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Rochdale was an ecclesiastical parish of early-medieval origin in northern England, administered from the Church of St Chad, Rochdale. At its zenith, it occupied 58,620 acres (237 km 2 ) of land amongst the South Pennines , and straddled the historic county boundary between Lancashire and the West Riding of Yorkshire .
A map of Greater Manchester, with its 14 parished areas highlighted in red. A civil parish is a country subdivision, forming the lowest unit of local government in England. There are 14 civil parishes in the ceremonial county of Greater Manchester, most of the county being unparished; Bury, Rochdale, Salford and Stockport are completely ...
Rochdale's recorded history begins with an entry in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Recedham Manor, but can be traced back to the 9th century. The ancient parish of Rochdale was a division of the Salford Hundred and one of the larger ecclesiastical parishes in England, comprising several townships.
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The borough lies mostly within the historic county of Lancashire but a small part lies in the former West Riding of Yorkshire. Prior to its creation, it was suggested that the metropolitan borough be named Chadwick (with reference to Sir Edwin Chadwick), but this was rejected in favour of Rochdale. [5] Milnrow skyline Saint Luke's Parish Church ...
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Map of Greater Manchester, UK with Rochdale highlighted. Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 165%: Date: 1 September 2013: Source: Ordnance Survey OpenData. Most data from Boundary-Line product. Lake data from Meridian 2 product. Inset derived from England location map.svg by Spischot. Author
Butterworth was a township occupying the southeastern part of the parish of Rochdale, in the hundred of Salford, Lancashire, England. [1] It was also a civil parish.It encompassed 12.1 square miles (31 km 2) of land in the South Pennines which spanned the settlements of Belfield, Bleaked-gate-cum-Roughbank, Butterworth Hall, Clegg, Haughs, Hollingworth, Kitcliffe, Lowhouse, Milnrow, Newhey ...