Langley is an overspill estate, created in the 1950s for Manchester City Council.[1] Families moved into the new housing from the slum clearance areas of Manchester, the eventual population of about 25,000 doubling that of Middleton.[1]
All the street names are adopted from different areas of the Lake District.
In 1990, Langley estate was the focus of a satanic panic[2] and in 2006 twelve of the now-adult victims sued Rochdale Council for compensation.
