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Hollingworth is a village in the Tameside district, in Greater Manchester, England. It is about 11 miles (19 km) east of Manchester on the Derbyshire border near Glossop . Historically part of Cheshire , it gave its name to a family who owned much of the surrounding area from before the time of the Norman conquest .
Richard Hollinworth (also Hollingworth) (1607–1656) was an English clergyman of presbyterian views, an influential figure in North-West England in the 1640s. Life [ edit ]
Longdendale is a valley, part of which is in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. In the valley are the villages of Broadbottom, Hattersley, Hollingworth and Mottram in Longdendale. These villages and the surrounding countryside contain 56 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, three are listed ...
St Michael and All Angels Church at the centre of the parish. Mottram was one of the eight ancient parishes of the Macclesfield hundred of Cheshire, England. [6] Centred on St Michael and All Angels Church it included the townships of Godley, Hattersley, Hollingworth, Matley, Newton, Stayley, Tintwistle and Mottram itself. [6]
Mills in Glossop, Derbyshire and Tintwistle, Cheshire, England. The first mills were built in the 1760s, and were powered by the water of the River Etherow and its tributaries. As the industry developed, the mills changed hands, were demolished, were converted to use steam, or consolidated into larger units.
Hollingworth Lake is a 130-acre (53 ha) reservoir at Smithy Bridge in Littleborough, Greater Manchester, England. It was originally built as the main water source for the Rochdale Canal , but developed as a tourist resort from the 1860s.
Butterworth was a township occupying the southeastern part of the parish of Rochdale, in the hundred of Salford, Lancashire, England. [1] It was also a civil parish.It encompassed 12.1 square miles (31 km 2) of land in the South Pennines which spanned the settlements of Belfield, Bleaked-gate-cum-Roughbank, Butterworth Hall, Clegg, Haughs, Hollingworth, Kitcliffe, Lowhouse, Milnrow, Newhey ...
Hollingworth Reservoir is a former reservoir near Hollingworth, Tameside, Greater Manchester. The reservoir straddles the Greater Manchester– Derbyshire border. It was constructed in 1854 as part of the Longdendale Chain , but was abandoned in 1987 and now forms part of the Swallows Wood nature reserve .