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Failsworth
Failsworth Pole
Failsworth is located in Greater Manchester
Failsworth
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53°30′37″N2°09′27″W/ 53.5102°N 2.1575°W/53.5102; -2.1575

Failsworthis a town inGreater Manchester,England,[1][2][3]4 miles (6.4 km) north-east ofManchesterand 3 miles (4.8 km) south-west ofOldham.The orbitalM60 motorwayskirts it to the east. The population at the2011 censuswas 20,680.[4][5]Historically inLancashire,Failsworth until the 19th century was a farmingtownshiplinked ecclesiastically with Manchester.[6]Inhabitants supplemented their farming income with domestichand-loomweaving. The humid climate and abundant labour and coal led to weaving of textiles as aLancashire Mill Townwith redbrickcotton mills.A current landmark is the Failsworth Pole.Daisy Nookis acountry parkon the southern edge.

Etymology

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Failsworth derives from theOld Englishfegelsandworth,probably meaning an "enclosure with a special kind of fence".[7]

History

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Early settlement rested on a road that runs today between Manchester and Yorkshire. This Roman secondary road formed part of a network from Manchester up north, probably toTadcasternearYork.[8]: 5 The section that ran through Failsworth is still known as Roman Road. It was built above marshland and laid on brushwood with a hard surface. Roman Road has also been known as "Street", a Saxon term meaning "metalled road", indicating that it was also used that later period.[8]: 5 

Early sources suggest the area was occupied in Saxon times.[8]: 5 The small hamlet of scattered dwellings made of rough local stone, mud and clay with thatched roofs, may have been stood on ground higher than the surrounding marshland. Daily life would have centred on animal husbandry and agriculture.[8]: 5 

Unmentioned in theDomesday Bookof 1086, Failsworth appears in a record of 1212 asFayleswrthe,a settlement was documented as athegnageestate or manor comprising fouroxgangsof land. Two oxgangs at an annual rate of 4shillingswere payable by the tenant, Gilbert de Notton, to Adam de Prestwich, who in turn paid tax toKing John.[7][9]The other two oxgangs were held by the Lord of Manchester as part of hisfee simple.TheByron familycame to acquire the whole township in the mid-13th century. Apart from a small estate held byCockersand Abbey,Failsworth passed to the Chetham family and was then sold on to smaller holders.[9]

By 1663, 50 households were registered.[8]: 6 Life centred on natural resources, agriculture and stock farming, with many were employed as labourers to work the land, though tradesmen such as a tailor, a felt maker, a shoemaker, a joiner and a weaver supported them. The earliest record of a place of worship is Dob Lane Chapel, dating from 1698.[8]: 6 

The Parish Church of St John was founded in 1845

In 1774, the 242 Failsworth households contained some 1.400 inhabitants,[8]: 6 of whom a high proportion were involved in cloth manufacture. Development of the English textile trade was backed by important legislation between 1500 and 1760: a number of acts were passed to encourage it by the compulsory growing of flax. Grants were made to flax growers and duties levied on foreign imports, though Manchester's extensive linen trade used yarn imported from Holland and Ireland.[8]: 6 

In 1914 the regular Daisy Nook Easter Fair ceased with the outbreak of theFirst World War,but resumed in 1920. On 8 June 2007, a 1946 work byL. S. Lowryentitled "Good Friday, Daisy Nook" sold for £3,772,000, then the highest bid ever paid for one of his paintings.[10]Another painting by Lowry from 1953, "Fun Fair at Daisy Nook", sold for £3.4 million in 2011.[citation needed]

Timeline

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Timeline of Failsworth
  • 1212 – First official record of Failsworth inKing John's Great Inquest of Service[8]: 66 [11]
  • 1212 – North-western portion of land held by the Lord of the Manor of Prestwick[8]: 66 
  • 1212 – South-eastern portion of land held by the Lords of the Manor of Manchester[8]: 66 
  • Mid-13th century – Richard and Robert de Byron acquired both portions of land[8]: 66 
  • 1320 – First record of a named place in Failsworth: Wrigley Head named in the Survey of the Manor of Manchester[8]: 66 
  • 1600–1699 – Population mostly working the land and supported by production of cloth[8]: 66 
  • 1660 – 43 names registered in the town[8]: 66 
  • 1663 – 50 recorded families[8]: 66 
  • 1673 – Earliest record of a place of worship: Dob Lane Chapel[8]: 66 
  • 1700–1799 – Most inhabitants involved in producing linen cloth, others farming[8]: 66 
  • 1735 – Manchester, Oldham and Austerlands Turnpike Trust improves the road between them.[8]: 66 
  • 1774 – 242 families recorded, with a population 1,400[8]: 66 
  • 1793 – The first Failsworth Pole erected[8]: 66 
  • 1796 – The earliest day school recorded is Pole Lane School.[8]: 66 
  • 1801 – Population 2,622[8]: 66 
  • 1803 – The main Turnpike Road is widened to 60 feet from Manchester to Dob Lane End.[8]: 66 
  • 1804 – Rochdale Canal opens on 21 December.[8]: 66 
  • 1825 – The first cotton mill built[8]: 66 
  • 1839 – The first mill built by Henry Walmsley[8]: 66 
  • 1844 – Failsworth constitutes a new parish: St John's.[8]: 66 
  • 1850 – A second Failsworth Pole erected[8]: 66 
  • 1851 – Population is 4,433[8]: 67 
  • 1859 – Failsworth Industrial Society is officially registered on 22 July.[8]: 67 
  • 1863 – The first Local Government Board is founded with nine members.[8]: 67 
  • 1878 – Horse-drawn trams are introduced between Manchester and Hollinwood.[8]: 67 
  • 1880 – A railway opens between Oldham and Manchester.[8]: 67 
  • 1881 – Failsworth acquires its first railway station in April.[8]: 67 
  • 1889 – A third Failsworth Pole erected[8]: 67 
  • 1894 – The Local Board is superseded by Failsworth Urban District Council.[8]: 67 
  • 1901 – Population 14,152[8]: 67 
  • 1901 – Electric trams replace the horse-drawn ones.[8]: 67 
  • 1903 – Merger with Manchester proposed[8]: 67 
  • 1904 – Merger with Manchester deferred[8]: 67 
  • 1924 – A fourth Failsworth Pole erected[8]: 67 
  • 1937 – The Roxy cinema presents its first feature on 20 December.[8]: 67 
  • 1946 – Failsworth Urban District Council proceeds with a housing clearance programme.[8]: 67 
  • 1946 – The last tram runs in Oldham.[8]: 67 
  • 1958 – The fifth and present Failsworth Pole erected[8]: 67 
  • 1973 – Failsworth is officially twinned withLandsberg am Lechin Germany.[8]: 67 
  • 1974 – Failsworth becomes part of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham.[8]: 67 
  • 1991 – Population 20,999[8]: 67 
  • 1993 – The bicentenary of the first Failsworth Pole is marked.[8]: 67 
  • 2000 – The M60 motorway link opens.[8]: 67 

Governance

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Thecoat of armsof the formerFailsworth Urban Districtcouncil

Lying within thehistoric county boundariesofLancashiresince the early 12th century, medieval Failsworth formed atownshipin theparish of Manchesterandhundred of Salford.[3]

After thePoor Law Amendment Act 1834,Failsworth joined the ManchesterPoor Law Union,asocial securityunit.[3]Its first local authority was alocal board of healthset up in 1863 and responsible for standards of hygiene and sanitation.[3]The board constructedFailsworth Town Hallin 1880.[12]After theLocal Government Act 1894,the area becameFailsworth Urban Districtwithin theadministrative countyof Lancashire.[3]In 1933 came a small exchange of land with neighbouring Manchester; in 1954, parts ofLimehurst Rural Districtwere added to Failsworth Urban District.[3]Under theLocal Government Act 1972,Failsworth Urban District was abolished. Since 1 April 1974 it has formed anunparished areaof theMetropolitan Borough of Oldham,a local government district within themetropolitan countyofGreater Manchester.[3][13]Failsworth contains two of the twenty wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham; Failsworth East and Failsworth West.

Failsworth lies inManchester Central (UK Parliament constituency),represented in theHouse of CommonsbyLucy PowellMP of the Labour Party.

Geography

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Further information:Geography of Greater Manchester

At53°30′37″N2°9′27″W/ 53.51028°N 2.15750°W/53.51028; -2.15750(53.5102°, −2.1575°) Failsworth lies 163 miles (262 km) north-north-west of London, as the southern tip of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, sharing borders withManchester(north to south-west) andTameside(south to east). It is traversed by theA62 roadbetween Manchester and Oldham, by the former rail line of theOldham Loopand by theRochdale Canal,across its north-west corner. TheM60 motorwaypasses through. For theOffice for National Statistics,Failsworth counts as part of theGreater Manchester Urban Area.[14]

The land in Failsworth slopes gently from east to west away from thePenninesand from brooks that bound it on the north-west (Moston Brook) and south-east (Lord's Brook). Failsworth has acountry park,Daisy Nook,on undulating wooded land on its eastern border largely belonging to theNational Trust.It is suited to walking, horse riding, fishing and other pursuits.

Demography

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Further information:Demographics of Greater Manchester

Population change

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Population growthin Failsworth since 1901
Year 1901 1911 1921 1931 1939 1951 1961 1981 1991 2001
Population 14,152 15,998 16,973 15,726 17,505 18,032 19,819 20,951 20,160 20,007
Source:A Vision of Britain through Time[15][16][17]

Economy

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Failsworth grew as a mill town around thehat-makingindustry, which continues in the town. This began as acottage industrybefore the firm of Failsworth Hats was set up in 1903 to manufacture silk hats. For a time the company had a factory near the former Failsworth Council offices and it remains in the area to this day.[18]Other activities include electrical goods manufacture (such asRussell Hobbs) bySpectrum Brands,formerlyPifcoLtd), and plastic production and distribution by Hubron Ltd.

In July 2007, theTescosupermarket chain opened a 24-hour Extra branch superstore on the banks of the wharf. The move was opposed by shop-owners, who claimed they would have lost customers and may been forced to close.[19][20][21][22]Tesco's arrival had been expected to be a catalyst bringing other stores, bars and restaurants to Failsworth.[23]The only other large store is a branch ofMorrisonshoused in a building constructed on the demolished site of Marlborough No. 2 Mill.

Landmarks

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Failsworth Pole

A Failsworth Pole in Oldham Road was first raised in 1793 as a "political pole", although a local historian suggests there were others before and thatmaypolesprobably stood there for centuries. It now stands on a site from which an earlier one blew down in 1950.

After a major restoration of the Pole, clock tower and gardens in 2006, a bronze statue ofBenjamin Brierleywas placed in the gardens.[24]

At the road junction of the A62 with Ashton Road West stands acenotaphbuilt in 1923 for over 200 Failsworth men who were killed in theFirst World War.Attendances at the cenotaph onRemembrance Sundayremain high at about 2,000.[25]The annual parade is led by202 Field Squadron, RE (TA),[26]which is based in Failsworth. In June 2007 the war memorial was rededicated after a £136,000 makeover and opened by Colonel Sir John B. Timmins.

Education

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The localcomprehensive schoolisCo-op Academy Failsworth,which moved to a new building in 2008 from two buildings known as Upper School and Lower School. It caters for students aged between 11 and 16. The £28-million project brought the town's secondary schooling to come under one roof. It has specialistsports collegestatus.[27][needs update]

School Type/Status Headteacher OfSTED Location Reference
Co-op Academy Failsworth Secondary School Phillip Quirk 105735 53°30′27″N2°08′48″W/ 53.507620°N 2.146614°W/53.507620; -2.146614 [28]
Woodhouses VA Primary School Primary School Helen Woodward 105688[permanent dead link] 53°30′16″N2°08′03″W/ 53.504482°N 2.134096°W/53.504482; -2.134096 [29]
South Failsworth Community Primary School Primary School Vicki Foy 105656[permanent dead link] 53°29′57″N2°09′32″W/ 53.499164°N 2.158921°W/53.499164; -2.158921 [30]
Higher Failsworth Primary School Primary School Sam Forster 134784[permanent dead link] 53°30′51″N2°08′55″W/ 53.514258°N 2.148734°W/53.514258; -2.148734 [31]
St John's CE Primary School Primary School Louise Bonter 146670 53°30′32″N2°09′03″W/ 53.508982°N 2.150887°W/53.508982; -2.150887 [32]
St Mary's RC Primary School Primary School Mary Garvey 105727 53°30′17″N2°09′36″W/ 53.504745°N 2.159996°W/53.504745; -2.159996 [33]
Mather Street Primary School Primary School Martine Buckley 105649[permanent dead link] 53°30′35″N2°10′06″W/ 53.509585°N 2.168270°W/53.509585; -2.168270 [34]
Propps Hall Junior Infant and Nursery School Primary School Gillian Kay 105663
Spring Brook Academy (Upper School) Special School Sarah Dunsdon 143472
SMS Changing Lives School Independent Special School Hecabe DuFraisse 146646

Religious sites

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Name Denomination Leader Location Reference
The Holy Family Church of England Fr Paul Hutchins 53°29′53″N2°09′27″W/ 53.497918°N 2.157408°W/53.497918; -2.157408 [35]
St John's Church of England 53°30′42″N2°09′16″W/ 53.511781°N 2.154473°W/53.511781; -2.154473 [35]
Woodhouses Church Church of England 53°30′18″N2°07′59″W/ 53.504885°N 2.133061°W/53.504885; -2.133061 [36]
St Mary's Roman Catholic Fr Patrick John McKeown 53°30′17″N2°09′27″W/ 53.504623°N 2.157416°W/53.504623; -2.157416 [37]

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Hope Methodist Church Methodist 53°30′55″N2°09′04″W/ 53.515147°N 2.151141°W/53.515147; -2.151141 [39]
Roman Road Independent Methodist Church Independent Methodist Clifford Ward 53°30′40″N2°08′59″W/ 53.511163°N 2.149825°W/53.511163; -2.149825 [40]
New Life Church Assemblies of God Elijah Boswell (Pastor)
Jack Kenyon
Andrew Black
David Newberry		 53°30′40″N2°09′14″W/ 53.511237°N 2.153803°W/53.511237; -2.153803 [41]
Dob Lane Unitarian Chapel Unitarianist 53°30′15″N2°10′37″W/ 53.504194°N 2.176965°W/53.504194; -2.176965 [42]
Macedonia United Reformed Church Rev Sheila Coop 53°30′31″N2°08′37″W/ 53.508652°N 2.143494°W/53.508652; -2.143494 [43]
Zion Old Baptist Union 53°30′07″N2°09′48″W/ 53.501869°N 2.163218°W/53.501869; -2.163218 [44]
Faithworks Evangel 53°30′23″N2°10′01″W/ 53.506373°N 2.166806°W/53.506373; -2.166806 [44]
Failsworth Salvation Army Community Church The Salvation Army Lieutenants Simon & Victoria Rowney 53°30′48″N2°09′09″W/ 53.513441°N 2.152605°W/53.513441; -2.152605 [45]

Transport

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TheM60 motorwayfrom Cutler Hill, Failsworth

Failsworth's main thoroughfare is Oldham Road (A62) between Manchester and Oldham. TheM60is anorbital motorwaycircling Greater Manchester, with access via Junction 22. Its completion around 1995–2000 saw the installation of a graded junction and other notable changes to the A62. It led to several rows of buildings around the junction being demolished.

There are frequent buses through Failsworth betweenManchester city centreand Oldham onFirst Greater Manchester's 83 overground service. There is also a frequent service to Manchester city centre and toHuddersfield/Saddleworthvia Oldham, with services 180 and 184. Other bus destinations from Failsworth areAshton-under-Lyne,Chadderton,Huddersfield,Rochdale,Royton,Saddleworth,Shaw & CromptonandTrafford Centre.

Failsworth tram stopin Hardman Lane is on theOldham & Rochdale lineof theManchester Metrolink.At peak times, trams run every 6 minutes south towardsEast Didsburyvia central Manchester and north toShaw & CromptonorRochdalevia Oldham. At off-peak times, trams run every 12 minutes to East Didsbury and Rochdale.[46]Previously this was an unmanned rail station on theOldham Loop lineserviced byNorthern Railservices toManchester Victoriaor Rochdale via Oldham.[47]It closed in October 2009 under Phase 3a of Metrolink extension and re-opened as a tram stop in 2012.[48]

Twin town

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Country Place County / District / Region / State Originally twinned with Date
Germany (Germany) Landsberg am Lech Bavaria Failsworth Urban District 1974–2008[49]

Notable people

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See also:List of people from Oldham
Benjamin Brierleystatue at Failsworth

See also

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