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Littleborough, Lancashire

Historical Description

Littleborough, a village and an ecclesiastical parish formed from Rochdale civil parish, Lancashire. The village stands on the river Roch, the Rochdale Canal, the L. & Y.R., and the Roman Road to York, at the foot of Blackstone Edge, 3¼ miles NE of Rochdale; is supposed from its position on the Roman Road, and from the discovery of some Roman antiquities in its neighbourhood, to stand on or near the site of a Roman station. It is a large place sharing in the manufactures of Rochdale, and practically a suburb of that town; and has a railway station and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Manchester. The ecclesiastical parish comprises also Shore and Feathers tall, and Calderbrook. Population, 9655. The district is governed by a local board. Much of the surface is a fine valley, gemmed with mansions and villas. The living is a vicarage, with that of Calderbrook annexed, in the diocese of Manchester; gross value, £554 with residence. Patron, the Vicar of Rochdale. The church succeeded an ancient one which belonged to "Whalley Abbey, is a modern edifice, and consists of chance], nave, and aisles, with tower and spire; the chancel was added in 1890. There is a chapel of ease at Calderbrook. A Roman Catholic chapel was erected in 1881, and there are also Wesleyan, Primitive, and United Free Methodi&t chapels.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyLancashire 
Civil parishHalifax 
HundredSalford 
Poor Law unionRochdale 

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 Littleborough from the following:


Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Lancashire is available to browse.


Maps

Online maps of Littleborough are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Lancashire newspapers online:

DistrictRochdale
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland
Postal districtOL15
Post TownLittleborough

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