Rochdale /ˈrɒtʃdeɪl/ is a market town in Greater Manchester, England, positioned at the foothills of the South Pennines on the River Roch, 5.3 miles (8.5 km) north-northwest of Oldham, and 9.8 miles (15.8 km) north-northeast of the city of Manchester. Rochdale is surrounded by several smaller settlements which together form the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, population 211,699. Rochdale is the largest settlement and administrative centre, with a total population of 95,796.
Population: 97,550
Latitude: 53° 37' 3.58" N
Longitude: -2° 09' 18.72" W
Musbury Tor is a flat topped hill overlooking Helmshore in Rossendale, Lancashire, England. It separates Alden Valley to its south and Musbury Valley to the north. It is a very popular walking spot and the views from the top are magnificent. It is o…
Moorgate Halt railway station was opened on 1 January 1912 on the London and North Western Railway route from Stalybridge to Huddersfield. The station was only ever served by trains from Oldham to Delph via Greenfield. The station closed on 2 May 19…
Mons Mill, Todmorden, is a cotton spinning mill in Todmorden, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, built for the Hare Spinning Company Limited. It was built in 1907, but ran into financial difficulties. It passed over to the Mons Mill (1919) Co Ltd and then …
Milnrow Urban District was, from 1894 to 1974, a local government district of the administrative county of Lancashire, in northwest England.
Millbrook is a village near Stalybridge, northwest England.
Micklehurst Railway Station served the town of Mossley in Cheshire until closure in 1907. It was built by the London and North Western Railway on its Micklehurst Line.
Matley is a semi-rural area of Greater Manchester, England. It is located in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside between the towns of Stalybridge, Hyde and Dukinfield. Matley was a township of Mottram in Longdendale, one of the eight ancient parish…
Manor Mill, Chadderton is an early twentieth century, five storey cotton spinning mill in Chadderton, Oldham, Greater Manchester.
Manchester North was one of six single-member Parliamentary constituencies created in 1885 by the division of the existing three-member Parliamentary Borough of Manchester.
Manchester Higher Openshaw was the 15th Salvation Army corps opened in Manchester, in 1903, in Fairfield Road.
Manchester Central corps of the Salvation Army is the main Salvation Army church (corps) in the city of Manchester.
Malta Mill, Middleton is a cotton spinning mill in Middleton, Rochdale, Greater Manchester, alongside the Rochdale Canal. It was built in 1904 as a new mule mill, by F. W. Dixon.
Majestic Mill, Waterhead is a cotton spinning mill in Waterhead, Oldham, Greater Manchester.
Magnet Mill, Chadderton is a cotton spinning mill in Chadderton, Oldham, Greater Manchester. It was built by the Magnet Mill Ltd. in 1902, but purchased by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation in the 1930s. It was later taken over by the Courtaulds Gro…
Longendale Urban District (also known as Longdendale Urban District) was, from 1936 to 1974, a local government district in the administrative county of Cheshire, England.
Lever Bank Bleach Works was a Bleach Works at Ladyshore, near Little Lever, Bolton. The works was owned by Thomas Ridgway & Sons.
Lees (or Lees Urban District) was from 1894 to 1974, a local government district in the administrative county of Lancashire, England.
Laurel Mill was a cotton spinning mill in the Mills Hill/Middleton Junction area of Chadderton, in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England.