Outwood, Greater Manchester Explained

Official Name:Outwood
Country:England
Region:North West England
Coordinates:53.5492°N -2.3332°W
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Outwood is a settlement in the Bury district in the county of Greater Manchester, England. Until 1974 it was in Lancashire.

History

Outwood
Areafirst:1938acres[1]
Areafirstyear:1901
Arealast:1938acres
Arealastyear:1931
Populationfirst:1,514 [2]
Populationfirstyear:1901
Populationlast:2,195
Populationlastyear:1931
Start:1894
End:1933
Replace:Kearsley, Radcliffe and Whitefield urban districts
Status:Civil parish

Outwood was an area in the township of Pilkington in the ancient parish of Prestwich-cum-Oldham in the historic county of Lancashire. It was once called Outwood of Pilkington[3] and is marked as Outwoods on the Yates Map of 1787[4] and on the later Greenwood[5] and Hennet maps.[6]

Under the Local Government Act 1894, Outwood was established as a civil parish and became part of the Bury Rural District in the administrative county of Lancashire, England.[7] In 1933, Outwood civil parish was abolished and its former area was divided between Kearsley, Radcliffe and Whitefield parishes and urban districts.[8] [9] In 1931 the civil parish had a population of 2195.[10]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Great Britain Historical GIS Project. Outwood CP: Area (acres). A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. 4 October 2017.
  2. Web site: Great Britain Historical GIS Project. Outwood CP: Total Population. A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. 4 October 2017.
  3. Book: Billington, W.D. . 1982 . From Affetside to Yarrow . Egerton . Ross Anderson Publications . 63–64 . 0-86360-003-4.
  4. Web site: Yates Map of 1786 . . lancashire.gov.uk . 4 October 2017.
  5. Web site: Greenwood's Map of Lancashire, 1818 . . lancashire.gov.uk . 4 October 2017.
  6. Web site: Hennet's map of 1829, sheet F5 . . lancashire.gov.uk . 4 October 2017.
  7. Web site: Great Britain Historical GIS Project. Outwood CP: Relationships and changes. A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. 4 October 2017.
  8. Web site: Greater Manchester Gazetteer . 22 December 2008. Greater Manchester County Record Office . Places names - Outwood. 18 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110718144358/http://www.gmcro.co.uk/Guides/Gazeteer/gazzo2r.htm#outwood.
  9. Web site: Relationships and changes Outwood CP through time. A Vision of Britain through Time. 1 October 2023.
  10. Web site: Population statistics Outwood CP through time. A Vision of Britain through Time. 1 October 2023.

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