maps of Oldham. Whilst being part of the town it was often referred to as the little village south of the town on the old road from Oldham to Manchester. Historical references can be traced back to 1428 when Copster Hill formed part of the lands of John de Assheton and the Roman road ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hulme Grammar School
Oldham Hulme Grammar School, formerly Hulme Grammar School, is a private grammar school in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. History Oldham Grammar School was founded in 1611 by several charitable individuals including Laurence Chadeton, but closed in 1866 and was refounded, under the Endowed Schools Act 1869 (hence the claim to be a continuation of this earlier school is debated). The doorway of the original Oldham Grammar School building with its date stone and a window were incorporated into the current school building in the 1920s. When the school was refounded in 1887 it obtained some money from a charitable trust created in 1691 by a bequest from William Hulme, after whom the new school was named. The main buildings, incorporating were erected in 1895 by the Hulme Trust. The first headmaster of the new era was Samuel Ogden Andrew, who later achieved acclaim as a translator of Homer. The school was a direct grant grammar school from 1946 until 1976. It reverted to ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werneth Cricket Club
Werneth Cricket Club (; ), based in the Werneth area of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, are an English cricket team currently playing in the Central Lancashire League.http://www.wernethcc.co.uk/, Werneth Cricket Club Website Retrieved 16 April 2016 Established in 1894, Werneth play their home games at The Coppice and have produced cricketers such as Jason Gallian Jason Edward Riche Gallian (born 25 June 1971) is a former English Test cricketer. A right-handed opening batter, he originally hails from Australia and captained their Under-19 side for two Under-19 Tests in 1989 and 1990. He played three Test m ..., Gary Yates and Alan Durose and Australian superstar Shaun Perris. References External links * http://www.cll.org.uk/Clubs/Werneth.html References Central Lancashire League cricket clubs Sport in Oldham Cricket in Greater Manchester Organisations based in Oldham {{England-cricket-team-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werneth Cricket Club - Pavilion (geograph 3080968)
Werneth may refer to: *Werneth, Cheshire, England *Werneth, Greater Manchester Werneth (; ) is an area of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. The population at the 2011 census was 12,348. It is west-southwest of Oldham's commercial centre and one of its most ancient localities. It is contiguous with Westwood, Hollinwo ..., England; a district of Oldham * Werneth, Victoria, Australia {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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