Woodhouses
Woodhouses is a village near Failsworth, in the Oldham district of Greater Manchester (which was part of Lancashire until 1974), England. It is about 5 miles (8 km) miles from Manchester city centre. In 2021 it had a population of 1094. Woodhouses Conservation Area includes most of the village and was designated in 1975.
Amenities
Woodhouses has a church called Woodhouses Mission Church, a school called Woodhouses Voluntary Controlled Primary, 3 pubs and a golf club.
History
The name "Woodhouses" probably means 'an enclosure surrounded by woods'. Woodhouses was formerly in the parish of Ashton-under-Lyne. On 31 December 1894 Woodhouses became a civil parish in its own right with a population of 677 in 1951. On 1 April 1954 the parish was abolished and merged with Failsworth and Oldham.
References
- ^ "Woodhouses". City Population De. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ "Historic Environment Assessment for Places for Everyone: Oldham Allocations June 2021" (PDF). Greater Manchester Combined Authority. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ "Woodhouses Mission Church". A Church Near You. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ "Home". Woodhouses Voluntary Controlled Primary. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ Halle-Richards, Sophie (29 October 2022). "The leafy Greater Manchester village with three pubs, golf club and stunning views... but residents all say one thing". Manchester Evening News.
- ^ "History of Woodhouses, in Oldham and Lancashire". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ "Relationships and changes Woodhouses CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ "Population statistics Woodhouses CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Archived from the original on 2023-03-22. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ "Ashton Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
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