81-740: Crampton is an English surname, from Crompton, Lancashire , which may refer to the following persons: Also: The following locations: Other: Crompton, Lancashire Shaw and Crompton is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham , Greater Manchester , England, and lies on the River Beal at the foothills of the South Pennines . It is located 2.3 miles (3.7 km) north of Oldham , 3.6 miles (5.8 km) south-east of Rochdale and 8.7 miles (14 km) north-east of Manchester . Its largest settlement
162-651: A township within the ancient ecclesiastical parish of Prestwich-cum-Oldham , in the hundred of Salford . Throughout the Middle Ages , local men acted as jurors and constables for the purposes of upholding law and order in the township. Following the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 , Crompton formed part of the Oldham Poor Law Union , an inter-parish unit established to provide social security . Crompton's first local authority
243-444: A "hardy, frugal and somewhat independent breed", which has been attributed to the tradition of absentee landlords and self-sustenance in earlier times. There had been a chapel of ease at the hamlet of Shaw since at least the early 16th century, but, due to ecclesiastical arrangements for the parish of Prestwich-cum-Oldham , the inhabitants were obliged to contribute money towards Oldham Parish Church , which in turn had obligation to
324-683: A 20-acre (8.1 ha) complex within the town. In 2007, the site became the retail company's only packing and distribution centre for non-bulk items. At its peak it employed nearly 1,000 staff, making it the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham's largest private employer. Crompton was recorded in 1212 as being one of the five parts of the thegnage estate of Kaskenmoor, which was held on behalf of King John by Roger de Montbegon and William de Nevill. The other parts of this estate were Glodwick , Sholver , Oldham , and Werneth , names and places still familiar today. Crompton would later form
405-499: A filming location for domestic films and television programmes, including The Parole Officer , Common As Muck , Scott & Bailey and The Fred Dibnah Story , the latter of which documented Fred Dibnah 's demolition of the Briar and Cape mill chimneys. The town entered the national media in 2010, 2011 and 2012; for the kidnapping of Sahil Saeed , the mugging and death of Nellie Geraghty (which featured on Crimewatch ), and
486-516: A goods yard was opened in 1863, allowing improved transportation of textile goods and raw materials to and from the township. Neighbouring Royton had begun to encroach upon the township's southern boundary, forming a continuous urban cotton-spinning district with Oldham, Lees and Chadderton —the Oldham parliamentary constituency —which was responsible for 13% of the world's cotton production. The demand for cheap cotton goods from this area prompted
567-470: A rate was levied to raise money for the new church at Oldham , the people of Crompton refused to pay. The manufacture of textiles in Crompton can be traced back to 1474, when a lease dated from that year outlines that the occupant of Crompton Park had spinning wheels , cards and looms , all of which suggest that cloth was being produced in large quantities. The upland geography of the area constrained
648-425: A result of an influx of people from Yorkshire and Lancashire looking for employment in the cotton mills. Power looms introduced in the early 19th century put an end to the last remnants of the domestic system in Crompton, but not without resistance. Weavers and spinners were paid according to the amount of cloth they produced; independent hand loom weavers saw a drop in their income, and could not compete with
729-521: A settlement could date from the 7th century. During Anglo-Saxon England , it is assumed from toponymic evidence that the township of Crompton formed around a predominantly Anglian community with a few Norse settlers, and within the extensive Hundred of Salfordshire . Following the Norman conquest of England , Crompton was part of a vast estate given to Roger the Poitevin . It was unmentioned in
810-414: A small and close community of families. The area was thinly populated and consisted of several dispersed hamlets, including Whitfield, High Crompton , Cowlishaw, Birshaw and Bovebeale (above Beal). These hamlets were situated above the water-logged valley bottoms and below the exposed high moors. Owing to complicated local arrangements of land tenure, inheritance and absentee landlords, the local lordship
891-405: A special feature at this period and every accommodation will provide for the mental and physical recreation of the men during their leisure hours." The firemen's dwellings on Frederick St remain standing. On 1 April 1948 the station become part of Oldham Fire Brigade and on 1 April 1974 became part of Greater Manchester Fire Service with a new call sign – C34. Werneth Fire station closed in 1981 and
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#1732791132972972-407: A total resident population of 21,721, with a population density of around 4,692 people per square mile (1,811 per km ), and an average age of 39. Around 3% of Shaw and Crompton's population is from a black and minority ethnic background (which includes a small but long established community of Bangladeshi heritage), the rest broadly being of white background. Of the residents in
1053-517: A wide range of Warburtons bread products. In August 2012 the building was bought by UDUNK who propose to redevelop the building as commercial units for up to 6 businesses. Until the early 2020s Shaw and Crompton was home to Shop Direct Group 's Shaw National Distribution Centre , which was one of the UK's largest warehouse distribution centres. The company occupied three former cotton mills and state-of-the-art purpose-built storage and sorting facilities on
1134-510: A year at Ringway . Shaw and Crompton's built environment is similar to the urban structure of most towns in England , consisting of residential dwellings centred on a High Street in the town centre , which is the local centre of commerce. There is a mixture of low-density urban areas , suburbs , semi-rural and rural locations in Shaw and Crompton, but overwhelmingly the land use in
1215-522: Is Shaw . 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. The local lordship was weak or absent, and so Crompton failed to emerge as a manor with its own lord and court. Farming was the main industry of this rural area, with locals supplementing their incomes by hand-loom woollen weaving in
1296-488: Is a predominantly suburban area of mixed affluence with a population of 21,065 as of 2011. The legacy of its industrial past can be seen in its three surviving cotton mills, all of which are home to large distribution companies, among them is Yodel based at Shaw National Distribution Centre , a major employer in the area. The name Shaw is derived from the Old English word sceaga , meaning "wood". The name Crompton
1377-407: Is also of Old English derivation, from the words crom or crumb , meaning "bent" or "crooked" and ton , for "hamlet or village". A local historian stated that "this name aptly describes the appearance of the place, with its uneven surface, its numerous mounds and hills, as though it had been crumpled up to form these ridges". The University of Nottingham 's Institute for Name-Studies has offered
1458-507: Is an area of Oldham , Greater Manchester , England. The population at the 2011 census was 12,348. It is 1 mile (1.6 km) west-southwest of Oldham's commercial centre and one of its most ancient localities. It is contiguous with Westwood , Hollinwood , Hollins and Chadderton . Werneth includes Freehold between Werneth Park and Oldham's border with Chadderton at Block Lane. In 2017 more than three quarters (76.6%) of Werneth's population were members of an ethnic minority group, with
1539-499: Is designed to allow local people to put forward their priorities for the area in which they live, suggest improvements and have their say on how services are run on a local basis. Shaw and Crompton does not have a mayor , but does have a Chair of Council who performs ceremonial duties, charitable and chairing duties of the council. The Parish Council also has a town crier who jointly with the Chair performs ceremonial duties in and around
1620-502: Is represented by carboniferous coal measures . The soils of the town are broadly sterile, the poorest being in the upland moors . Rainfall rises steadily from the Cheshire Plain in a northeasterly direction, and totals are between 51 inches (1,295 mm) to 67 inches (1,702 mm) a year in Shaw and Crompton, which is well above the UK average of 45.4 inches (1,153 mm) and compares to about 33 inches (838 mm)
1701-490: The Domesday Book of 1086; the first recorded use of the name Crompton for the township was discovered in legal documents relating to Cockersand Abbey near Lancaster , dating from the early 13th century. The document outlines that Gilbert de Notton, a Norman who had acquired the land from Roger de Montbegon , granted his estate to Cockersand Abbey. The Knights Hospitaller and Whalley Abbey held small estates in
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#17327911329721782-497: The 48 cotton mills that have occupied Shaw and Crompton, only three are still standing, all of which are now used as distribution centres. Since deindustrialisation , Shaw and Crompton's population has continued to grow as a result of intensive housing expansion and redevelopment which has modernised much of its former Victorian and Edwardian terraced housing districts. The town has 9,274 residential dwellings, of which one third are Victorian or Edwardian terraces , built for
1863-578: The Lancashire Cotton Famine of 1861–1865 , leading to the formation of the Crompton Local Board of Health in 1863, whose purpose was to ensure social security and maintain hygiene and sanitation in the locality. The Great Depression , and First and Second World Wars each contributed to periods of economic decline in Shaw and Crompton. Although the industry endured, as imports of cheaper foreign yarns increased during
1944-597: The Office for National Statistics , Shaw and Crompton forms part of the Greater Manchester Urban Area , with Manchester city centre itself 8.7 miles (14.0 km) southwest of Shaw and Crompton. Described in Samuel Lewis 's A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848) as located in "a bleak situation", Shaw and Crompton is in the valley of the River Beal , which runs northward through
2025-1050: The Oldham Coalfield which were exploited by several early collieries and sandstone was quarried. Oldham Werneth railway station on the Oldham Loop Line closed in 2009 when the line was converted to light rail for Manchester Metrolink and replaced by its Oldham and Rochdale Line in 2012. Westwood and Freehold tram stops provide direct tram links to Manchester and beyond and to Rochdale Railway Station and town centre. First Greater Manchester operates bus services 81 and 83 linking Werneth with Oldham , and Manchester city centre , via Moston and Failsworth with some evening services on route 81 operated by Stagecoach Manchester extending to Derker . Stotts Tours (Oldham) operates bus service 396 providing links to Ashton-U-Lyne via Hathershaw and to Middleton via Chadderton town centre. Werneth Cricket Club's facilities are at The Coppice, Chamber Road. The club
2106-617: The Pennines with an army and passed through Manchester to defeat the Britons in the Battle of Chester . A wave of Anglian colonists followed this military conquest and their settlements are identified by the Old English suffix ton in local place names. Royton , Middleton , Moston , Clayton , Ashton and Crompton are localities northeast of Manchester which may have been founded during that colonisation, suggesting that Crompton as
2187-709: The Second Boer War . It consists of a plaque built into a stone wall that is located between two large bushes. Its inscription reads: It then lists eight men: four who were "killed in action", two who "died of wounds", and two who "died of disease". In 1995, to mark the 50th anniversary of the ending of the Second World War, a landmark known as the Shaw and Crompton Beacon was erected in Jubilee Gardens. Werneth, Greater Manchester Werneth ( / ˈ w ɜːr n ɛ θ / ; WUR -nəth )
2268-528: The domestic system . The introduction of textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution initiated a process of rapid and unplanned urbanisation. A building boom began in Crompton in the mid-19th century, when suitable land for factories in Oldham was becoming scarce. By the late 19th century, Crompton had emerged as a densely populated mill town with forty-eight cotton mills , some of
2349-463: The explosion of a house in Buckley Street respectively. Shaw and Crompton Metrolink station opened as part of Greater Manchester's light-rail Metrolink network on 16 December 2012. From the 18th century onwards, Shaw and Crompton's economy was closely tied with that of Britain's textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution , particularly the cotton spinning sector. Until
2430-447: The flotation of cotton spinning companies; the investment was followed by the construction of 12 new cotton mills from 1870 and 1900. In the post-war economic boom of 1919–20, investors did not have the time to build new mills and so were prepared to pay vastly inflated sums for shares in existing companies. Many mills were refloated at valuations of up to £500,000 (£29,020,000 as of 2024 ), or five times what they had cost to build before
2511-539: The 1950s. An early type of axe known as a palstave has been discovered on Crompton Moor , providing evidence of Bronze Age human activity. It is believed that the area was inhabited by Ancient Britons , and that the Brigantes gave the River Beal its name. An ancient track, perhaps of Roman origin, crosses the modern Buckstones Road leading to Castleshaw Roman fort in neighbouring Saddleworth . In 616 Æthelfrith of Bernicia , an Anglo-Saxon king, crossed
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2592-649: The 1990s, Shaw and Crompton was the home of Osram , the multinational lightbulb manufacturer, which occupied Duke Mill and was a significant employer in the area. Production has since been moved away from the United Kingdom. Warburtons had one of its 11 major bakeries in Shaw and Crompton from 1965 to January 2012. The "Pennine" bakery produced around 500,000 loaves a week and distributed them to major multiples and independent retailers throughout Greater Manchester, Cheshire , and Derbyshire . Located on Glebe Street, it employed around 200 staff and produced
2673-500: The Crompton War Memorial Committee, the statue was conceptualised in 1919 by Richard Reginald Goulden , and unveiled on 29 April 1923 by General Sir Ian Hamilton . The original cost for the memorial alone was £4,000, but the total cost, including site and layout, was about £6,067. The inscription on the memorial reads: The symbolic memorial depicts a group in which the central figure is a man defending
2754-656: The Cudworth family of Werneth Hall who were successive lords of the manor of Werneth/Oldham. A Member of this family was James I 's Chaplain Ralph Cudworth (father of the Cambridge Platonist philosopher Ralph Cudworth ). The Cudworths remained lords of the manor until their sale of the estate (1683) to Sir Ralph Assheton of Middleton . After several owners, the Werneth Hall estate and manor
2835-589: The Pakistani population being largest (48.6%). The name Werneth is ancient and derives from a Brittonic personal name identical to the Gaulish Vernetum , derived from *verno- meaning " alder " ( Welsh gwern ). The survival of place-names derived from Celtic personal names is rare in England outside Cornwall . The name is cognate with the place-names Le Vernet and Vernois in France. In
2916-477: The ancient ecclesiastical parish of Prestwich-cum-Oldham , in the hundred of Salford . Werneth is also an electoral ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham . The ward includes the neighbourhoods of Werneth Park , Freehold , Primose Bank, and parts of Coppice and the Block Lane / Old Lane area of Chadderton. Werneth covers about one hundred acres, and its geology consists of the coal measures of
2997-417: The building was demolished in 1987. Lying within the historic county boundaries of Lancashire since the early 12th century , Werneth was recorded in 1212 as one of five parts of the thegnage estate of Kaskenmoor held on behalf of King John by Roger de Montbegon and William de Nevill. The other parts were Crompton , Glodwick , Oldham and Sholver . Werneth was part of the township of Oldham, in
3078-436: The combined electoral wards of Shaw and Crompton (which are coterminous with the town) 41.7% were married, 9.2% were cohabiting couples, and 9.7% were lone parent families. Forty percent of households were made up of individuals, and 14% had someone living alone at pensionable age. The ethnicity of the town was given as 96% white, 0.5% mixed race , 2.0% Asian, 0.3% black and 0.2% Chinese or other. The place of birth of
3159-462: The construction of a major road from Werneth to Littleborough , and the establishment of a post office sub-district named and situated in Shaw, it came to dominate Crompton. Additionally, a separate ecclesiastical parish was created for the township in 1835, which was given the name Shaw because of the church's location on Shaw Moor, in Crompton. The names merged to form the present day Shaw and Crompton, which boundary markers have used since at least
3240-723: The cotton mill workers of former times. It is considered a popular residential area of relative prosperity, with a variety of housing types. The Buckstones and Rushcroft areas contain modern housing estates and are amongst the most affluent suburbs of the town. They were built as part of an agreement made in the 1950s between the then Crompton Urban District and the County Borough of Oldham councils, to alleviate Oldham's chronic shortage of quality housing. The town has subsequently been described as having "good community spirit and relative prosperity, which, in turn, create popular residential areas". Shaw and Crompton has been used as
3321-414: The east. The larger towns of Rochdale and Oldham lie to the northwest and south respectively; Royton is 1.2 miles (1.9 km) west-southwest. There are no motorways in Shaw and Crompton, though a light rail line bisects the town from north to south. The town has a post office under the Oldham post town . The territory of the civil parish is given as 4.5 square miles (11.7 km ). For purposes of
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3402-527: The equivalent, compared with 20% nationwide. Below is a table outlining population growth of the area since 1901. Earlier records show that the area had a population of 872 in 1714. Shaw and Crompton has been a base for distribution companies as a result of the town's good transport links, its supply of large, disused mill properties, and its situation between Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Lancashire, and West Yorkshire. The N Brown Group , and children's toy distributors Toy Options have distribution centres in
3483-449: The estate he possessed. The family owned a large historic house by the name of Crompton Hall , on the site of Crompton Fold. Crompton Hall first appears in historical records as early as 1442, owned by Thomas de Crompton and his family. The original "medieval" Crompton Hall was demolished around 1848. A second Crompton Hall, set in its own prominent forested grounds, was erected by the family—by then an influential and affluent investor in
3564-907: The first Members of Parliaments (MPs) were the radicals William Cobbett and John Fielden . Winston Churchill was the MP between 1900 and 1906. Churchill once stayed at Crompton Hall , and letters written by him describe how peaceful and tranquil he thought the area to be. Constituency boundaries changed during the 20th century; from 1885 to 1918 Shaw and Crompton lay within Prestwich constituency , from 1918 to 1950 in Royton constituency , from 1950 until 1983 in Heywood and Royton constituency , and from 1983 to 1997 in Littleborough and Saddleworth constituency . Since 1997, Shaw and Crompton has lain within
3645-483: The former Dawn Mill. A derelict row of houses on Eastway was demolished as part of this development. Two houses on Greenfield Lane were also demolished, allowing the existing ALDI store to expand—possibly to help it to compete with the new ASDA store. The original planning application was put to a public vote in 2005, and included proposals for 316 parking spaces, improved bus facilities, pedestrian routes linked to Market Street, junction improvements to nearby streets, and
3726-411: The future generations, represented by young children, against foreign aggression, represented by a beast. The memorial is also a time capsule. Inside it is a lead casket containing coins, a copy of the local newspaper, three cops of spun cotton, and a length of cloth manufactured in the local area. A second, smaller war memorial is located in Jubilee Gardens. It is dedicated to the soldiers who fought in
3807-467: The global market. When suitable land in nearby Oldham (then the largest and most productive mill town in the world) had become scarce in the 1860s, there was a mill building boom in Shaw and Crompton, giving rise to the area as major mill town . The local townscape became dominated by distinctive rectangular brick-built mills, and its former villages and hamlets agglomerated as a single town around these factories. Shaw and Crompton railway station and
3888-466: The largest in the United Kingdom, in the area. At its spinning zenith, as a result of an interwar economic boom and the over-valuation of shares associated with the textile industry, Shaw and Crompton had more millionaires per capita than any other town in the world. Imports of foreign cotton goods saw a decline in the textile industry by the mid-20th century and the last mill closed in 1989. Shaw and Crompton covers 4.5 square miles (11.7 km ) and
3969-532: The largest landowners in Crompton, owning land and farmsteads at Whitfield and Crompton Fold respectively. The Crompton family has a well-documented history and can be traced back to the time of Magna Carta , appearing in the Assize Roll for 1245. Crompton is indigenous to the township, and first appears as a family name in the 13th century, when the locality's principal landowner, Hugh de la Legh, changed his family name to "de Crompton" (of Crompton), to reflect
4050-399: The local cotton industry—but following the death of the last remaining family members, the site was sold and, in 1950, the house was demolished to make way for an exclusive development of bungalows . Because of the poor soils and rugged terrain, Samuel Lewis said Crompton's inhabitants were "a race of hardy and laborious men". They have also been described as having a reputation for being
4131-478: The many mills in Oldham and south Lancashire. Platt Brothers business headquarters were close to Oldham Werneth railway station which has now closed. Prosperity in the area brought civic development and a significant part of Werneth became Oldham's "grand west end" with large mansions. This part of Werneth is known as Coppice . In 1864 at a cost of £932 Werneth's first fire engine house opened in John St. It
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#17327911329724212-578: The markets in Manchester and Rochdale. Despite its remoteness by the Pennines , by the Early Modern period the domestic system in Crompton had produced relatively wealthy inhabitants. The most affluent were those involved in cloth and linen, and their wealth was comparable to that of the merchants of Manchester and Salford . Until the mid-18th century, Crompton's textile sector had been closely linked with that of Rochdale and Saddleworth in
4293-464: The mechanised mass production that was gathering pace in the township. Luddites rioted in the township in 1826, smashing 24 power looms at Clegg's mill at High Crompton in protest against their worsening standard of living. Crompton's damp climate provided the ideal conditions for cotton spinning to be carried out without the cotton drying and breaking, and newly developed 19th century mechanisation optimised cotton spinning for mass production for
4374-466: The mid-20th century, Shaw and Crompton's textile sector declined gradually to a halt; said to have over-relied upon the textile sector, cotton spinning reduced in the 1960s and 1970s, and by the early 1980s only four mills were operational. In spite of efforts to increase the efficiency and competitiveness of its production, the final cotton was spun in Shaw and Crompton in 1989, in Lilac and Park mills. Of
4455-515: The mother Church of St Mary the Virgin at Prestwich . On several occasions during the 15th and 16th centuries, the Archdeacon of Chester had to intervene because Crompton's inhabitants refused to contribute towards holy bread and candles used at Prestwich. In 1826, a poll was taken regarding the re-building of Oldham Church. Not one person in Crompton voted in favour of the rebuilding and when
4536-821: The need for 500 tonnes of steel and 450 tonnes of carbon emissions. The main Crompton War Memorial, located on the High Street, consists of a Scottish granite plinth surmounted by a large bronze statue flanked by two Rolls of Honour containing the 346 names of those from Shaw and Crompton who fought and died in the First World War . Panels listing the Roll of Honour from the Second World War were added and unveiled on 12 November 1950 by Councillor H. M. Turner. Commissioned by
4617-453: The north and east; it was a woollen manufacturing district. However, as the demand for cotton goods increased, Crompton mirrored developments in Oldham and Manchester in the south and southwest, importing raw cotton and making cotton cloth. To ensure that the woollen trade was kept buoyant, a law existed from 1675 to 1814 to encourage Shaw and Crompton's wool production. It required that the deceased were to be buried in woollen garments. In
4698-432: The output of crop growing, and so prior to industrialisation the area was used for grazing sheep, which provided the raw material for a local woollen weaving trade. Wills and inventories from the 15th and 16th centuries suggest most families were involved with small scale pasture , but supplemented their incomes by weaving woollens in the domestic system and selling cloth, linen and fustians to travelling chapmen for
4779-473: The parish area and is a purely ceremonial role. Shaw and Crompton is one of only a few parishes of England that still observes the ancient custom of Beating the bounds . Originally an annual event, it now takes place every seven years. In terms of parliamentary representation, Shaw and Crompton after the Reform Act 1832 was represented as part of the Oldham parliamentary borough constituency , of which
4860-537: The parliamentary constituency of Oldham East and Saddleworth , and is represented in the House of Commons by Debbie Abrahams , a member of the Labour Party . At 53°34′39″N 2°5′32″W / 53.57750°N 2.09222°W / 53.57750; -2.09222 (53.5777°, −2.0928°) Shaw and Crompton lies along the eastern edge of the ancient Lancashire border; Saddleworth and the Pennines are close to
4941-519: The reign of Henry III , the manor of Oldham was held by Alwardus de Aldholme who held land in Werneth (Vernet) and lived at Werneth Hall . In the 13th century, Oldham was documented as a manor held from The Crown by a family surnamed Oldham , whose seat was at Werneth Hall . Richard de Oldham was recorded as lord of the manor of Werneth/Oldham (1354). His daughter and heiress, Margery (d.1384), married John de Cudworth (d.1384), from whom descended
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#17327911329725022-411: The relocation of a local tyre-fitting company. The supermarket cost £20 million to construct, and is the first ASDA store in the United Kingdom to use environmentally friendly construction techniques, which Wal-Mart intends to use as a blueprint for all its new ASDA supermarkets. It incorporates a sustainable timber frame and an energy-saving ventilation system, which together have eradicated
5103-469: The second half of the 18th century, the technology of cotton-spinning machinery improved, and the need for larger buildings to house bigger, better and more efficient equipment became apparent. The profitability of cotton spinning meant that open land that had been used for farming since antiquity, was utilised for purpose-built weavers' cottages . Larger buildings were still desired, and construction of two water powered cotton factories (two or three times
5184-461: The single name of Shaw seems to have won preference in the locality. Shaw was originally a hamlet and sub-district of Crompton, where it appears to have originated as the commercial and ecclesiastic centre because of a small chapel sited there dating back to the 16th century. Before then, Whitfield had been the largest village in Crompton. In 1872, Shaw was noted as one of three villages in Crompton. However, due to Shaw's urbanisation following
5265-403: The size of a cottage) can be traced to 1782. The construction of more mills followed—ten by 1789—facilitating a process of urbanisation and socioeconomic transformation in the region; the population moved away from farming, adopting employment in the factory system . The introduction of the factory system led to an increase of the township's population; from 872 in 1714 to 3,500 in 1801, mostly as
5346-626: The southern part of Werneth. Joseph Jones (1782–1858) of Wallshaw Mill, was the first alderman elected for the Werneth Ward of Oldham Council. He was a Conservative and was "elbowed" out in 1852 after which he retired to Severn Stoke in Worcestershire . Werneth was an industrial district and from the 19th century was the location of the Platt Brothers works. The engineering company made cotton-spinning machinery for
5427-403: The suggestion that the name Crompton means "river-bend settlement", which may reflect Crompton's location on a meander of the River Beal . The dual name of both Shaw and Crompton has been said to make the town "distinctive, if not unique", while preference of Shaw over Crompton and vice versa has been (and to a limited extent remains) a minor local controversy and point of confusion. Today,
5508-459: The town is residential; industrial areas and terraced houses give way to suburbs and rural greenery as the land rises out of the town. Generally, property in the centre, west, and south of the town is older and smaller in comparison to that found in the east and north. Shaw and Crompton is divided into two political wards , named "Shaw" and "Crompton" (to the east and west respectively). According to census data, in 2001 Shaw and Crompton had
5589-448: The town towards the village of Newhey . The land to the east of the town steadily rises, reaching a height of 1,283 feet (391 m) at the summit of Crompton Moor . To the west, the land reaches around 699 feet (213 m) at High Crompton and 825 feet (251 m) at Whitfield, and from these highpoints the surface slopes away in all directions. The River Irk rises on Shaw and Crompton's western boundary with Royton . The geology
5670-467: The town's residents was 96.8% United Kingdom (including 95.13% from England), 0.6% Republic of Ireland , 0.5% from other European Union countries, and 2.1% from elsewhere in the world. Religion was recorded as 84% Christian, 1.7% Muslim, 0.2% Hindu, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.1% Jewish and <0.1% Sikh. Some 6.8% were recorded as having no religion, 0.1% had an alternative religion, and 5.6% did not state their religion. The economic activity of residents aged 16–74
5751-409: The town. Trent Mill Industrial Estate, on the edge of the town near Rushcroft , takes its name from the mill that was once there. The business park is home to several small industrial companies. It was partially destroyed by a fire that started in a plastics factory in the early hours of 28 April 2007. On 6 August 2007, a 35,000-square-foot (3,252 m ) Asda supermarket opened on the site of
5832-612: The township. In 1234, about 80 acres (32 ha) of land at Whitfield in Crompton were given to the Hospitallers, a religious order that provided care for poor, sick or injured pilgrims to the Holy Land . A medieval cross has been discovered in the ruins of a house at Whitfield. During the High Middle Ages , Crompton was a collection of scattered woods, farmsteads, moorland, swamp and a single corn mill , occupied by
5913-479: The war, resulting in the town being nicknamed "The Golden City" as the scramble for shares intensified. Because of this highly profitable share dealing, it was reported in the national press that Shaw and Crompton had more millionaires per capita than any other town in the world. The number of cotton mills in the township peaked at 36 in 1920. Supplies of raw cotton from the United States were cut during
5994-436: The wider Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, and including the status as a statutory consultee on local planning applications . The council comprises 14 locally elected members and is consulted in planning applications that affect the area through the Shaw and Crompton area Committee of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council. Shaw and Crompton (Community Forum) Community Council , a separate body, meets at least four times per year and
6075-406: Was 45% in full-time employment, 12% in part-time employment, 7% self-employed, 2.4% unemployed, 2% students with jobs, 3% students without jobs, 13% retired, 4% looking after home or family, 7% permanently sick or disabled, and 2% economically inactive for other reasons. This was roughly in line with the national figures. Of the town's residents aged 16–74, 15% had a higher education qualification or
6156-659: Was a Local board of health established in 1863; Established with reference to the Local Government Act 1858 , Crompton Local Board of Health was a regulatory body responsible for standards of hygiene and sanitation in the township. Following the Local Government Act 1894 , the area of the Local Board became the Crompton Urban District , a local government district within the administrative county of Lancashire. The urban district council
6237-661: Was based out of Shaw/Crompton Town Hall, which opened on 28 December 1894. Under the Local Government Act 1972 , the towns urban district status was abolished and the area has, since 1 April 1974, formed part of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham , a local government district of the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester . A civil parish of Crompton was formed in April 1987 and renamed to "Shaw and Crompton" in July 1987. The civil parish has its own parish council , giving it some limited local government autonomy from that of
6318-433: Was equipped with a nine-inch manual pump purchased from John Hall of Oldham. It was manned by police doing auxiliary fireman work with lamplighters or anyone available as pumpers for sixpence per hour plus liquid refreshments. In 1898 a new station opened on Manchester Rd which was built to plans by Messrs Winder and Taylor, architects of Oldham. It had "the latest improvements and conveniences of firemen’s dwellings which were
6399-627: Was formed in 1864 and joined the Central Lancashire League in 1910. The first completed league match was won at Littleborough by two runs. Werneth became champions of the Central Lancashire League in 1939 in unprecedented circumstances. The club was awarded the title by the League committee, when a point ahead of Radcliffe in the league table, after the committee declared fixtures for the last Saturday of
6480-525: Was purchased, for £30,000, by the Lees family of Oldham (1794). In the 1840s, the park of the Hall estate was separated from Werneth Hall to form what later became the public Werneth Park . The ancient manor of Werneth covered an extensive part of the township of Oldham including much of the current town centre. Surrounding areas such as Hollinwood and Hathershaw were historically described as lands lying in
6561-581: Was weak and Crompton failed to emerge as a manor with its own lord and court. This slowly facilitated comparative freedoms and independence for the early people of Crompton, which encouraged the influx of families from the neighbouring parish of Rochdale , including the Buckleys , Cleggs , Greaves and Milnes. During the Late Middle Ages , the Buckley and Crompton families were recorded as
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