73-643: Hollingworth is a village in the Tameside district, in Greater Manchester , England. It is about 11 miles (19 km) east of Manchester on the Derbyshire border near Glossop . Historically part of Cheshire , it gave its name to a family who owned much of the surrounding area from before the time of the Norman conquest . Hollingworth was recorded Holisvrde before 1059 and in 1086. Its name
146-684: A bog body in Ashton Moss, occupation sites at Werneth Low, Harridge Pike, Roe Cross, and Mottram. A 4th-century coin hoard was found in Denton and is one of only four hoards from the 4th century in the Mersey basin . A Byzantine coin from the 6th or 7th centuries, also found in Denton, indicates continued or renewed occupation once the Romans left Britain in the early 5th century. Nico Ditch, an earthwork stretching from Stretford to Ashton-under-Lyne,
219-495: A concocted name with no historical basis) won 15 votes to Hartshead's 10 in a final stage of voting. The new district was awarded borough status from its creation, allowing the chairman of the council to take the title of mayor. In 1986 Tameside effectively became a unitary authority with the abolition of the Greater Manchester County Council . Tameside borders High Peak in Derbyshire to
292-596: A "high-tech business incubator" with help from the European Regional Development Fund and the Heritage Lottery Fund. Work at the mid-Victorian building, which closed as a swimming baths in 1975, has involved cleaning, repairs and the replacement of external stonework. The new office space is housed inside a free-standing timber-clad pod within the former main pool. At the same time, Ashton's market has been refurbished with
365-575: A 17th-century farm building, is listed on the council's website as grade I but is listed by English Heritage as grade II. ) In Tameside are three of Greater Manchester's Sites of Special Scientific Interest , Boar Flat, part of Dark Peak , the Hollinwood Branch Canal and the Huddersfield Narrow Canal . The Huddersfield Narrow Canal runs for 20 miles (32 km) from Huddersfield to Ashton-under-Lyne ; it
438-670: A border from the earliest times between the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of Northumbria and Mercia . The ancient parish was the most northerly in Cheshire. Mottram came to prominence as a transport hub. It lies on two pack horse routes used to carry salt from Cheshire to South Yorkshire over the Pennines and carry lime for soil improvement from Chapel-en-le-Frith . It was on the Manchester to Sheffield stage coach route, and had
511-726: A flyer service to Manchester. Before the Industrial Revolution Mottram and Ashton had been the most significant towns in the area, the manor and manorial court house were in Mottram, but other towns eclipsed Mottram in size and importance. Mottram was active in the early stages of industrialisation , and there were significant cotton spinning mills in Wedneshough Green and the Treacle Street areas of Mottram Moor, and printing and dyeing works on
584-575: A nursery. Mottram-in-Longdendale Mottram in Longdendale is a village in Tameside , Greater Manchester , England. At the 2011 census, the population for the ward of Longdendale, which includes Mottram and the surrounding area, was 9,950. Historically part of Cheshire , it lies in the valley of Longdendale , on the border with Derbyshire and the Peak District near Broadbottom and Hattersley . Mottram in Longdendale parish
657-592: A parcel of manors which includes Hollingworth. The wholesale ejectment of the Saxons from manors in Longdendale appears to have specific to those lands under the control of Hugh Lupus, Earl of Chester. He replaced the Saxon freeman on the Cheshire side of Longdendale with Normans and Saxon farmers under the control of a local Saxon chieftain called Wulfric (pronounced Uluric). On the Derbyshire side of Longdendale, which
730-432: A partnership between Tameside council and Tameside College – is a redevelopment strategy. Three "advanced learning centres" are being built in central Ashton town and at the college's Beaufort Road home. Phase one comprises two sites. The new Clarendon Sixth Form College, which began taking students in the autumn of 2015, was officially opened by Coronation Street actress Brooke Vincent on 9 March 2016. The college theatre
803-569: A total of 375 acres (1.52 km ) from Hattersley and Matley. Stalybridge CP gained 58 acres (230,000 m ) of Matley. In 1931 the parish had a population of 2636. Mottram occupies an elevated site straddling the A57 trunk road from the end of the M67 to the junction with the A628 trunk road . It is 10 miles (16 km) east of Manchester , on land between 150m to 250m above mean sea level. The geology
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#1732775663883876-490: A wide range of vocational subjects including hair and beauty, hospitality and catering, bakery and confectionery, travel and tourism and business skills. Ashton's Victorian town hall and the old water board offices, which are both listed buildings, are being retained. Work should be completed in early 2018. Phase three will ensure the Beaufort Road campus offers learners modern, inspirational learning spaces. Alongside
949-574: Is a Grade II* Listed Building , built in the Perpendicular Gothic style. The interior of St. Michael's was remodelled in 1854 but the exterior remains intact from the 15th and 16th centuries. The church stands high up on Warhill overlooking the village. In 2010, vandals destroyed the church's windows which led to cork boards being used as replacements. Mottram Old Hall is a country house in Old Hall Lane which dates to 1727 and
1022-468: Is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester , England, named after the River Tame , which flows through it, and includes the towns of Ashton-under-Lyne , Audenshaw , Denton , Droylsden , Dukinfield , Hyde , Mossley and Stalybridge . Tameside is bordered by the metropolitan boroughs of Stockport to the south, Oldham to the north and northeast, Manchester to the west, and to the east by
1095-479: Is a 15th-century parish church which was virtually rebuilt in the 19th century. A church on the site dates back to at least 1262. St Lawrence's Church , in Denton, is a Grade II* listed building and a timber-framed church. It was remodelled by J Medland Taylor in 1872. Tameside is currently undergoing redevelopment through the Vision Tameside project which should be completed by 2018. Vision Tameside –
1168-649: Is an earthwork running from Ashton-under-Lyne in the east to Stretford in the west, in the borough of Trafford . It survives to a depth of 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) in some places and is up to 4 metres (13 ft) wide. Tameside has nine conservation areas: Ashton and Stalybridge town centres; Carrbrook, Copley St. Paul's, and Millbrook in Stalybridge; Fairfield in Droylsden; Mottram-in-Longdendale; Portland Basin ; and St. Anne's in Haughton. The Museum of
1241-461: Is derived from the Old English holegn, for holly and worð an enclosure. In 1059, Hollingworth was surrounded by dense forests. Hollingworth was formerly a township in the parish of Mottram , in 1866 Hollingworth became a separate civil parish , in 1894 Hollingworth became an urban district , on 1 April 1936 the district was abolished to form Longendale Urban District , on 1 April 1936
1314-570: Is entirely within Tameside, is represented by Jonathan Reynolds (Labour). In 2007, Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council was assessed by the Audit Commission and judged to be "improving strongly" in providing services for local people. Overall the council was awarded "four star" status meaning it was "performing strongly" and "well above minimum requirements", putting it in the top 38% of all local authorities. Civil parishes form
1387-500: Is evidence of Anglo-Saxon activity in Tameside. It was probably dug between the 7th and 9th centuries and may have been used as a boundary between the kingdoms of Mercia and Northumbria . Further evidence of Anglo-Saxon era activity in Tameside comes from the derivation of settlement names from Old English such as - tun , meaning farmstead, and leah meaning clearing. According to the Domesday Survey of 1086, Tameside
1460-598: Is expected to create 500 new jobs as well as attract other businesses to the area. The store opened on 19 October 2006 and covers 27,500 square metres (296,000 sq ft) At the time of its creation, the store was the tallest in Britain. Life science industries have been identified as growth industries in Greater Manchester and are concentrated in Oldham and Tameside. Average house prices in Tameside are
1533-622: Is in Mottram Cemetery. Mottram was one of the eight ancient parishes of the Macclesfield hundred of Cheshire , England. Centred on St Michael and All Angels Church it included the townships of Godley , Hattersley , Hollingworth , Matley , Newton , Stayley, Tintwistle and Mottram itself. Under the Poor Law Amendment Act 1886 the townships became civil parishes in their own right. In 1857 an area of
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#17327756638831606-790: Is mainly boulder clay above millstone grit , but there are small outcrops of coal at the edge of the Lancashire Coalfield . To the south and east of Mottram is the River Etherow and to the west is the Hurstclough Brook. The A628 trunk road connects the M67 motorway from Manchester to the M1 motorway in South Yorkshire . The road is single-carriageway through Mottram, Hollingworth and Tintwistle and through
1679-503: Is protected for its biological interest, and is "the best example of a flowing eutrophic water system in Greater Manchester". There are three Scheduled Ancient Monuments in the borough, a Bronze Age cairn in Stalybridge, Buckton Castle , and Nico Ditch . Buckton Castle is a 12th-century enclosure castle near Carrbrook and was probably built by one of the earls of Chester. The castle lay ruinous by 1360, and has been described as "one of England's most important castles". Nico Ditch
1752-703: Is shown in brackets. An urban district was a type of local government district which covered an urbanised area. Ashton-under-Lyne, Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden, and Mossley were previously in Lancashire. Dukinfield, Hyde, Longdendale, and Stalybridge were in Cheshire. At the 2011 UK census , the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside had a total population of 219,324. Of the 94,953 households in Tameside, 30.8% were married couples living together, 32.7% were one-person households, 11.5% were co-habiting couples and 12.8% were lone parents. The population density
1825-461: Is the most complete prehistoric funerary monument in the borough. The people in the area changed from hunter-gatherers to farmers around 2500 BC–1500 BC due to climate change. Werneth Low is the most likely Iron Age farmstead site in the borough, probably dating to the late 1st millennium BC. Before the Roman conquest of Britain in the 1st century AD, the area was probably part of
1898-526: The Borough of High Peak in Derbyshire . As of 2022 , the population of Tameside was 232,753, making it the 8th-most populous borough of Greater Manchester. There are over 300 listed buildings in Tameside and three Scheduled Ancient Monuments , including Buckton Castle . Its townships were agricultural until the Industrial Revolution when they grew with the cotton industry. The borough
1971-482: The Peak District National Park , it is used by large numbers of heavy goods vehicles . It is one of the most congested A-road routes in the country, with high volumes of traffic (including HGVs) using a road which is totally unsuitable for the volume and nature of traffic it carries The A628 through Mottram carries traffic from the A57 road linking Manchester through Glossop to Sheffield over
2044-706: The Woodhead pass to Barnsley ) and the A57 road (leading to the Snake Pass to Sheffield ). Going west, the A57 joins the M67 motorway a couple of miles from the village. Hollingworth is also served by Stagecoach Bus Service 237 from Glossop to Ashton-under-Lyne, passing every 30 minutes until 6pm then every hour thereafter. There are two schools in Hollingworth: [REDACTED] Media related to Hollingworth at Wikimedia Commons Tameside Tameside
2117-415: The 1974 reforms, whilst the other five districts had been in the administrative county of Lancashire . A name for the metropolitan borough proved problematic. The Redcliffe-Maud Report had used the name Ashton-Hyde, but double-barrelled names were prohibited for the new districts. Had Ashton-under-Lyne been a county borough , or had had a less common name, "it might have been chosen as the new name" for
2190-458: The 5th lowest of the ten boroughs in Greater Manchester and are prices just 60% of the average price for the England. At the 2011 UK census, Tameside had 161,459 residents aged 16 to 74. 4.3% of these people were students, 4.0% looking after home or family, 6.2% long-term sick or disabled and 2.2% economically inactive for other reasons. In 2011, of 101,892 residents of Tameside in employment,
2263-454: The Etherow at Broadbottom which until recently was part of the parish. The smaller early mills in Mottram became uneconomic and harder to run. Stalling industrialisation led to social conflict and hunger during 1812 Luddite riots that led to the smashing of labour-reducing machines. The Luddites secretly drilled on Wedneshough Green. In 1842 local Chartists met on the green, and planned
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2336-650: The Hundred of Macclesfield. Hollingworth was an ancient manor governed by a local lord. Members of a single family, the Hollingworths, were lords of the manor for more than 700 years. In this part of Cheshire, local lords assumed the name of their manor as their surname. Some were granted arms by the Earl of Chester. The family's ancient arms are three holly leaves. In 1059 when the Saxons ruled Cheshire, Hollingworth
2409-797: The Manchester Regiment is housed in Ashton-under-Lyne's town hall. The museum displays relics related to the Manchester Regiment including five Victoria Crosses awarded to members of the regiment. Park Bridge Heritage Centre in the Medlock Valley is a museum dedicated to the history of the settlement of Park Bridge and its industry. Broad Mills Heritage Site, in Broadbottom, preserves the remains of an early 19th-century textile works. Art galleries in
2482-706: The Mercian Kingdom of the West Angles. The tribes living in the Longdendale valley were pagans until around 627AD when the surrounding districts started converting to Christianity. Hollingworth was in the ancient Hundred of Hamestan before 1000 AD which is believed to be the ancient boundaries of the Pecsaetan tribesmen. After the Norman conquest in 1086, the Hundred of Hamestan was redefined and renamed
2555-541: The Normans. After the Norman conquest of England, Earl Edwin's lands were forfeited. The Domesday Book in 1086 shows that Hollingworth manor was barren and worthless. Paul Howson and William Booth wrote that 'No population is recorded for the area covered by the later forest of Macclesfield or the Lordship of Longdendale ...'. The Lordship of Longdendale was a term that came into common use around 1359, to describe
2628-602: The River Tame crosses the borough north to south, giving Tameside its name. The Ashton Canal , the Hollinwood Branch Canal , the Huddersfield Narrow Canal , and the Peak Forest Canal all run through the borough. There are also several reservoirs , including the Audenshaw Reservoirs . Greenspace accounts for 63.5% of the Tameside's total area, domestic buildings and gardens comprise 17.4%, and
2701-612: The Snake Pass, another major Trans-Pennine route. Congestion at peak times backs up through Glossop and Hadfield rendering local journeys impossible. To solve these problems the Longdendale Bypass was approved in December 2014, but has not yet been started. There is considerable local feeling that there is no viable alternative to a bypass. St Michael and All Angels Church dates from the late 15th century. The church
2774-607: The Stayley township was incorporated as part of the newly created municipal borough of Stalybridge and in 1881 the civil parishes of Godley and Newton were incorporated as part of the new Hyde Municipal Borough. In 1885 the municipal borough of Mossley was created and included parts of Tintwistle and Stayley civil parishes. Under the Local Government Act 1894 several changes came into effect on 31 December of that year. Most of Tintwistle civil parish became part of
2847-569: The Tameside are represented in the United Kingdom Parliament by Members of Parliament (MPs) for three constituencies. Ashton-under-Lyne , which also includes parts of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham , is represented by Angela Rayner ( Labour ). Denton and Reddish , which also covers parts of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport , is represented by Andrew Gwynne (Labour). Stalybridge and Hyde , which
2920-416: The borough include Astley Cheetham Art Gallery in Stalybridge and Central Art Gallery in Ashton-under-Lyne. Tameside has eight designated Local Nature Reserves which are Knott Hill, Hollinwood Branch Canal, Great Wood, Haughton Dale, Hulmes and Hardy Woods, Castle Clough and Cowbury Dale, Hurst Clough and Rocher Vale. Four more are to be designated. Since 2007 Tameside's schools have been transformed as
2993-656: The bottom tier of local government; the parish councils are involved in planning, management of town and parish centres, and promoting tourism. Mossley is the only civil parish in Tameside. In 2001 9,856 people lived there, 4.6% of the borough's population. Before becoming a civil parish, Mossley was a municipal borough . The unparished areas are: Ashton-under-Lyne (municipal borough), Audenshaw ( urban district ), Denton (urban district), Droylsden (urban district), Dukinfield (municipal borough), Hyde (municipal borough), Longdendale (urban district), and Stalybridge (municipal borough). The status of each area before 1974
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3066-534: The boundaries of Cheshire were adjusted on 1 April 1936. Hollingworth and Mottram civil parishes and urban districts were abolished and they were both included in the new Longendale civil parish and Urban District . Hattersley and Matley civil parishes were abolished and their area, which had been an exclave of Tintwistle Rural District, were divided between Stalybridge CP, Hyde CP and the new Longendale CP. Hyde CP gained 722 acres (2.92 km ) of Hattersley and 307 acres (1.24 km ) of Matley. Longendale CP gained
3139-418: The centre of the borough, there are areas of peat in the north east and there are large areas of boulder clay all over Tameside. Ashton Moss is a peat bog covering about 107 hectares (260 acres) and Denton Moor is an area of about 81 hectares (200 acres) of peat. Waterways in Tameside include the rivers Medlock and Etherow , which form parts of Tameside's western and eastern boundaries respectively, and
3212-552: The closure of Stalybridge factories in the Plug Riots . By 1860 the population had peaked. The 1844 railway passed through the valley with stops at Hattersley and Broadbottom in the parish but not at the Mottram township. A Polish pilot, Josef Gawkowski, was killed on 19 July 1942 when his aircraft crashed near Mottram on a training flight from RAF Newton in Nottinghamshire . A memorial plaque commemorating him
3285-586: The districts in the Tame Valley. Following deindustrialisation , the area had suffered "gross-neglect" and had large areas of housing unsuitable for human habitation. This joint enterprise comprised the nine districts that would become Tameside ten years later, plus the County Borough of Stockport . This collective agreed on creating "a linear park in the valley [of the River Tame] for the use of
3358-493: The east, the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham to the north, the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport to the south, and the City of Manchester to the west. Tameside features flat lowlands in the west and highlands in the east where the western edge of the Pennines encroaches on the borough. The hills in the east include Hartshead Pike and Werneth Low which is also a country park. As well as coal measures running north–south through
3431-508: The hands of the same families until the 16th century. Manorialism continued as the main form of administration and governance until the mid-19th century. The Industrial Revolution had a significant impact on Tameside; the area, whose main towns had previously been Ashton-under-Lyne and Mottram-in-Longdendale, was transformed from a collection of the rural, farming communities into mill towns . The towns of Ashton-under-Lyne, Dukinfield, Hyde, Mossley and Stalybridge have been described as "amongst
3504-835: The industry of employment was 17.7% retail and wholesale, 13.2% manufacturing, 12.4% health and social work, 8.5% construction, 8.3% education, 5.8% public administration and defence, 5.3% transport, 5.0% professional, scientific and technical, 4.8% administrative, 4.5% hotels and restaurants, 4.1% financial, 2.4% information and communication, 1.7% real estate, 1.6% energy and water supply, and 4.5% others. In February 2001, Tameside had one Grade I listed buildings, 19 Grade II*, and 289 Grade II. The number of Grade I listed buildings in Tameside has increased to two, these are St Anne's Church in Haughton ; St Michael and All Angels' Church in Ashton-under-Lyne . (Fairbottom Farm Barn,
3577-412: The installation of kiosks alongside traditional stalls. The Ashton Arcades shopping centre opened in 1995. The centre covers 13,000 square metres (140,000 sq ft) on two floors with over 40 shops. In 2006, after failing twice to gain permission to develop a site in the neighbouring borough of Stockport , IKEA announced plans to build its first town centre-store in Ashton-under-Lyne. The store
3650-432: The manors in Longdendale as the supreme over-lord. Around 1222, Thomas de Burgh took the neighbouring manor of Godley from Albinus and gave it to Adam, son of Reginald de Bredbury. Witness to this deed was a 'Tomas de Holinwurthe'. The earliest recorded Hollingworths are Tomas de Holinwurthe circa 1222, 1246; and Henry de Holenwart in 1222. The ancient manor of Hollingworth including the minor manors of Thorncliffe and Wolley
3723-572: The most famous mills towns in the North West". With only a brief interruption for the Lancashire Cotton Famine of 1861 to 1865, factories producing and processing textiles were the main industry in Tameside from the late-18th century until the mid-20th century. In 1964, Dukinfield Borough Council convened a meeting of neighbouring local authorities with the aim of formulating a policy of cross-authority social improvement for
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#17327756638833796-433: The name of their manor as their surname. Sometime before 1211, Sir William De Neville (De NovaVilla), took up residence at Bucton Castle in Tintwistle , and was installed as over-lord to manage the local lords in possession of Hollingworth, Wolley, Broadbottom, Hattersley, Wernet, Matley, Stayley, Mottram-in-Longdendale and Tintwistle. In 1211, William De Neville gave his son-in-law, Thomas de Burgh or Burgo, control of all
3869-401: The new Tintwistle Rural District , with the civil parishes of Hattersley and Matley forming an exclave of the district; On the same day, the new civil parish of Mossley was created and those parts of Tintwistle and Stayley that had been included in the boundaries of the Mossley municipal borough were transferred to the new parish. The rest of the area of Stayley civil parish was transferred to
3942-552: The new advanced technologies centre, they will have access to facilities for engineering, construction and the built environment, motor-vehicle, sport and public services and health and social care provision Provision for students with severe learning difficulties and/or disabilities will continue to be based at the Beaufort Road where a new sports academy was opened in February, 2015, by former Manchester United and England footballer Paul Scholes. In addition, Ashton's old public baths, which lay derelict for many years, has been reborn as
4015-423: The new civil parish of Stalybridge. Hollingworth civil parish was incorporated as the new, single parish Hollingworth Urban District and the civil parish of Mottram itself became incorporated as the single parish Mottram Urban District. On 1 October 1923 Godley and Newton civil parishes were abolished and their areas became part of Hyde civil parish. Under a review conducted under the Local Government Act 1929
4088-407: The new district. The eight other towns objected, adamant that "a new name should be found". Thirty suggestions were put forward, including Brigantia, Clarendon, Hartshead, Kayborough, Tame, Ninetowns, and West Pennine, with Hartshead (with reference to Hartshead Pike ) being the most popular throughout most of the consultation period. However, the name Tameside (with reference to the River Tame, but
4161-425: The parish was abolished to form Longdendale . In 1931 the parish had a population of 2299. An ancient pagan religious site known as Wedneshough Green was in Hollingworth. A grassy knoll opposite the Gunn Inn was anciently called Wedenshaw or Woden's Hawe after the pagan god Woden . The region was populated by Celts, the Pecsaetans a southern branch of the Brigantes . The group became a distinct ethnic tribe in
4234-476: The religious identity of residents residing in Tameside according to the 2011 and the 2021 census results. Tameside is covered by the Roman Catholic dioceses of Shrewsbury and Salford , and the Church of England dioceses of Manchester and Chester . There are two Grade I listed churches in Tameside, St Anne's Church , in Haughton , was built in 1881 in the Gothic Revival style by J Medland Taylor. St Michael and All Angels' Church in Ashton-under-Lyne
4307-576: The rest is made up of roads and non-domestic buildings. Localities within the boundaries of Tameside include: Ashton-under-Lyne , Audenshaw , Broadbottom , Carrbrook , Copley , Denton , Droylsden , Dukinfield , Flowery Field , Gee Cross , Godley , Godley Green , Guide Bridge , Hartshead Green , Hattersley , Haughton Green , Hazelhurst , Heyrod , Hollingworth , Hyde , Landslow Green , Luzley , Millbrook , Mossley , Mottram in Longdendale , Newton , Park Bridge , Roe Cross , Stalybridge , Warhill , and Woolley Bridge . The residents of
4380-421: The result of multimillion-pound investment. Virtually every high school has been replaced or remodelled. Eighteen primary schools have been rebuilt in recent years and another 20 have undergone major remodelling. In addition, the borough has opened the first entirely new schools in its history: Inspire Academy on Mossley Road, Ashton, and Discovery Academy off Porlock Avenue, Hattersley. Both offer 420 places plus
4453-407: The territory of the Brigantes , the Celtic tribe controlling most of what is now north west England. The area came under control of the Roman Empire in the second half of the 1st century. Roads through the area were established from Ardotalia fort in Derbyshire to Mamucium (Manchester) west of Tameside and Castleshaw Roman fort in the north. Romano-British finds in the borough include
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#17327756638834526-442: The townspeople and as a major recreational resource within the Manchester metropolis". Tameside was created on 1 April 1974, by the Local Government Act 1972 as one of the ten metropolitan districts of Greater Manchester. The new district covered the territory of nine former districts which were abolished at the same time: Dukinfield, Hyde, Longdendale and Stalybridge had been in the administrative county of Cheshire prior to
4599-412: Was middle class compared to 14% in England and Wales; this increased to 13.1% in 1931 (15% nationally) and 37.0% in 2001 (48% nationally). From 1841 to 1991, the working class population of Tameside and across the country was in decline, falling steadily from 58.0% (36% nationally) to 22.8% in 1991 (21% nationally). It has since increased slightly, up to 32.9% (26% nationwide). The rest of the population
4672-444: Was 2,126/km (5,510/sq mi) and for every 100 females, there were 96.4 males. Of those aged 16 and over in Tameside, 28.1% had no academic qualifications , significantly higher than 22.5% in all of England. 7% of Tameside's residents were born outside the United Kingdom, significantly lower than the national average of 13.8%. The largest minority group was Asian, at 6.6% of the population. In 1841, 8.5% of Tameside's population
4745-408: Was at Thorncliffe Hall in 1359. The ancient family of Hollingworth migrated to Devon, London, Lincoln, Maidstone in Kent and Dale Abbey in Derbyshire. A pedigree for the family shows they descended in a continuous male line from the Lords of Hollingworth to the present day. Hollingworth Hall is no longer standing, but the family's chapel remains. The village is served by the A628 road (leading to
4818-512: Was controlled by the king, many ancient Saxon families remained in control of their lands. The Domesday Book shows that Hollingworth was held by the Earl of Chester with no local lord in control of the manor. The Saxon chieftain Wulfric managed manors in Longdendale on behalf of the Earl of Chester. Heavily wooded and dangerous because of wolves in the forests, Hollingworth and the manors of Mottram, Matley, Tintwistle and Stayley appear to have been wilderness until 1211. By 1140 local farmers assumed
4891-410: Was created in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 . The history of the area stretches back up to 10,000 years; there are 22 Mesolithic sites in Tameside, the oldest dating to around 8000 BC; 21 of the 22 sites are in the hilly uplands in the north east of the borough. Evidence of Neolithic and Bronze Age activity is more limited in the borough, although the Bronze Age Stalybridge Cairn
4964-428: Was divided into four manors , those of Tintwistle, Hollingworth, Werneth, and Mottram. The land east of the River Tame was in the Hundred of Hamestan in Cheshire and held by the Earl of Chester while to the west of the river was in the Hundred of Salford under Roger de Poitevin . These manors were divided to create further manors, so that by the 13th century most of them were owned by local families and remained in
5037-408: Was held by a freeman who owed his rights to his senior lord; Edwin the Earl of Chester. Edwin was the chief lord of all the manors in the Hamestan Hundred. He leased the manor of Hollingworth to a freeman and his descendants for an annual rent and military service. In 1059, Hollingworth had 30 acres of productive farmland. The Saxon freeman in possession of the manor was removed sometime before 1086 by
5110-454: Was held by the de Holynworths of Hollingworth Hall by 'knight's service'. By 1359, the manor was owned by different scions of the Hollingworth family. Greater Hollingworth was owned by the senior branch living at Hollingworth Hall. Little Hollingworth was inherited by a younger brother who lived at Old Mottram Hall ; he married the heiress to Matley Hall. A younger sister held a share of Thorncliffe Manor, also called Little Hollingworth manor, and
5183-423: Was made up of clerical workers and skilled manual workers. Although Tameside has only existed as a Metropolitan Borough since 1974, the table below details the population change – including the percentage change since the last census 10 years earlier – in the area since 1801 using figures from the towns, villages, and civil parishes that would later become constituent parts of Tameside. The following table shows
5256-518: Was named in Brooke's honour. An "advanced technologies centre" is being built on Stamford Street, Ashton. When it opens in 2017 it will provide a learning facility to support the growth of advanced engineering and technology in Tameside. Phase two of VisionTameside will create an advanced skills centre for Tameside College alongside a new joint service centre for Tameside Council and partners. The skills centre will provide facilities for students studying
5329-472: Was one of the eight ancient parishes of the Macclesfield hundred of Cheshire . The larger Mottram parish was incorporated into Longdendale in 1936, remaining part of Cheshire, then incorporated into Tameside by the Local Government Act 1972 in 1974. In 1795, Aikin in his book, Forty Miles around Manchester , wrote In the 18th century the River Etherow was known as the Mersey . The River Tame has been
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