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Rhodes, Greater Manchester
Rhodes is a suburb of the town of Middleton, Greater Manchester, Middleton, in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Rochdale district of Greater Manchester, England. In 2018 it had an estimated population of 2917. Amenities Rhodes has a church called All Saints on Manchester Old Road, a primary school called Little Heaton Church of England Primary School on Boardman Lane and a hotel called the Comfort Inn Manchester North on Manchester Old Road. Rhodes formerly had a Primitive Methodist church on Chapel Street. History Rhodes was a chapelry in Middleton parish. From the late 1700s it became the site of a bleaching and calico printing works established by Daniel Burton (1744-1812) in conjunction with his cotton mill nearby in the centre of Middleton. The works passed into the hands of Salis Schwabe (1800-1853) in December 1832, who built up what according to the ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, ODNB'' was "the largest calico-printing complex in Britain, covering an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropolitan Borough Of Rochdale
The Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in North West England. It is named after its largest town, Rochdale, The borough covers other outlying towns and villages with a population of 206,500 at the 2011 census. It is the ninth-largest district by population in Greater Manchester. History The borough was formed in 1974 as part of the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972 and is an amalgamation of six former local government districts. It was originally proposed that the borough include the neighbouring town of Bury and disclude Middleton; Bury however went on to form the administrative centre for the adjacent Metropolitan Borough of Bury. The borough was formed by a merger of the former county borough of Rochdale and from the administrative county of Lancashire, the municipal boroughs of Heywood and Middleton, along with the urban districts of Littleborough, Milnrow and Wardle.The borough lies mostly within the historic count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
