Everything about Denshaw totally explained
Denshaw is a small village in
Saddleworth, a civil parish of the
Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in
Greater Manchester,
England. Denshaw is noted for its annual
Whit Friday brass band contest.
History
There is evidence of
Stone Age activity around Denshaw; in 2004 Saddleworth Archaeological Trust objected to the construction of a wind farm on a site on Denshaw Moor which had produced more than 200
Mesolithic artefacts. Human activity in Denshaw continued in the
Bronze Age, as demonstrated by the discovery of a
palstave on Wall Green in 1932, when a trench was being dug for a water pipe, and some tools from Denshaw Moor, on the site of the proposed wind farm, which include a ceremonial flint dagger.
Denshaw didn't experience the same rate of
urbanisation and
industrialisation as its surrounding settlements during the
Industrial Revolution, and it didn't become a
mill town or a centre of the local
cotton mill boom as did nearby
Rochdale,
Milnrow and
Oldham. However, Denshaw was chosen as the site of a reservoir which local mills were to contribute monies and thereby use; In 1828, Rackenden Deign Reservoir was built by Denshaw to provide for 24
watermills. In 1818 an
Oddfellows Lodge was erected in the village. In 1887, Denshaw was documented having a population of 1,279.
In 2003, energy company
E.ON UK proposed the installation of seven
wind turbines at Denshaw. This was met with opposition from the local and wider communities, culminating in the Saddleworth Moors Action Group, who were joined by environmentalist
David Bellamy. The council received over 1,000 letters objecting to the proposed wind farm,
On
23 May 2007, Denshaw's
post office (which doubles-up as the village's only shop) was the centre of a robbery. The "tiny premises" has been under threat of closure owing to
Post Office's modernisation plans. although the offending material was removed after initial reports were published. The story featured on the
BBC's
North West Tonight, a regional news programme, and later picked up by news services as far away as
Pakistan.
Governance
Lying within the
ancient county boundaries of
Yorkshire since a very early time, during the
Middle Ages, Denshaw lay within the Saddleworth
chapelry of the
ancient parish of Rochdale. Like the other Yorkshire areas of the ancient parish, it was in the
wapentake of
Agbrigg in Yorkshire, with the
Lancashire areas of the ancient parish being in
Salfordshire.
The
Byrons (including
Romantic poet George Gordon Byron) were prominent land owners in Denshaw. Denshaw was created an
ecclesiastical parish in 1864, out of the former Friarmere parochial chapelry. It was in the
deanery of
Ashton under Lyne from 1864 to 1872. It then became part of
Rochdale deanery until 1881 when it again became part of Ashton under Lyne. In 1929, it transferred to
Oldham deanery. It is currently in Saddleworth Deanery, part of the Archdeanery of Rochdale, in the
Anglican Diocese of Manchester.
From 1894 to 1900, Denshaw lay within Saddleworth
Rural District, a local government district in the
administrative County of York, West Riding. In 1900, Denshaw was merged into Saddleworth
Urban District, where it stayed until 1974. Under the
Local Government Act 1972, the Saddleworth Urban District was abolished, and Denshaw has, since
1 April 1974, formed part of the
Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, within
Greater Manchester. Denshaw lies within the Saddleworth North
electoral ward.
Denshaw forms part of the parliamentary constituency of
Oldham East and Saddleworth, and is represented in the
House of Commons by
Phil Woolas, a member of the
Labour Party.
Geography
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At (53.5921°, -2.0385°) and north-northwest of
London, Denshaw stands about above
sea level, northeast of
Manchester City Centre, on elevated
Pennine ground by the
River Tame, which flows southwesterly from its source near the Dowry and New Years Bridge reservoirs. The land-use of Denshaw, which centres on a
road junction, is predominantly residential, the outlying land being a mixture of permanent
grassland and
heath.
Denshaw lies amongst the
South Pennines, and is
topographically characterised by hilly,
upland terrain. Denshaw isn't contiguous with any other settlement and for purposes of the
Office of National Statistics, doesn't form part of the
Greater Manchester Urban Area.
Denshaw experiences a
temperate maritime climate, like much of the
British Isles, with relatively cool summers and mild winters. There is regular but generally light precipitation throughout the year.
There are a number of small named-localities in and around Denshaw, including Denshaw Fold, Cherry Clough, Old Tame, Slackcote and Grains Bar.
Landmarks
Christ Church is Denshaw's
parish church. It is part of the
Church of England and lies within the
Anglican Diocese of Manchester. A
Grade II listed building since
19 June 1967, Christ Church dates from 1863, the year before Denshaw became an
ecclesiastical parish. It was built by Henry Gartside, a resident of Denshaw.
Denshaw War Memorial lies within the churchyard. It is was erected by public subscription "in honour of the men who fell and served" in the
First and
Second World Wars. The monument has Rolls of Honour containing the 32 names of those from Denshaw who fought and died in these wars.
Transport
Denshaw lies south of the
M62 motorway, at a
road junction where the
A640, A672 and A6052 roads intersect. There are no rail services in Denshaw.
Two bus routes serve Denshaw. One is the daily 407 service between Denshaw and
Oldham via Pennine Meadows and
Moorside run by Swan's Travel and operating hourly during the daytime. The other is the 354, running from Denshaw to
Ashton-under-Lyne via
Delph,
Uppermill,
Mossley and
Stalybridge. It is operated by
Speedwellbus and runs every two hours Monday–Saturday daytime. There are no evening journeys on either service. A route to
Halifax in West Yorkshire operated until 2006.
Culture and community
Denshaw is noted for its annual
brass band contest, held on every
Whit Friday. The Denshaw Whit Friday Band Contest was established in 1993 and in its first year attracted 25 bands.
Denshaw has a
primary school named Christ Church Primary. It is a denominational school with the
Church of England, linked with Denshaw's parish church.
Denshaw village hall is the home of an amateur dramatic group and hosts various village activities; the hall was awarded a grant of £10,000 by the Awards for All scheme,
Denshaw is referred to in
Barclay James Harvest's 1993 song
Ballad Of Denshaw Mill.
Public services
Home Office policing in Denshaw is provided by the
Greater Manchester Police. The force's "(Q) Division" have their headquarters for policing the
Metropolitan Borough of Oldham at central Oldham; Denshaw's nearest police station is at
Uppermill.
Public transport is co-ordinated by the
Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive.
Statutory emergency fire and rescue service is provided by the
Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service.
There are no hospitals in Denshaw, the nearest being the
Royal Oldham Hospital, in neighbouring Oldham.
Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is the local NHS Trust. The
North West Ambulance Service provides emergency patient transport to and from Denshaw. Other forms of
health care are provided for locally by several small clinics and surgeries in and around Saddleworth.
Waste management is co-ordinated by the
local authority via the
Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority. Locally produced
inert waste for disposal is sent to
landfill at the Beal Valley. Denshaw's
Distribution Network Operator for electricity is
United Utilities. United Utilities also manages Denshaw's
drinking and
waste water;
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