OldhamOldham est une grande ville du comté du Grand Manchester, en Angleterre. Elle se trouve dans les Pennines, sur un terrain surélevé qu'entourent les rivières d'Irk et de Medlock, au sud-sud-est de Rochdale, et au nord-est de Manchester. Oldham est entourée de plusieurs petites agglomérations, formant ensemble le district métropolitain d'Oldham, dont Oldham est le centre administratif. Faisant anciennement partie du comté du Lancashire, et ne bénéficiant pas d'une histoire réellement digne d'intérêt du au , Oldham ne prend de l'importance qu'au , en tant que centre international de fabrication textile.
StalybridgeStalybridge est une ville dans le district métropolitain de Tameside du Grand Manchester, dans le nord-ouest de l'Angleterre. Stalybridge est situé dans le contrefort des Pennines. Stalybridge est l'un des berceaux de la révolution industrielle. Au milieu du , Stalybridge a eu une population de juste 140 habitants. L'agriculture et le filage de la laine étaient alors la principale source de subsistance. En 1776, le premier petit moulin à eau de la ville pour le cardage et le filage du coton a été construit à Rassbottom.
GlossopGlossop is a market town in the borough of High Peak, in the county of Derbyshire, England. It is located east of Manchester, north-west of Sheffield and north of the county town, Matlock. Glossop lies near Derbyshire's borders with Cheshire, Greater Manchester, South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire. It is between above sea level and is bounded by the Peak District National Park to the south, east and north. In 2021 it had a population of 33,340.
TraffordTrafford is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, with an estimated population of 235,493 in 2017. It covers and includes the area of Old Trafford and the towns of Altrincham, Stretford, Urmston, Partington and Sale. The borough was formed in 1974 as a merger of six former districts and part of a seventh. The River Mersey flows through the borough, separating North Trafford from South Trafford, and the historic counties of Lancashire and Cheshire. Trafford is the fifth-most populous district in Greater Manchester.
Statut de borough au Royaume-UniAu Royaume-Uni, le statut de borough est une distinction accordée par le monarque à travers une charte royale érigeant des entités de gouvernement local en corporations. Cet honneur est exclusivement attribué en Angleterre et en Irlande-du-Nord. Ce dispositif juridique simplement honorifique ne donne aucun droit et privilège supplémentaire ni aux conseils ni aux habitants de la zone de gouvernement local ayant reçu ce type de statut.
Local education authorities in EnglandLocal education authorities (LEAs) were defined in England as the local councils responsible for education within their jurisdictions. The term was introduced by the Education Act 1902 which transferred education powers from school boards to existing local councils. There have been periodic changes to the types of councils defined as local education authorities. Initially, they were the councils of counties and county boroughs. From 1974 the local education authorities were the county councils in non-metropolitan areas and the district councils in metropolitan areas.
DukinfieldDukinfield is a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, on the south bank of the River Tame opposite Ashton-under-Lyne, east of Manchester. At the 2011 Census, it had a population of 19,306. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Cheshire, the town developed as a result of the Industrial Revolution when it became the site of coal mining and cotton manufacturing. The earliest evidence of human activity around Dukinfield comes from a collection of four flints from the late Neolithic/early Bronze Age.
FailsworthFailsworth est une ville du Grand Manchester, en Angleterre. Elle est située à à l'est-nord-est du centre de Manchester et à au sud-sud-ouest d'Oldham. Johnny Saint (1949-), lutteur anglais. Mike Atherton (1968-), joueur de cricket, capitaine légendaire de l'équipe d'Angleterre. Agyness Deyn (1983-), mannequin, actrice et chanteuse britannique. Jim Ratcliffe (1952-), ingénieur en chimie milliardaire britannique. Sunrise over Failsworth.jpg|L'église paroissale Saint-Jean fondée en 1845. Failsworthpole1.
SaddleworthSaddleworth is a civil parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham in Greater Manchester, England. It comprises several villages and hamlets as well as suburbs of Oldham on the west side of the Pennine hills. Areas include Austerlands, Delph, Denshaw, Diggle, Dobcross, Friezland, Grasscroft, Greenfield, Grotton, Lydgate, Scouthead, Springhead and Uppermill. Saddleworth lies east of Oldham and northeast of Manchester. It is broadly rural and had a population of 25,460 at the 2011 Census, making it one of the larger civil parishes in the United Kingdom.
StretfordStretford is a market town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. It is situated on flat ground between the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal, south of Manchester city centre, south of Salford and north-east of Altrincham. Stretford borders Chorlton-cum-Hardy to the east, Moss Side and Whalley Range to the south-east, Hulme to the north-east, Urmston to the west, Salford to the north, and Sale to the south. The Bridgewater Canal bisects the town.