Rochdale (ancient parish)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 of land amongst the South Pennines, and straddled the historic county boundary between Lancashire and the West Riding of Yorkshire. To the north and north-west was the parish of Whalley; to the southwest was the parish of Bury; to the south was Middleton and Prestwich-cum-Oldham.
Shaw and CromptonShaw and Crompton is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, which contains the town of Shaw and lies on the River Beal at the foothills of the South Pennines. It is located north of Oldham, south-east of Rochdale and north-east of Manchester. Historically in Lancashire, the area shows evidence of ancient British and Anglian activity. In the Middle Ages, Crompton formed a small township of scattered woods, farmsteads, moorland and swamp.
NewheyNewhey (archaically New Hey) is a village near the town of Milnrow in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies at the foot of the South Pennines, by Junction 21 of the M62 motorway and on the River Beal, east-southeast of Rochdale, northeast of Manchester. Historically a part of Lancashire, Newhey was anciently a hamlet within the township of Butterworth. It was described in 1828 as "consisting of several ranges of cottages and two public houses".
MilnrowMilnrow is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the River Beal at the foothills of the South Pennines, and forms a continuous urban area with Rochdale. It is east of Rochdale town centre, north-northeast of Manchester, and spans from Windy Hill in the east to the Rochdale Canal in the west. Milnrow is adjacent to junction 21 of the M62 motorway, and includes the village of Newhey, and hamlets at Tunshill and Ogden.
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.
RochdaleRochdale est une ville du nord-ouest de l'Angleterre, au Royaume-Uni, sa population est de habitants. Située le long de la rivière Roch, elle est la principale agglomération du district métropolitain de Rochdale, dans le Grand Manchester. Faisant partie historiquement du Lancashire, Rochdale s'imposa au comme un centre majeur de tissage : au cœur du processus qui donna naissance à la Révolution industrielle, elle fut une des premières villes industrialisées au monde. Son premier maire fut Jacob Bright (1856-1857).
Autoroute M62 (Grande-Bretagne)L’autoroute britannique M62 (M62 motorway) est une autoroute ouest-est qui traverse les Pennines dans le Nord de l'Angleterre, reliant les villes de Liverpool et Kingston-upon-Hull via Manchester et Leeds. La route fait partie des routes européennes E20 (qui relie Shannon à Saint-Pétersbourg) et E22 (qui relie Holyhead à Ichim). Elle mesure de long. Sur elle recoupe la M60 aux alentours de Manchester. Le premier projet de construction de la M62 fut présenté dans les années 1930, et fut d'abord conçu comme celui de deux routes séparées.
