Coldhurst

Coldhurst

Coordinates: 53°32′56″N 2°07′07″W / 53.548981°N 2.118491°W / 53.548981; -2.118491

Coldhurst
Horsedge Street, Coldhurst.jpg
Horsedge Street in Coldhurst
Coldhurst is located in Greater Manchester
Coldhurst

 Coldhurst shown within Greater Manchester
Population 11,935 (2001 Census)
OS grid reference SD921058
Metropolitan borough Oldham
Metropolitan county Greater Manchester
Region North West
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town OLDHAM
Postcode district OL1
Dialling code 0161
Police Greater Manchester
Fire Greater Manchester
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK Parliament Oldham West and Royton
List of places: UK • England • Greater Manchester

Coldhurst (or more rarely Cold Hurst) is an area of Oldham and an electoral ward of the wider Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. At the time of the United Kingdom Census 2001, it had a population of 11,935.[1] The electoral ward spans most of Oldham's town centre,[2] although the name Coldhurst more usually applies to the area immediately to its north.

Historically a part of Lancashire, Coldhurst was once constituted a chapelry within the ancient ecclesiastical parish of Prestwich-cum-Oldham, in the Salfordshire hundred.[3]

Coldhurst was the site of considerable industry and commerce, including coal mining, cotton spinning and hat manufacture.[3]

An old Hall existed in the locality, belonging to Abram Crompton, Esq, which, although no longer exists today, gives its name to Crompton Street.

Coldhurst is said to have been the scene of an action in the English Civil War, in which the parliamentarians were defeated.[3]

Coldhurst is located next to Westwood, and is between Oldham town centre, and the Royal Oldham Hospital. Coldhurst is home to the Coldhurst Community Centre.

Coldhurst is the home of a significant community of South Asian (particularly Bangladeshi) heritage.[1] 37% of the population is non-white and most of the white residents live in "bleak council developments".[2]

The area is in the 5% most deprived wards in the United Kingdom.[4]

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b United Kingdom Census 2001. "Coldhurst (Ward)". neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=5941622&c=coldhurst&d=14&e=16&g=352331&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&enc=1. Retrieved 2007-04-07. 
  2. ^ a b Criddle 2002, p. 602.
  3. ^ a b c British History Online (1848). "'Cold-Ashby - Coley' A Topographical Dictionary of England". Victoria County History. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=50889&strquery=prestwich-cum-oldham#s5. Retrieved 2007-04-07. 
  4. ^ David Ritchie (2001-12-11). "The Ritchie Report". Oldham Independent Review. http://www.oldhamir.org.uk/OIR%20Report.pdf. Retrieved 2007-04-07. 

Bibliography

  • Brownbill, J; William Farrer (1911). A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 5. Victoria County History. ISBN 978-0-7129-1055-2. 
  • Criddle, Byron; Waller, Robert (2002). Almanac of British Politics. Great Britain: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-26833-8. 



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