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
Fitton Hill is a large housing estate in the town of Oldham in Greater Manchester, contiguous with Hathershaw and Bardsley.
Lying 2 miles south of Oldham town centre, the Fitton Hill estate was built during the 1950s and 1960s on previously u ...
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
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which leads to
Ashton-under-Lyne.
Historically
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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
Hathershaw Hall is a 16th-17th century Grade II* listed building in Hathershaw, Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. The present structure is the single surviving range of a once considerably larger manor house. It is situated in what was the hi ...
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
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as having
terraced residences unsuited to modern needs, is currently undergoing
gentrification.
The Hathershaw College
The Hathershaw College is a coeducational, Secondary Academy for 11- to 16-year-olds in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England.
In 2007, Ofsted rated the school as "good".
In 2010, Ofsted described it as "good with outstanding features".
In 2014, ...
(formerly the Hathershaw College of Technology and Sport) is a secondary school in Hathershaw. It is a
co-educational non-denominational school and was given
Technology and
Sports College status under the
Specialist School Programme.
References
Areas of Oldham
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