Woodhouses

This article is about the village in Oldham district. For other uses, see Woodhouse (disambiguation).
Woodhouses
Ashton Lane
Woodhouses is located in Greater Manchester
Woodhouses
Woodhouses
Location within Greater Manchester
Area0.2521 km2 (0.0973 sq mi)
Population1,094 (2021 census)
• Density4,340/km2 (11,200/sq mi)
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
List of places
UK
England
Greater Manchester
53°30′12″N 2°08′16″W / 53.5032°N 2.1377°W / 53.5032; -2.1377

Woodhouses is a village near Failsworth, in the Oldham district of Greater Manchester (which was part of Lancashire until 1974), England. It is about 5 miles (8 km) miles from Manchester city centre. In 2021 it had a population of 1094.[1] Woodhouses Conservation Area includes most of the village and was designated in 1975.[2]

Amenities

Woodhouses has a church called Woodhouses Mission Church,[3] a school called Woodhouses Voluntary Controlled Primary,[4] 3 pubs and a golf club.[5]

History

The name "Woodhouses" probably means 'an enclosure surrounded by woods'.[2] Woodhouses was formerly in the parish of Ashton-under-Lyne.[6] On 31 December 1894 Woodhouses became a civil parish in its own right[7] with a population of 677 in 1951.[8] On 1 April 1954 the parish was abolished and merged with Failsworth and Oldham.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Woodhouses". City Population De. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Historic Environment Assessment for Places for Everyone: Oldham Allocations June 2021" (PDF). Greater Manchester Combined Authority. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Woodhouses Mission Church". A Church Near You. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Home". Woodhouses Voluntary Controlled Primary. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  5. ^ Halle-Richards, Sophie (29 October 2022). "The leafy Greater Manchester village with three pubs, golf club and stunning views... but residents all say one thing". Manchester Evening News.
  6. ^ "History of Woodhouses, in Oldham and Lancashire". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Relationships and changes Woodhouses CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  8. ^ "Population statistics Woodhouses CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Archived from the original on 2023-03-22. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  9. ^ "Ashton Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
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