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| Rochdale St. Chad | |
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| Administration | |
| Status | Parish |
| HQ | Rochdale |
| History | |
| Created | 12th century |
| Abolished | |
| Succeeded by | |
| Area | |
|---|---|
| 1831 | 58,620 acres |
| 1861 | 40,340 acres |
| Population | |
| 1801 | 26,577 |
| 1861 | 91,754 |
The Parish of Rochdale, or Rochdale St. Chad was an ancient parish which spanned both the the Salfordshire hundred of Lancashire, and the Agbrigg wapentake of Yorkshire, in northern England.[1] It dates from the 12th century, and was originally a dependency of Whalley Abbey. Centred on Rochdale, it was one of the largest parishes of Salfordshire and anciently divided into four divisions - Hundersfield, Spotland, Castleton and Butterworth. It was recorded in the Domesday Book as "Recedham", and later in 1242 as "Rachedale".[2] It contained the villages of Todmorden, Milnrow, Littleborough and Whitworth, and within its ecclesiastical jurisdiction was also the Chapelry of Saddleworth.
Townships and chapelries
For many years, Rochdale comprised of several townships:
- Castleton
- Spotland
- Butterworth
- included the chapelry of Milnrow
- Hundersfield
- Wuerdle and Wardle
- Wardleworth
- Blatchinworth and Calderbrook
- Todmorden
- Walsden
Rochdale also included the chapelry of Saddleworth from the then county of Yorkshire.
See also
References
- ^ A Vision of Britain through Time. A vision of Rochdale AP/CP. Retrieved on 2007-06-03.
- ^ Victoria County History (1911). The parish of Rochdale. British History Online. Retrieved on 2007-06-03.
'The parish of Rochdale', A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 5 (1911), pp. 187-201. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=53027&strquery=rochdale. Date accessed: 03 June 2007.
