66-598: Middleton Junction is an industrial and residential district lying on the common border of Middleton in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale and Chadderton in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham , Greater Manchester . The area takes its name from the former Middleton Junction railway station and lies along the course of the Rochdale Canal . It is located 1.4 miles south east of Middleton town centre and 1.9 miles west of central Chadderton. It
132-472: A common area left known as the ‘Equals'.(See also 'A Boundary Dispute' ). Edmund Chadderton held the smaller of two Halls at Nuthurst which was 2 miles south of Bradshaw Hall. His eldest son was William Chadderton (1540–1608) who became the Bishop of Lincoln and Chester. We find the first reference to Bradshaw Hall in the will of Robert Chadderton in 1639. The ancestry of Robert is unclear but we can assume he
198-559: A public field next to St Leonard's Square, and carried out its first dig there in August and September 2013. An account of the Society's research can be found on their website Tonge Hall is a grade II* listed Tudor structure badly damaged by an arson attack in 2007. Rochdale Council are now (2012) in the process of buying the property from the owner for a nominal sum with a view to restoration. The North West Building Preservation Trust,
264-564: A reference to its central position between Rochdale and Manchester . During the Middle Ages , Middleton was a centre of domestic flannel and woollen cloth production. The development of Middleton as a centre of commerce occurred during the 17th and 18th centuries as a result of the effect of the Industrial Revolution. Additional to this, Lord Suffield obtained a Royal Charter from King George III in 1791 to hold
330-464: A registered charity, is likely to take over its long term maintenance. Middleton Archaeological Society (MAS) has been undertaking research into Tonge and Tonge Hall. The first of these investigations took place in August 2012 and work is ongoing. The MAS website has more information including photographs of the dig at As of 2019, the building still stands derelict, surrounded by supporting scaffolding. No work has been undertaken on restoration since
396-643: A teacher training college, the chapel, designed by Sir Frederick Gibberd , was the architectural prototype for the Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral . The chapel still exists on the campus, known as the Milnrow building, but its spire is no longer topped with a cross. Hopwood Hall College benefits from its extensive grounds and leisure facilities which were developed over many years by the De La Salle College. "Moonraker"
462-565: A weekly market and three annual summer fairs in Middleton. Suffield built a market house, warehouses and shambles in the town at his own expense. Industrial scale textile manufacture was introduced to Middleton as a result of the Industrial Revolution . Middleton became a centre for silk production in the 18th century, which developed into a cotton spinning industry by the mid-19th century and which continued through to
528-555: Is a nickname sometimes given to people from the town (and other places; see Moonrakers ). Middleton has been the birthplace and home to notable people, of national and international acclaim. Amongst the most notable persons of historic significance from the town include Thomas Langley (born in Middleton in 1363) who served as Bishop of Durham , Cardinal of the Catholic Church , Lord Chancellor of England , and as England's first de facto Foreign Secretary . Samuel Bamford
594-506: Is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale , Greater Manchester , England, on the River Irk . It is 5 miles (8.0 km) southwest of Rochdale and 5 miles (8.0 km) northeast of Manchester . Middleton had a population of 42,972 at the 2011 Census. It lies on the northern edge of Manchester , with Blackley to the south and Moston to the south east. Historically part of Lancashire , Middleton's name comes from it being
660-420: Is also based in the town. Several of Middleton's buildings were designed by Edgar Wood , a local-born influential architect of his day. Several in Middleton are landmarks and are notable. Middleton has recently benefited from redevelopments which have seen the construction of a new sports, leisure and civic centre, 'Middleton Arena'. A large new Tesco supermarket was opened in the town centre in 2013. In
726-444: Is an area shared between Middleton and Chadderton. Industrial polymer , thermoplastics and nonwovens producer The Vita Group have a registered office in Middleton. Kitbag operate a distribution centre from Greengate in Middleton. Bluebird Bus and Coach is a travel company based in Middleton. Bus company JP Travel has been based in Middleton since 1974. Robert McBride, a household and personal care product manufacturers,
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#1732791664178792-507: Is believed to have occupied the site long before the Norman church was built, in about 1100. The present church was built by Sir Richard Assheton , in celebration of the knighthood granted to him by Henry VIII for his part in the Battle of Flodden , the largest battle ever fought between England and Scotland. The Flodden Window, in the sanctuary, is thought to be the oldest war memorial in
858-604: Is contiguous with other areas of Chadderton and Middleton including Moorclose, Mills Hill , Greengate , Alkrington and Firwood Park . Semi rural Foxdenton lies to the east. The area now known as Middleton Junction originally comprised a number of hamlets situated along Grimshaw Lane and Foxdenton Lane on the border of Chadderton and Tonge townships – Lane End and Hillock (described in the early 1800s as "a pleasant hamlet") in Chadderton, Bradshaw Fold and Jumbo in Tonge (Tonge
924-687: Is likely that Bradshaw was originally part of the Manor of Chadderton which was passed to Gilbert de Notton in 1212 and to Richard de Trafford in 1232. Richard's second son Geoffrey inherited the land and took the name Geoffrey de Chadderton and built Chadderton Hall in the mid 13th Century. The Chadderton manor was passed to the Radcliffe family by 1367 and subsequently to the Assheton family in 1454. The Radcliffes were later to settle in Foxdenton, and
990-528: Is marked by St. Leonard's Church . The urban structure of Middleton is regular in comparison to most towns in England . Residential dwellings and streets are located around the town centre . There is a mixture of high-density urban areas , suburbs , and semi-rural locations in Middleton, but overwhelmingly the land use in the town is urban. The territory of Middleton is contiguous with other urban areas on its southern and eastern sides, and for purposes of
1056-638: Is one of the local secondary schools in the area, others being Middleton Technology School, the Edgar Wood Academy and St. Anne's Academy. Further education is provided by the Sixth Form at Cardinal Langley, as well as the Middleton campus of Hopwood Hall College. What is presently said campus was, from 1946 to 1989, a De La Salle Catholic College of Higher Education affiliated to the Victoria University of Manchester . Founded as
1122-512: Is related to the Nuthurst hall branch and Edmund Chadderton's line because of the closeness of the two estates. Roberts's first son was named Edmund and this provides further support to this assumption. Although this is the first documentary evidence of the occupation of the site, the Chadderton family could have been here as early as 1367 following the transfer of Chadderton Hall to the Radcliffe's. In 1860, an influential meeting here helped lay
1188-468: Is situated on an ancient road between those places. Middleton town centre is around 220 feet (67 m) above sea level . Middleton experiences a temperate maritime climate , like much of the British Isles, with relatively cool summers and mild winters. There is regular but generally light precipitation throughout the year. Middleton is watered by two confluent streams which have their rise in
1254-643: Is therefore thought that Middleton as a settlement dates from the 7th century. Although unmentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, Middleton is said to be "of great antiquity"; a community at Middleton is thought to have evolved outwards from a church that existed considerably earlier than the Norman conquest of England . The name Middleton first appears in 1194, and derives from the Old English middel-tūn , meaning middle farm or settlement, probably
1320-505: The Labour Party. At 53°33′17″N 2°11′19″W / 53.55472°N 2.18861°W / 53.55472; -2.18861 (53.5547, −2.1887), Middleton stands on undulated land immediately north of Manchester ; the towns of Chadderton and Royton are close to the east. The town of Rochdale lies to the north-northeast. The towns name is derived from Middle-town, from its situation midway between Manchester and Rochdale. It
1386-561: The Junction Mill , Laurel Mill among others. See List of mills in Chadderton The name Middleton Junction was adopted as place-name for the area during this period. The estate was a key part of the post-medieval manorial system of North Manchester. It was occupied by descendants of the ancient Chadderton family from 1548 to 1820 and comprised a large part of the current Middleton Junction and Jumbo area. The remains of
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#17327916641781452-927: The Mayor of Greater Manchester asked that Transport for Greater Manchester bring forward a business case for extending the Metrolink tram system to Middleton, as part of a wider regeneration scheme. Almost every part of Middleton is served by a school of some kind, some with religious affiliations. According to the Office for Standards in Education , schools within the town perform at mixed levels. Primary schools include St. Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Alkrington Primary School, St. Michael’s CofE Primary School, St. Thomas-More’s Roman Catholic Primary School and Middleton Parish School. Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School, formerly Cardinal Langley Grammar School,
1518-847: The Office for National Statistics , forms part of the Greater Manchester Urban Area , the United Kingdom's third largest conurbation . The M60 motorway passes to the south of Middleton; the M62 passes to the north. A heavy rail line enters Middleton from Moston and Chadderton to the south, and passes to the east of Middleton's town centre before continuing on northwards to Rochdale. Varyingly agreed divisions and suburbs of Middleton include Alkrington , Bowlee , Boarshaw, Cheapside, Greengate, Hebers, Hollin, Hopwood, Jumbo, Langley , Moorclose, Rhodes , Stake Hill , Middleton Junction , Thornham and Tonge . Mills Hill
1584-576: The Pennines with an army and passed through Manchester to defeat the Brythons in the Battle of Chester . A wave of Anglian colonists followed this military conquest and their settlements are identified by the " ton " Old English suffix to local place names. Royton , Crompton , Moston , Clayton , Ashton , Chadderton and Middleton are a number of settlements northeast of Manchester suggested to have been founded as part of this colonisation. It
1650-630: The Redcliffe-Maud Report that Middleton become part of a new Metropolitan Borough of Oldham , however, following the Local Government Act 1972 , the Municipal Borough of Middleton was abolished and its territory became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale within the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester . The council was based at Parkfield House . The Middleton parliamentary constituency
1716-499: The 13th century being the land on which Chadderton Hall once stood. It contains a large field area with a small football pitch, a playground area, several flower gardens and a small café situated next to the Park's bowling green. The River Irk runs through the centre of the park. Chadderton Hall Park is located on Chadderton Hall Road (B6195) towards the north of Chadderton . It lies at the bottom of Chadderton Heights. The geography of
1782-581: The 17 between Rochdale and Manchester, the 18 between Langley and Manchester, the 59 between Oldham and Manchester, the 125 between Middleton and Heywood, and the 163 between Bury and Manchester. Middleton is located close to junction 19 of the M62 motorway and, at Rhodes, junction 21 of the M60 motorway . Mills Hill railway station is on the eastern boundary of town, one mile east of the town centre, with direct services to Rochdale, Manchester Victoria, Bolton, Wigan and Leeds. It opened in 1838 and closed in 1842, it
1848-451: The Chadderton family went on to establish both Nuthurst ( Moston ) and Bradshaw Halls. The Chadderton family can be identified as having a presence in the area of Bradshaw as far back as Edward VI (1547) when Edmund Chadderton was a plaintiff in a civil court action against John Tonge and others for trespass on the common turbary of Tonge Moor. The eastern side of the Tonge manor is bounded by
1914-652: The Hall lie beneath private land off Glenn Grove. Although demolished in 1910, it is of significant archaeological interest as the footprint of the hall has not been built upon and the site may contain evidence of earlier occupation. History of the estate: The first recorded evidence to the Bradshaw area is a 1320 survey of the Barony of Manchester which records a ‘Bruyd-shaw' (Broad Wood) in the vicinity of ‘Alcryn-ton', ‘White Moss', ‘Black-ley' and ‘Nut-Hurst'. An 1839 map confirms
1980-711: The Irk River and Wince Brook so Tonge Moor must have been the area between Tonge Hall and Bradshaw Hall. Edmund had also begun a property dispute some years earlier in the reign of Henry VIII (1532). This concerned an area south of the Bradshaw Hall site and related to an area known as Theymore Waste (or Theale Moor). The dispute involved the borders of the Nuthurst Waste, Chadderton Waste, Oldham Waste, Moston Hamlet and Ashton Township. The dispute continued for over 70 years with Theymore borders being redefined and
2046-630: The Middleton Arndale shopping centre . The station, with 13 stands, cost £4.5 million and replaced the previous station which dated to the 1970s. The majority of services in Middleton are operated by First Greater Manchester and serve destinations including Bury , Oldham, Rochdale and Tameside . As it is in Greater Manchester, Middleton is serviced by the new (as of 2024) Bee Network initiative, provided and run by Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM). Bus services include
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2112-503: The UK. It memorialises on it the names of the Middleton archers who fought at Flodden Field in 1513. The church also has one of the finest collections of monumental brasses in the area, including the only brass in the UK of an English Civil War officer in full armour, Major-General Sir Ralph Assheton. The church was designated a Grade I listed building in 1957. Middleton Archaeological Society (MAS) have been investigating Clarke Brow,
2178-475: The area as Broad Wood whilst later Ordnance Survey maps show both Bradshaw Hall and Bradshaw Fold in the same area. There is a record of the ownership of the land in the will of Robert Chadderton a “Yeoman of Bradshaw Hall” in 1639. It refers to previous owners of the land as; – The Priory of St John of Jerusalem, Roger de Montbegon (d 1266) and the Earls of Derby. Due to the close location to Chadderton Hall , it
2244-1311: The area began in 1800, and in 1820 Lane End or Hillock Sunday School was built at the junction of Foxdenton and Grimshaw Lanes. With the development of Middleton Junction following the arrival of the railway a new school became necessary which was opened in 1874 as Middleton Junction Wesleyan School. The school was taken over by Chadderton School Board in 1894. Bee Network provides the following bus services in Middleton Junction - 112/113 - to Middleton and to Manchester City Centre via Moston and Collyhurst . 415 to Middleton via Alkrington and to Oldham via Nimble Nook and Cowhill . The parish of Prestwich with Oldham: Tonge - http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53005 Tonge Township Boundaries - http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/Tonge/ParishMap.shtml JW Lees Brewery - http://www.jwlees.co.uk/ Parish of St Gabriel, Middleton Junction - https://web.archive.org/web/20141226111554/http://www.st-gabrielschurch.org.uk/ The Lowbands Farm Story - http://www.middletonia.co.uk/localhistory/lbandscwsray.html Bradshaw Hall, Middleton - http://middletonas.com/our-investigations-published-works/bradshaw-hall-middleton/ Middleton, Greater Manchester Middleton
2310-667: The area, including frontman Liam Fray . The Chameleons , a post-punk band, was formed in the area, and was described by the Middleton Guardian as "Middleton's most famous export". Sally Dynevor , an actress in the Manchester-based soap opera Coronation Street is from Middleton. Chadderton Hall Park Chadderton Hall Park is a park in Chadderton , in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham , Greater Manchester , England . Its roots stretch back to
2376-509: The arson attack. Alkrington Hall was built in 1736 and was the seat of the Lever family. Its dominant position on a wooded hillside, looks out over the Irk Valley towards Middleton. Some of the original parkland around the hall has now been developed into high end housing, while the rest is a Local Nature Reserve , Alkrington Wood Situated below the parish church, on Long Street, this
2442-400: The building several times, none of which have been carried out. Lodge Mill is reputedly Middleton's oldest surviving mill. Situated opposite to the old substation, the building dates back to 1839, and was a silk and cotton mill. A fire on December 30th, 2021 damaged the back mill. Damage was also caused to the front mill when, during demolition of the back mill, the back of the engine house for
2508-479: The centre of several circumjacent settlements. It was an ecclesiastical parish of the hundred of Salford , ruled by aristocratic families. The Church of St Leonard is a Grade I listed building . The Flodden Window in the church's sanctuary is thought to be the oldest war memorial in the United Kingdom, memorialising the archers of Middleton who fought at the Battle of Flodden in 1513. In 1770, Middleton
2574-543: The early 1970s, The Arndale Property Trust cleared land adjacent to Middleton Gardens to build an 'American-style' modern shopping precinct. The Middleton Arndale Centre commenced trading in 1971, although it was officially opened by the Duchess of Kent in March 1972. The Parish Church of St Leonard was completed in 1524, incorporating two stone arches made of stonework from an earlier Norman church. A wooden Saxon church
2640-432: The estate road would have been the lane to Foxdenton Hall, later to become Grimshaw Lane. Two settlements were formed firstly by the home weavers and later by the mill owners. Bradshaw Fold was the area on the north east of the estate, later to be replaced by the station name, Middleton Junction. In the 1861 census, Bradshaw Fold had over 70 weavers' cottages. On the west, between the current Aspinall Street and Sandy Lane,
2706-462: The estate which were probably accessed from the Alkrington pit at Lancashire Fold. The Rochdale canal was built shortly after this (1804), greatly easing the transportation of both coal and cotton. JW Lees brewery opened at Bradshaw Fold in 1828. Middleton Junction railway station opened at Lane End on 31 March 1842 with a branch line to Oldham Werneth railway station . The railway line split
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2772-503: The foundations for the development of the Co-operative Wholesale Society . Lowbands Farm was a convenient meeting place for the co-operators from Rochdale, Oldham and Manchester. Six miles south from Rochdale, four west from Oldham and five north from Manchester, the farm was a useful stopping-off point for a country walk. Jumbo is now part of Middleton, lying between Middleton and Middleton Junction. In 1860 it
2838-530: The front mill was accidentally demolished. The front mill is currently occupied by a local ice cream parlour. Middleton is host to many local sports clubs, including Middleton Cricket Club who are currently playing in the Lancashire League (cricket) . Four golf clubs are within easy reach of the town centre: North Manchester Golf Glub, The Manchester Golf Club (at Slattocks), Heaton Park Golf Club and Blackley Golf Club. In January 2009, Middleton saw
2904-488: The hamlet of Lane End in two. The station was originally called Oldham Junction but by August 1842 it was known as Middleton Station, changing its name to Middleton Junction some ten years later. The branch line to Middleton opened in 1857. The station closed in the mid-1960s. The late 19th century gave rise to a substantial cotton spinning district around the area of the station and along the canal and saw terraced houses built along Grimshaw Lane and its environs. Mills included
2970-420: The immediate district. Much of Middleton's built environment is characterised by its 19th-century red-brick terraced houses , the infrastructure that was built to support these and the town's former cotton mills , although from the middle of the 20th century the town saw the growth of its outlying residential areas of Langley , Hollin and Boarshaw which is predominately ex-local authority housing. The skyline
3036-428: The improvement of Middleton and Tonge townships or civil parishes. In 1878, the township of Alkrington and parts of the townships of Hopwood and Thornham were added to the area of the commissioners. It was in 1886 this territory was incorporated as a borough , giving it Borough status in the United Kingdom . Following the Local Government Act 1894 parts of Great Heaton and Little Heaton townships were added to
3102-462: The local Cardinal Langley Grammar School, later known as Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School . Bernard Manning (1930–2007), Manchester-born ( Ancoats ) comedian, lived in Alkrington . Gold selling music producer Louis Gibzen attended Middleton Technology School ; Radio 1Xtra 's DJ Semtex is also from the town. All four members of the indie-rock group The Courteeners are also from
3168-467: The mid-20th century. This transition gave rise to Middleton as a mill town . The town's local newspaper, the Middleton Guardian has a history going back to Victorian times . copies can be found in the local library of every publication since 1908. JW Lees houses its brewery at Middleton Junction. The brewery owns several pubs in the Greater Manchester area. The town was linked to
3234-469: The national rail network until 1964 when Middleton and Middleton Junction railway stations closed to passengers. Mills Hill and Moston are now the nearest stations. Lying within the historic county boundaries of Lancashire from the early 12th century, Middleton was once an ecclesiastical parish of the hundred of Salford , and in Oldham poor law union. In 1861 commissioners were established for
3300-455: The newly created Municipal Borough of Middleton , a local government district in the administrative county of Lancashire. In 1933 there were exchanges of territory between the borough of Middleton, the City of Manchester and Chadderton Urban District . In the same year, parts of Unsworth were amalgamated with Middleton, whilst part of it was moved to Royton Urban District . It was proposed in
3366-407: The opening of a large Tesco Extra supermarket on July 6th, 2013. Middleton is also home to Rochdale Triathlon Club. Weekly coached swimming sessions are currently held at Middleton Arena, Tuesday 7-8pm and Thursday 9-10pm. The Hopwood Hall College offers a gym to both its students and members of the general public. In 2005, the new Middleton bus station was opened to replace the old one, next to
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#17327916641783432-477: The opening of a new £13 million sports and leisure venue in the town centre. The Middleton Arena is a joint venture by Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council and supermarket chain Tesco . The facility has replaced the old Middleton Civic Centre and Middleton Leisure Centre, allowing the site formerly occupied by these buildings to be cleared for further development into a supermarket. Said development resulted in
3498-405: The origins of the name. “….The cottages in the vicinity of Bradshaw Hall are occupied by silk weavers, farm labourers and cotton spinners and commonly known by the singular name “Jumba” which significant title is supposed to be conferred there-on from the jumping gambols and athletic exercises of the residents on Saint Mondays and other holidays.” In 1779, Thomas Chadderton sold the coal rights to
3564-494: The park itself is like a bowl, the grass fields lie in the centre of the park at the lowest point and the land to either side of the fields is higher. This is because of the River Irk's natural valley but also because the central area of the park was once used as a lake. Chadderton Hall Park was originally the grounds of Chadderton Hall. Chadderton Hall was first built in the 13th century by Geoffrey de Chadderton, this first hall
3630-434: The river and began to rent land to farmers. In 1777, the silk weaving business was introduced to the area and for the next 50 years there was great demand for hand loom weavers' cottages. The estate rented out land north of the current Grimshaw Lane and the settlements of Jumbo and Bradshaw Fold rapidly grew. The estate was bounded on the south by Wince Brook, the west by Tonge and in the north by Chadderton. The only access to
3696-487: The stock of the little store turned over to the Middleton Society for £13. 5s. St Gabriel, Middleton Junction is an Anglo-Catholic Church founded in 1885. Jumbo Methodist Church was located on Grimshaw Lane. It was founded in 1868 and closed in 1967. Grimshaw Lane, Wesleyan Methodist, was founded in 1874 and closed in 1966. In its early years the church was known as Lane End Church Meetings of Methodists in
3762-857: Was a radical writer and politician. He led the Middleton contingent to the meeting at St Peter's Fields in August 1819, pressing for parliamentary reform, which ended in the Peterloo Massacre . Joel Halliwell (1881 – 1958) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross in World War I. Lee Rigby, British soldier and victim of the 2013 Woolwich attack , was from Middleton. Steve Coogan , John Richmond , Clint Boon of Inspiral Carpets , Maartin Allcock of Fairport Convention and Jethro Tull , Brendan and Martin Coogan all attended
3828-460: Was a former township which was incorporated into Middleton in the late 19th century). The area around Jumbo was historically part of the estate of the medieval Bradshaw Hall which was demolished in 1910. In the 16th century, the area consisted largely of undeveloped forest and meadow. The Hall was located on the south side of a valley overlooking the Wince Brook. The estate had a corn mill on
3894-401: Was a hamlet made up of a few farms and the cottages of handloom silk weavers, though the rural characteristics were beginning to disappear after the building of a railway through the area. In 1851 a few cottage workers, manufacturers of velvet waistcoats, decided to get back to the land. They pooled their resources to rent six acres with a house at Jumbo. Previously called "Walmsley's", the farm
3960-406: Was a village of twenty houses, but in the 18th and 19th centuries it grew into a thriving and populous seat of textile manufacture and it was granted borough status in 1886. Langley in the north of the town was one of Manchester City Council 's overspill council estates , whilst Alkrington in the south is a suburban area. In 616, Æthelfrith of Bernicia , an Anglo-Saxon King, crossed
4026-692: Was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 . It was abolished in 1918 when Middleton became part of the Middleton and Prestwich constituency . Today Middleton forms part of the Heywood and Middleton parliamentary constituency , and the Blackley and Middleton South parliamentary constituency , represented in the House of Commons by Elsie Blundell , & Graham Stringer respectively, both of
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#17327916641784092-480: Was in Chadderton Fold slightly to the east of the current park. In 1629 a new hall was built at the site of the current park and was present there until the 20th century when it was demolished in 1939. It was at the end of the 19th Century that the area surrounding Chadderton Hall began to be used for public recreation. A boating lake and a menagerie, including a kangaroo and a lion, were established as part of
4158-460: Was later re-opened in 1985 and remains in use. Middleton railway station , near the town centre, was the terminus of a short branch line, which closed to passengers in 1964. A car chase scene of the 2001 British-made Samuel L. Jackson film The 51st State was filmed on a stretch of the M60 motorway, which runs alongside Rhodes and through Alkrington, just outside the centre of the town. In May 2021
4224-485: Was nicknamed "Lowbands" after a Feargus O'Connor land scheme estate in Worcestershire. The farm made a loss. George Booth was put in charge to try and remedy matters. A Jumbo Co-operative Society was formed to lend a hand and the farm's loomhouse was converted into the new society's store room. Debts and high interest rates took their toll. The farm implements and other assets were sold in 1861, debts paid off, and
4290-517: Was originally a coaching inn on the road between Chester and York . It is said to date from at least 1632 and parts of it date back to the 1500s. This building is situated on Oldham Road, opposite the Middleton office of the Greater Manchester Police. Warwick Mill was a cotton mill built in 1907, with 5 machine floors within. It is a Grade II listed building and currently sits derelict, although plans have been made to convert
4356-532: Was the village of Jumbo or Jumba. In an 1823 slang dictionary, a jumbo is defined as a clumsy or unwieldy fellow. The origin of this expression is based on a well read travel book, Travels in Africa . It describes a tribal custom in Africa where a witch doctor would dress up and perform a noisy dancing ritual. He was known as Mumbo Jumbo. A letter to the Manchester Guardian in 1862 speculates as to
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