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Littleborough is a small town on the western side of the Pennines, which forms part of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, England. The River Roch and the Rochdale canal run through the centre. Hollingworth Lake, built as a reservoir to supply water to the canal, is a water sports venue with a country park and nature reserve. The Pennine Way runs along the top of Blackstone Edge, with a view across Greater Manchester and Lancashire to the North. Image File history File links Dot4gb. ...
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The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ...
Main street in Bastrop, Texas, a small town A town is a residential community of people ranging from a few hundred to several thousands, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas. ...
Typical Pennine scenery. ...
The Metropolitan borough of Rochdale is a metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester in North West England. ...
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England established in 1974 which covers an area roughly encompassing the conurbation surrounding the City of Manchester. ...
Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification - by Athelstan AD927 Area - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq mi - Water (%) Population...
The River Roch (pronounced roach) is a river in Greater Manchester in north-west England, a tributary of the River Irwell that gives Rochdale its name. ...
A Lock on the Rochdale Canal with water flowing over the gate due to the lack of a side channel. ...
Hollingworth Lake is the only lake within the district of Littleborough, in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, although technically, it is located in Hollingworth; hence the name Hollingworth Lake. ...
Water sport most commonly refers to a sport which is played in the water. ...
A nature reserve (natural reserve, nature preserve, natural preserve) is an area of importance for wildlife, flora, fauna or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research. ...
The Pennine Way is a long-distance footpath in England. ...
Blackstone Edge in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom is an area of moorland at 472 metres (1323 ft) high, and is a spot often visted by walkers and amateur mountain climbers. ...
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England established in 1974 which covers an area roughly encompassing the conurbation surrounding the City of Manchester. ...
Lancashire is a county and duchy palatine in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ...
Inception The name Littleborough is derived from the words "Gatehouse" and "shore", and was a name made to signify that Littleborough was the only low-lying area around the centre of town.
Littleborough began as a scattering of weaving hamlets within the Parish of Hundersfield, a large area stretching from Rochdale to Todmorden. Then, a small town developed, merging the names of Blatchinworth and Calderbrook, which were areas to the east and west of the River Roch. Only recently, did the name become changed to Littleborough. The word Hamlet has more than one use: Hamlet, Prince of Denmark is a play by William Shakespeare, and the main character therein. ...
Hundersfield was an ancient civil parish and township straddling the border between Lancashire and the West Riding of Yorkshire in northern England. ...
The Rochdale war memorial Rochdale (pronounced ) is a town in Greater Manchester in north-west England, within the traditional borders of Lancashire. ...
Todmorden is a town in the county of West Yorkshire, England. ...
The River Roch (pronounced roach) is a river in Greater Manchester in north-west England, a tributary of the River Irwell that gives Rochdale its name. ...
The Industrial Revolution brought roads, canals, and railways, as well as mills, foundries and coal-workings. Major civil engineering projects took place in town during the 19th century, the stretch of the Rochdale canal which passes through Littleborough still has one of the largest concentrations of canal locks in the world and Summit Tunnel was at the time of its construction one of the longest tunnels ever built. A Watt steam engine in Madrid. ...
The Summit tunnel in England is one of the oldest railway tunnels in the world: it was built between 1838 and 1841 beneath the Yorkshire Dales. ...
During Victorian and Edwardian times, as Littleborough began to grow, and made closely knit relationships between each set of professions, and grew as people moving in began to expand the edge of the town, three churches were built. There were however mostly more chapels which followed the nonconformist principles of the time, predominant around the area of Littleborough at the time. Queen Victoria (shown here on the morning of her Accession to the Throne, June 20, 1837) gave her name to the historic era. ...
The Edwardian period or Edwardian era in the United Kingdom is the period 1901 to 1910, the reign of King Edward VII. It is sometimes extended to include the period to the start of World War I in 1914 or even the end of the war in 1918. ...
A nonconformist is an English or Welsh Protestant of any non-Anglican denomination, chiefly advocating religious liberty. ...
Littleborough, although a part of the Metropolitan borough of Rochdale, and a new administrative court of Greater Manchester, maintains a character and accent distinctly separate from that of Rochdale. People from Littleborough rarely consider themselves to be "Rochdalian" despite the proximity of the towns. Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England established in 1974 which covers an area roughly encompassing the conurbation surrounding the City of Manchester. ...
Littleborough Today Today, Littleborough is a quite large, mainly white town, which is expanding, with more and more houses being built where old cotton mills were, which has particularly attracted young people to the town. The cotton mill is a type of factory that was created to house spinning and weaving machinery. ...
Littleborough centre consists of Church Street, which runs towards Rochdale from the centre of the town, and Hare Hill Road, which is perpendicular to Church Street.
 Littleborough Town Square Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 364 KB) Summary Taken from a site; the owner released all rights. ...
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Features
Schools - St Mary's R.C. Primary School, which is positioned next to the Roman Catholic church of Saint Mary on the main A58 Featherstall Road.
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School, which is relatively close to the centre of Littleborough across from the coach house.
- Littleborough County Primary School, which is also an infant school, is the largest school in Littleborough, and is also the home of the Littleborough Juniors, and the Littleborough football fields, on which pub league teams play every Sunday.
The school is often referred to locally as "Central", a name derived from the school's history as one of the last central board schools in England and Wales. The original school building was an impressively large stone building overlooking Harehill Park. In the mid 1990s the building was demolished and the school moved to what had been the site of Littleborough High School before it was amalgamated with Roch Valley High School to form Hollingworth High School. The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ...
// Original meaning and etymology The original meaning of the term coach was: a horse-drawn vehicle designed for the conveyance of more than one passenger — and of mail — and covered for protection from the elements. ...
Primary or elementary education is the first years of formal, structured education that occurs during childhood. ...
Pub League was formed after Phil Jarvest, Irish terrorist and one time star of BBC 1s Question Time, starting song writing, shortly after falling in love on a ski lift. ...
The school is close to Littleborough Cricket Club, which is the notable cricket team of the town. Littleborough Cricket Club, based in Littleborough, an area of Rochdale, are an English cricket team currently playing in the Central Lancashire League. ...
Churches - Saint Barnabas Church - Church located around the Shore area of Littleborough, and is built on a field thought to once be a lake.
- Saint Mary's Church - The local Roman Catholic church and is situated on the main A58 Featherstall Road.
- Holy Trinity (Littleborough Parish Church) - Located across from the Coach house, is one of the larger churches in the area, and features gargoyles dating from the time it was built, somewhere near the inception of Littleborough in Edwardian times.
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The Edwardian period or Edwardian era in the United Kingdom is the period 1901 to 1910, the reign of King Edward VII. It is sometimes extended to include the period to the start of World War I in 1914 or even the end of the war in 1918. ...
Tourist Attractions - Hollingworth Lake, as well as the carnival which is set up every few months, along with miniature casinos.
- Blackstone Edge, and the toll roads near it.
- The "Roman" Road over Blackstone Edge, believed by many to have been a significant Roman site (although this has been contested on many occasions).
- Annually (usually in September) the town hosts "Littleborough Arts Week", an art event comprising of a number of exhibitions from individual artists and organisations, as well as an open arts exhibition and arts events.
- One of the significant buildings in the town is Littleborough Coach House, which was restored by a confederation of local voluntary groups and is now a community space, cafe and shop. Hare Hill Park is another focus point for the community, which also houses Littleborough library and municipal buildings.
- On the outskirts of Littleborough, towards Rochdale, lies Clegg Hall, the ruin of a once impressive manor house.
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