Woodhouses
Ashton Lane
Woodhouses is located in Greater Manchester
Woodhouses
Woodhouses
Location within Greater Manchester
Area0.2521 km2 (0.0973 sq mi)
Population1,094 (2021 census)
• Density4,340/km2 (11,200/sq mi)
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom

Woodhouses is a village near Failsworth, in the Oldham district of Greater Manchester (which was part of Lancashire until 1974), England. It is about 5 miles (8 km) miles from Manchester city centre. In 2021 it had a population of 1094.[1] Woodhouses Conservation Area includes most of the village and was designated in 1975.[2]

Amenities

Woodhouses has a church called Woodhouses Mission Church,[3] a school called Woodhouses Voluntary Controlled Primary,[4] 3 pubs and a golf club.[5]

History

The name "Woodhouses" probably means 'an enclosure surrounded by woods'.[2] Woodhouses was formerly in the parish of Ashton-under-Lyne.[6] On 31 December 1894 Woodhouses became a civil parish in its own right[7] with a population of 677 in 1951.[8] On 1 April 1954 the parish was abolished and merged with Failsworth and Oldham.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Woodhouses". City Population De. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Historic Environment Assessment for Places for Everyone: Oldham Allocations June 2021" (PDF). Greater Manchester Combined Authority. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  3. ↑ "Woodhouses Mission Church". A Church Near You. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  4. ↑ "Home". Woodhouses Voluntary Controlled Primary. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  5. ↑ Halle-Richards, Sophie (29 October 2022). "The leafy Greater Manchester village with three pubs, golf club and stunning views... but residents all say one thing". Manchester Evening News.
  6. ↑ "History of Woodhouses, in Oldham and Lancashire". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  7. ↑ "Relationships and changes Woodhouses CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  8. ↑ "Population statistics Woodhouses CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Archived from the original on 2023-03-22. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  9. ↑ "Ashton Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
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