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A Roman road passes along the Saddleworth hills, from the fort of Ardotalia in Glossop to Castleshaw Roman fort. The route of the Roman road passes through Greenfield and crosses Chew Brook at Packhorse Bridge. The old stone houses of Saddleworth date from the 17th century and were home to farmers and hand loom weavers in the woollen trade.
The house, and cottages added to the rear in the 19th century, are in stone and have a stone-slate roof with coped gables. The house has quoins, an eaves cornice, a double-depth plan, two storeys with attics, and two bays. On the front is a 20th-century porch, the windows are mullioned, and there is a blocked taking-in door. [88] II
Historic England, "Greenfield House at Greenfield Mill, Saddleworth (1163032)", National Heritage List for England Historic England, "Huddersfield Narrow Canal Halls Bridge and Lock 20W at SD 994 049, Greenfield, Saddleworth (1253531)" , National Heritage List for England , retrieved 24 July 2017
Saddleworth Cricket Club play home matches at their Well-i-Hole ground in Friezland. They are members of the Greater Manchester Cricket League. [26] Saddleworth Rangers are an amateur rugby league club who play home matches at Greenfield. [27] Saddleworth Clarion is the area's cycling club, catering for on and off-road club cycling [28]
The valley and the surrounding Saddleworth Moor are designated as 'Open Access' land for the public, following the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000. [2] Much of Saddleworth Moor is a 9,000 year-old peat landscape of blanket bog. The upper Greenfield Valley is part of the Dark Peak SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest).
The fur store, calling itself “Kansas City’s Finest Furrier” on its website, is open from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays. Few fur stores remain in the area. Alaskan Fur is ...
Grotton is a residential area in Saddleworth, a civil parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England.Located along the A669 road, it forms a continuous urban area with Austerlands and Springhead, which in turn link to Lees and Oldham, all of which are to Grotton's west.
It comprises several villages and hamlets amongst the west side of the Pennine hills: Uppermill, Greenfield, Dobcross, Delph, Diggle and others. Saddleworth lies to the east of the large town of Oldham. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, for centuries Saddleworth was a centre of woollen cloth production in the domestic system.