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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 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 .
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.
This is a list of civil parishes in England split by ceremonial county (see map below). The civil parish is the lowest level of local government in England . Northumberland
The Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in England. Its largest town is Rochdale and the wider borough covers other outlying towns and villages, including Heywood , Littleborough , Middleton & Milnrow .
The Territory of American Samoa has 14 counties; however, these counties are not counted by the U.S. Census Bureau (they are treated as minor civil divisions). [2] The U.S. Census Bureau counts the 3 districts and 2 atolls of American Samoa as county-equivalents. [1] [2] Eastern District, American Samoa; Manu'a District, American Samoa
Rochdale, St Aidan, Sudden : Rochdale Church of England: Rochdale, St Luke, Deeplish : Rochdale Church of England: Smallbridge, St John the Baptist: Rochdale Church of England: 1834 [251] [252] Wardle, St James Apostle : Rochdale Church of England: Moore Street Congregational Church: Rochdale Congregational: 1829 Baptist Church, Deeplish ...
Accordingly, the County Borough of Rochdale came into existence in 1889, with the powers of both a borough and a county council. Rochdale remained within Lancashire for certain purposes such as lieutenancy and administration of justice. In 1900 the county borough absorbed the bulk of the neighbouring Castleton Urban District by mutual agreement.