Bardsley, Greater Manchester

Bardsley
St Thomas Church
Bardsley Location within Greater Manchester
OS grid reference	SD929018
Metropolitan borough	Oldham
Metropolitan county	Greater Manchester
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	OLDHAM
Postcode district	OL8
Dialling code	0161
Police	Greater Manchester
Fire	Greater Manchester
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Oldham West and Royton

Bardsley is a suburban area of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England.

It lies on undulating land by the River Medlock, on Oldham's southern boundary with Ashton-under-Lyne in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside.

History

The place name itself is derived from the Anglo-Saxon given name "Beornraed" plus the Anglo-Saxon word "leah" which means wood clearing, therefore meaning "a woodland clearing of a man called Beornraed".^[1]

Governance

Lying within the historic county boundaries of Lancashire from a very early time, Bardsley anciently formed a hamlet within the township and parish of Ashton-under-Lyne.^[2]

Bardsley was formerly a chapelry in the parish of Ashton-under-Lyne,^[3] On 31 December 1894 following the Local Government Act 1894, Bardsley constituted a civil parish within the Limehurst Rural District and administrative county of Lancashire. Limehurst was included in the Ashton-under-Lyne Poor Law Union.

In 1951, owing to urbanisation, part of Bardsley was incorporated into the neighbouring Oldham and in 1954,^[4] Limehurst Rural District was abolished and the parish of Bardsley was merged with Oldham, Ashton under Lyne and Failsworth^[5] and Bardsley became part of the County Borough of Oldham.^[6] In 1951 the parish had a population of 1499.^[7]

Following the Local Government Act 1972, the County Borough of Oldham was abolished and Bardsley became part of the newly formed Metropolitan Borough of Oldham in Greater Manchester.

Transport

Three bus services serve Bardsley with all three terminating at Ashton-under-Lyne. First Greater Manchester's frequent 409 service runs to Rochdale via Oldham and Royton.

Another First service, the 419, runs to Middleton via Hathershaw, Chadderton and Mills Hill.

Bluebird's 396 service runs to Newton Heath via Fitton Hill, Hollinwood and Failsworth.

The nearest railway station is Ashton-under-Lyne which provides links to Manchester, Southport and Huddersfield.

External links

Historic boundaries of Bardsley civil parish: http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10332655/boundary

References

1. Eilert Ekwall, The Place-Names of Lancashire, Manchester University Press, 1922; A D Mills, A Dictionary of English Place-Names, Oxford University Press, 1998
2. 'The parish of Ashton-under-Lyne: Introduction, manor & boroughs', A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 4 (1911), pp. 338–347. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41438&strquery=ashton under lyne Date accessed: 09 July 2013
3. "History of Bardsley, in Oldham and Lancashire". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
4. "Relationships and changes Bardsley CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
5. "Ashton Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
6. https://web.archive.org/web/20110718144414/http://www.gmcro.co.uk/Guides/Gazeteer/gazzb.htm Greater Manchester County Record Office Retrieved 9 July 2013
7. "Population statistics Bardsley CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 26 October 2024.