TAMESIDE:
Named in 1974 after the River Tame which connects the districts
of this borough. This Metropolitan District in Greater Manchester
County was formed in 1974 from the following local government
areas: Dukinfield and Hyde Municipal Boroughs, Longdendale Urban
District, Cheshire; Ashton under Lyne and Mossley Municipal Boroughs,
Audenshaw, Denton, and Droylsden Urban Districts, Lancashire.
See also Tameside - Main Entry.
TAUNTON:
Possibly from a Celtic expression meaning "roaring stream".
Locality in Ashton under Lyne township, subsequently in Waterloo
Civil Parish.
TETLOW:
Locality in Broughton township.
THORNHAM:
From the Old English meaning "a village or hamlet where thorn
trees grow". This township was originally in Lancashire.
It was in Middleton Ecclesiastical Parish and in the Oldham Poor
Law Union. In 1879 part of the township was included in the area
of the commissioners for the improvement of Middleton and Tonge
townships and in 1886 became part of Middleton Borough. In 1879
other parts of the township were included in the areas of Royton
Local Board of Health and Castleton by Rochdale Local Board of
Health. In 1894 the township was dissolved and its area divided
between Middleton Borough, Royton Urban District and Castleton
by Rochdale Urban District. In 1896 this last Urban District was
renamed Castleton Urban District; in 1900 it was dissolved and
its area divided between Rochdale and Heywood Boroughs.
TIMPERLEY:
Known from around 1211 as "Timperleie" from the
Old English meaning "a place or clearing where timber is
obtained". This Civil Parish was originally in Cheshire.
It was in Bowdon Ecclesiastical Parish and in the Bucklow Poor
Law Union (which was called Altrincham Union until 1895). The
Civil Parish was dissolved in 1936 and its area divided between
Altrincham, Hale and Sale Urban Districts.
TINTWISTLE:
Entry in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Tengestvisie"
and probably from Old English meaning "river fork of the
prince". This township was originally in Cheshire. It was
in Mottram in Longdendale Ecclesiastical Parish and in the Ashton
under Lyne Poor Law Union. In 1864 part of it was included in
the area of Mossley Local Board of Health and in 1885 became part
of Mossley Borough; in 1889 Mossley Borough was wholly included
in Lancashire. The remaining area of the township continued in
Cheshire and in 1894 became one of the three Civil Parishes in
Tintwistle Rural District, Cheshire, together with Hattersley
and Matley civil parishes. In 1936 these last two Civil Parishes
were dissolved and Tintwistle Rural District and Civil Parish
thus became the same in area. In 1974 Tintwistle Civil Parish
became part of Derbyshire.
TODMORDEN
AND WALSDEN: By 1246 Todmorden was known as "Tottemerden"
and probably means "the boundary valley of a man called Totta".
Walsden, dating from around 1235 as "Walesden"
means "valley belonging to a man called Walsa". This
township was formed from Hundersfield township. It was in Rochdale
Ecclesiastical Parish. It was originally in Lancashire but the
town of Todmorden spread into the West Riding of Yorkshire. In
1861 Todmorden Local Board of Health was formed, its area including
Todmorden and Walsden township. In 1889 Todmorden and Walsden
township was added to the West Riding of Yorkshire and subsequently
Todmorden Borough was established.
TONGE:
Various townships and hamlets of this name exist as "Tong"
in the Domesday Book of 1086, though there is no specific reference
to this place. There are therefore 2 logically possible meanings
- either "a fork in a river" or "a tongue (or strip)
of land". This Civil Parish was in Lancashire. It was in
Prestwich with Oldham Ecclesiastical Parish and in the Oldham
Poor Law Union. It should not be confused with Tonge with Haulgh
township (or subsequently Tonge township), near Bolton. In 1861
it was included in the area of the commissioners for the improvement
of Middleton and Tonge townships and in 1886 in Middleton Borough.
In 1898 the remaining area, named in 1894 as Tonge township or
Civil Parish, became part of Bolton Borough.
TOP OF
HEBERS: Locality in Middleton township.
TOP OF
MIDDLETON: Locality in Middleton township. TOPPINGS: Locality
in Turton township.
TORKINGTON:
Civil Parish, originally in Cheshire, in Stockport Ecclesiastical
Parish and in the Stockport Poor Law Union. In 1900 it became
part of Hazel Grove and Bramhall Urban District.
TOTTINGTON:
Known in 1212 as "Totinton" from the Old English
meaning "land or farmstead belonging to a man called Tota".
Alternatively, the first part "tot" may be from an Old
English word meaning "hilltop lookout point". The Townships
of Tottington Lower End and Tottington Higher End were originally
in Lancashire. They were originally in Bury Ecclesiastical Parish
and in the Haslingden Poor Law Union. In 1883 part of it was included
in the area of Ramsbottom Local Board of Health. In 1894 it was
dissolved and its area divided between Ramsbottom Urban District
and Rawstentall and Haslingden Boroughs, Lancashire. In 1894 the
area of Tottington Lower End was separated to become part of Ramsbottom
Urban District. In 1872 part of the township was included in the
area of Bury improvement commissioners. In 1894 the remaining
area of the township (renamed in 1894 Tottington) became part
of Tottington Urban District together with part of Elton township.
In 1933 part of the Urban District was added to Bury Borough.
In 1974 the Urban District became part of Bury Metropolitan Borough.
TRAFFORD:
Two possible placename derivations - both equally probable. 1).
a corruption of "Stratford" meaning "a Roman river
crossing" (as in nearby Stretford), or 2). from the Domesday
Survey of 1086 "Trosford" or "Traford"
both from the Old English meaning "trough ford(?)".
Locality in Stretford township, also known as. Old Trafford. The
Trafford Metropolitan District in Greater Manchester County was
formed in 1974 from the following local government areas: Altrincham
and Sale Municipal Boroughs, Bowdon and Hale Urban Districts,
part (Carrington. Dunham Massey, Partington and Warburton Civil
Parishes) of Bucklow Rural District, Cheshire; Stretford Municipal
Borough, Urmston Urban District, Lancashire. Most of these districts
lie or once lay within the vast parkland belonging to the De Trafford
family, hence the borough name. Trafford Park is a locality in
the Davyhulme township (formed in 1894 from the area of Barton
upon Irwell township) and Stretford township, before 1896 the
grounds of Trafford Hall which was situated in Davyhulme township.
After 1896 the area was developed as Trafford industrial estate
on the south side of the Manchester Ship Canal.
See also Trafford - Main Entry.
TUNSHILL:
Probably derived from the simple Old English meaning "town
or habitation on a hill". Locality in Butterworth township.
TURTON:
Probably from the Old English meaning "farmstead or village
belonging to a man called Thor". This township was originally
in Lancashire, in Bolton (or Bolton le Moors) Ecclesiastical Parish
and in the Bolton Poor Law Union. In 1873 Turton Local Board of
Health was established for the area of the township. In 1894 this
area became an Urban District. In 1898 Belmont, Bradshaw, Harwood,
Longworth, Entwistle, Edgeworth and Quarlton Civil Parishes were
added to the Urban District. In 1974 the Urban District was divided
between Bolton Metropolitan Borough (South Turton, Bradshaw and
Harwood areas and a part of the former township of Longworth )
in Greater Manchester County and Blackburn District (North Turton,
Belmont, Edgeworth, Entwistle and Quarlton areas and most of the
former township of Longworth) in Lancashire. The division of Turton
Urban District in 1974 in terms of wards was as follows; Bradshaw
North, Bradshaw South, Bromley Cross and Eagley wards and south
part of Egerton ward in Bolton Metropolitan Borough, the remainder
in Blackburn District.
TYLDESLEY
WITH SHAKERLEY: Tyldesley is known from c1210 in Old English
as"Tildesleiha" and meaning "a woodland
clearing of a man called Tilwald". This township, also known
as Tyldesley cum Shakerley, was originally in Lancashire. It was
in Leigh Ecclesiastical Parish and in the Leigh Poor Law Union.
In 1863 Tyldesley with Shakerley Local Board of Health was established.
In 1894 the area of the Local Board became Tyldesley with Shakerley
Urban District. In 1933 Astley Civil Parish was added to the Urban
District which was renamed Tyldesley Urban District. In 1974 the
Urban District became part of Wigan Metropolitan Borough.
WALKDEN:
Known in 1325 as "Walkeden" from the Old English,
possibly meaning "valley belonging to a man called Walca".
Locality in Worsley township in Salford Metropolitan Borough.
WALMERSLEY
WITH SHUTTLEWORTH: The name Walmersley has remained unchanged
since 1262, and possibly means in Old English "a woodland
clearing belonging to a man called Waldmaer (or Wahlmaer)".
This township, also known as Walmersley cum Shuttleworth, was
originally in Lancashire in Bury Ecclesiastical Parish and in
the Bury Poor Law Union. (There is another Walmsley area in Turton
township). In 1872 part of it was included in the area of Bury
improvement commissioners. Under the Divided Parishes Act of 1882
part of the township was added to Birtle with Bamford township.
In 1883 part of it was included in the area of Ramsbottom Local
Board of Health. In 1894 part of Birtle with Bamford township
was added to its remaining area. In 1933 the Civil Parish was
dissolved and its area divided between Bury Borough and Ramsbottom
Urban District.
WALMSLEY:
Similar placename contraction to Walmersley (above) though
its meaning is not known. Locality in Turton township, not to
be confused with Walmersley with Shuttleworth township.
WALSDEN:
Locality in Todmorden and Walsden township. Old English placename
meaning "valley belonging to a man called Walsa (or Walca)".
WALSHAW:
Locality in Tottington Lower End township, now in Bury Metropolitan
Borough.
WARBURTON:
Entered in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Warburghetune"
and from the Old English meaning "a farmstead, township or
village belonging to a woman called Waerburh". This township,
which was also an ancient Ecclesiastical Parish. It was originally
in Cheshire, in Bucklow Poor Law Union (which was kmwon as the
Altrincham Union until 1895). In 1920 part of it was added to
Rixton with Glazebrook Civil Parish, Lancashire. In 1933 there
was an exchange of areas with Rixton with Glazebrook Civil Parish,
Lancashire. In 1974 it became part of Trafford Metropolitan Borough.
WARDLE: In 1874 Wuerdle and Wardle Local Board of Health was established
for part of Wuerdle and Wardle township. In 1879 part of Butterworth
township was included in the area of the Local Board. In 1894
the area of the Local Board became Wardle Urban District and part
of Milnrow Urban District was added to it. The Urban District
was in Rochdale Poor Law Union. In 1974 the Urban District became
part of Rochdale Metropolitan Borough.
WARDLE:
Placename from 2 Old English words "weard" +
"hyll" meaning a watch or lookout hill".
WARDLEWORTH:
Placename as above, but with the "worth" affix signifying
a later enclosure of the hill, possibly with fortifications. This
township was originally in Lancashire and was formed from the
area of Hundersfield township. It was in Rochdale Ecclesiastical
Parish and in the Rochdale Poor Law Union. In 1825 part of it
was included in the area of the commissioners for the improvement
of the town of Rochdale. In 1872 the remaining area of the township
became part of Rochdale Borough.
WARDLEY:
Locality in Worsley township in Salford Metropolitan Borough.
WATERHOUSES:
Area, also known as Daisy Nook, in Ashton under Lyne township,
subsequently in Woodhouses Civil Parish, in Tameside Metropolitan
Borough.
WATERLOO:
Named (of course) after the famous battle in 1815. This township
was originally in Lancashire. It was formed in 1894 from the area
of Ashton under Lyne township and was in the Ashton under Lyne
Poor Law Union. In 1954 it became part of Ashton under Lyne Borough,
and since 1974 has formed part of Tameside Metropolitan Borough.
WEASTE:
Locality in Pendleton township.
WERNETH:
his township was originally in Cheshire. It was in Stockport Ecclesiastical
Parish and in the Stockport Poor Law Union. It should not be confused
with the Werneth area, Oldham. In 1877 part of Werneth township
was included in the area of Hyde Local Board of Health and in
1881 became part of Hyde Borough. In 1897 the remainder of the
Civil Parish was renamed Compstall Civil Parish; in 1902 it became
Compstall Urban District. Since 1974 it has formed part of Stockport
Metropolitan Borough.
WEST GORTON:
In 1894 this part of Gorton township was added to the City of
Manchester. Like Gorton township, it was in Chorlton Poor Law
Union until 1915 and in Manchester Poor Law Union from 1915-30.
WESTHOUGHTON:
Known from 1210 as "Halcton" and by 1240 as "Westhalcton",
the name derives from the Old English meaning "westerley
farmstead in a nook (or corner) of the land". This township
was originally in Lancashire. It was in Deane Ecclesiastical Parish
and in the Bolton Poor Law Union. In 1872 Westhoughton Local Board
of Health was established and in 1394 it became an Urban District.
In 1898 most of Over Hulton Civil Parish became part of the Urban
District. In 1974 the Urban District of Westhoughton became part
of Bolton Metropolitan Borough.
WESTLEIGH:
Simply meaning "westerly clearing in a wood". This township
or was originally in Lancashire. It was in Leigh Ecclesiastic
Parish and in the Leigh Poor Law Union. In 1863 Westleigh Local
Board of Health was established and in 1875 the area became part
of that of Leigh Local Board of Health.
WEST RIDING
OF YORKSHIRE: The Todmorden area was transferred to the County
from Lancashire in 1889. In 1864 part of Saddleworth township
was included in the area of Mossley Local Board of Health; in
1885 this area became Mossley Borough which in 1889 was included
wholly in Lancashire. In 1974 Saddleworth Urban District, formerly
in this County, became part of Oldham Metropolitan Borough, Greater
Manchester County, and the West Riding was succeeded by the Metropolitan
County of West Yorkshire.
WHALEY
BRIDGE: Known in c1250 as "Weile" from the
Old English meaning "woodland clearing by a road". Township
in the High Peak National Park District of Derbyshire.
WHALLEY
RANGE: Whalley is a common name appearing in the Domesday
Book of 1086 as "Wallei", though no specific
reference to this district appears. Meaning "woodland clearing
on or near a round hill". Locality in Moss Side and Withington
townships of the City of Manchester. See also Whalley
Range - Main Entry.
WHITEFIELD:
Known by this name since 1292, from the Old English meaning "white
open land". In 1866 Whitefield Local Board of Health was
established for the Whitefield area in Pilkington township. In
1894 it became Whitefield Urban District. The Urban District was
in the Bury Poor Law Union. In 1896 part of Radcliffe Urban District
was added to Whitefield Urban District. In 1933 parts of Outwood
and Unsworth Civil Parishes were added to the Urban District.
In 1937 a part of it was added to Bury Borough. In 1974 it became
part of Bury Metropolitan Borough.
WHITAKER:
Locality in Blatchinworth and Calderbrook township.
WHITTLE:
From the Old English simply meaning "white hill". Locality
in Heap township.
WHITWORTH:
Known in the 13th century as "Whiteworth", and
from the Old English meaning "white enclosure". In 1874
Whitworth Local Board of Health was established for the Whitworth
area in Spotland township. In 1894 it became Whitworth Urban District.
It was in the Rochdale Poor Law Union. In 1974 the Urban District
was dissolved and its area became part of Rossendale District,
Lancashire.
WIGAN:
Known by this name since 1199, and probably a shortened or
corrupted form of the Welsh name "tref Wigan"
meaning "the homestead of a man called Wigan (or Wiggin)".
The earliest known royal charter to the town of Wigan was dated
1246 and it was recognised as a borough in the Municipal Corporations
Act of 1835. It had at that date the same area as Wigan township.
Wigan township was in Wigan Ecclesiastical Parish and in the Wigan
Poor Law Union. In 1889 the Borough became a County Borough. In
1904 Pemberton Urban District was added to the Borough. In 1974
the Borough became part of Wigan Metropolitan Borough, which was
formed from the following local government areas: Wigan County
Borough; Leigh Municipal Borough, Abram, Aspull, Atherton, Hindley,
Ince in Makerfield, Orrell, Standish with Langtree and Tyldesley
Urban Districts, Ashton in Makerfield Urban District (less the
South ward), Billinge and Winstanley Urban District (part only,.
namely the Billinge Higher Ind ward and the Winstanley ward except
its detached parts), Golborne Urban District (less the Culcheth
and Newchurch wards) and part (Haigh, Shevington and Worthington
Civil Parishes only) of Wigan Rural District, Lancashire. Wigan
Rural District had been originally in Lancashire. In 1894 it had
comprised the following townships or Civil Parishes: Dalton, Haigh,
Parbold, Shevington, Worthington, Wrightington. In 1974 the Rural
District was dissolved; Haigh, Shevington and Worthington Civil
Parishes became part of Wigan Metropolitan Borough, Greater Manchester
County, the others part of West Lancashire District, Lancashire.
See also Wigan - Main Entry.
WILDHOUSE:
Locality in Butterworth township.
WINGATES:
Probably from the 10th or 11th century Latin "Wingatum"
and developed into Old English as two words "wind-gaet"
meaning "windswept gaps or passes". Locality in Westhoughton
township, now part of Bolton Metropolitan Borough.
WINSTANLEY:
This township was originally in Lancashire, in Wigan Ecclesiastical
Parish and in the Wigan Poor Law Union. It was originally a single
township with Billinge, which itself became divided into two townships,
Billinge Higher End and Billinge Chapel End. Two detached parts
of Winstanley township were situated within Billinge Chapel End,
one known as Blackley Hurst and the other in the Carr Mill area.
In 1872 these two detached parts were included in the area of
Billinge Local Board of Health. In 1894 the whole of Winstanley
township (including these two detached parts) was included in
Billinge Urban District which in 1927 was renamed Billinge and
Winstanley Urban District. In 1974 the Urban District was dissolved
and its area was divided. The Billinge Higher End ward and the
Winstanley ward except for its detached parts (i.e. incl. the
main part of the former Winstanley township) became part of Wigan
Metropolitan Borough, Greater Manchester County; the remainder,
incl. the Billinge Chapel End area and the two former detached
parts of Winstanley township became part of St. Helens Metropolitan
Borough, Merseyside County.
WINTON:
Placename origin unknown, but possibly land once related to or
owned by the Earls of Winton (speculative). Locality in Barton
upon Irwell township, subsequently in Eccles Borough, and now
part of Salford Metropolitan Borough.
WITHINGTON:
Fairly common Old English placename, generally meaning "a
place or farmstead with a willow wood or copse". This township
was originally in Lancashire, in Manchester Ecclesiastical Parish
and in Chorlton Poor Law Union from 1837-1915, and in Manchester
Poor Law Union from 1915-30. In 1876 Withington Local Board of
Health was established for the areas of the townships of Burnage,
Didsbury and Chorlton cum Hardy and part of Withington township.
Other parts of Withington township were in the area of Moss Side
Local Board of Health from 1856 and in the area of Rusholme Local
Board of Health from 1882. Under the Divided parishes Act of 1882
there was an exchange of areas with Burnage township and part
of Withington township was added to Chorlton cum Hardy township.
In 1885 part of Withington township was added to the City of Manchester.
In 1894 Withington Urban District was established comprising Chorlton
cum Hardy, Burnage and Didsbury townships and the remaining area
of Withington township. In 1904 the Urban District became part
of the City of Manchester. Until 1915 there was a Withington Committee
of Manchester City Council.
See also Withington - Main
Entry.
WOLSTENHOLME
AND CHEESDEN: Locality in Spotland township.
WOODFORD:
Old English placename simply meaning "a ford or river crossing
in or by a wood". This township was originally in Cheshire,
in Prestbury Ecclesiastical Parish and in the Macclesfield Poor
Law Union. In 1939 it became part of Hazel Grove and Bramhall
Urban District. Now part of Stockport Metropolitan Borough.
WOODHEAD:
Locality in Tintwistle township.
WOODHOUSE
LANE: Locality in Spotland township. See "Woodhouses"
(below) for placename origin.
WOODHOUSES:
Common Old English placename meaning "house or houses in
or near a wood". This township was originally in Lancashire.
It was formed in 1894 from the area of Ashton under Lyne township.
It was in the Ashton under Lyne Poor Law Union. In 1951 part of
it was added to Oldham Borough. In 1954 it was dissolved and its
area divided between Oldham Borough and Failsworth Urban District.
WOODLEY:
Old English placename meaning "a clearing in a wood".
Locality in Bredbury township, now part of Stockport Metropolitan
Borough.
WOOLEY:
Old English meaning "a wood or clearing frequented by wolves".
Locality in Hollingworth township.
WORSLEY:
Known in 1196 as "Werkesleia" and by 1246 as
"Wyrkitheley" possibly an Old English meaning
of "a woodland clearing belonging to a woman called Woercgyth
or a man called Weorchaeth". This township was originally
in Lancashire, in Eccles Ecclesiastical Parish and in the Barton
upon Irwell Poor Law Union. The Swinton area of the township was
included in 1867 in Swinton Local Board of Health (from 1869 Swinton
and Pendlebury Local Board of Health). In 1892 a part of Worsley
township was included in Eccles Borough. In 1894 the area of the
township which had been within the area of Swinton and Pendlebury
Local Board of Health was formed into Swinton township and became
part of Swinton and Pendlebury Urban District; the remainder of
the township was included in Worsley Urban District. In 1907 two
small detached parts of Worsley Civil Parish, situated within
Swinton Civil Parish and thought to have been transferred to it,
in 1894, were added to Swinton Civil Parish. In 1921, twenty-one
acres,which formed Barton upon Irwell Civil Parish, were declared
to be in Worsley Urban District. In 1933 the area of Little Hulton
Urban District was added to it, part of it was added to Eccles
Borough and there was an exchange of areas with Irlam Urban District.
In 1955 a very small part of Worsley Urban District was added
to Swinton and Pendlebury Borough. In 1974 Worsley became part
of Salford Metropolitan District.
WORTHINGTON:
Probably from the Old English meaning "a place or farmstead
belonging to a man called Weorth". This Civil Parish was
originally in Lancashire. It was in Standish Ecclesiastical Parish
and in Wigan Poor Law Union. In 1974 it became part of Wigan Metropolitan
Borough.
WRIGHTINGTON:
From 1202 known as "Wrichtington" probably from
the Old English meaning "farmstead belonging to the wrights
or carpenters". This Civil Parish was originally in Wigan
Rural District in Lancashire, but in 1974 the Rural District was
dissolved and Wrightington Civil Parish became part of West Lancashire
District.
WUERDLE
AND WARDLE: Wardle is an Old English word meaning "a
watch or lookout hill". This township in Lancashire was formed
from Hundersfield township. It was in Rochdale Ecclesiastical
Parish and in the Rochdale Poor Law Union. In 1825 part of the
township was included in the area of the commissioners for the
improvement of the town of Rochdale. In 1872 another part of the
township became part of Rochdale Borough. In 1870 another part
of the township was included in the area of Littleborough Local
Board of Health. In 1874 another part of the township was included
in the area of Wuerdle and Wardle Local Board of Health. In 1894
the township was dissolved and its area divided between Rochdale
Borough and Littleborough and Wardle Urban Districts.
WYTHENSHAWE:
Derivation unknown, but possibly from two Old English words "wythe"
meaning "river where willow trees grow" and "shaw"
meaning "a small wood or copse". Hence, the placename
probably means "a small wood by a river where willow trees
grow" (speculative). Name for a large housing estate built
on the areas of Baguley, Northenden and Northern Etchells Civil
Parishes transferred from Cheshire to the City of Manchester in
1931.
See also Wythenshawe -
Main Entry.
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