Glodwick, Lancashire
Historical Description
Glodwick, two ecclesiastical parishes in Lancashire, in the south-eastern vicinity of Oldham town and railway station. The ecclesiastical parish of Christchurch was con-, stituted in 1844, and its post town is Oldham. Population i of Christchurch, 5794. The living of Christchurch is a ' vicarage in the diocese of Manchester; net value, £328. i Patron, alternately the Crown and the Bishop. The church is good. The ecclesiastical parish of St Mark was constituted in 1876. Population, 9723. The church is a fine building in the Early Decorated style, with a tower surmounted by a spire. The living is a vicarage; net value, £430, with residence, in the gift of five trustees. At Glodwick Road there is a station on the L. & N.W.R, and a post, money order, and telegraph office. There is also a Wesleyan Methodist chapel.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Lancashire | |
Hundred | Salford | |
Poor Law union | Oldham |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Ancestry.co.uk, in association with Lancashire Archives, have images of the Parish Registers for Lancashire online.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Glodwick from the following:
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Lancashire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Glodwick are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Lancashire newspapers online: