Newhey

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Newhey is a small village and suburb of Milnrow in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England.

It is situated at the foot of the Pennines, between the towns of Rochdale and Oldham, adjacent to Junction 21 of the M62 motorway. It is the home of the Ellenroad Engine House, which was saved during the demolition of Ellenroad ring mill. It is open and in steam once a month. The majority of the local indigenous population worked at the mill which also employed workers from as far afield as Wigan.

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Newhey was home to a very prosperous brick and tile works known as Newhey Brick & Terracotta Co. Ltd. which opened on Huddersfield Road in 1899. Its bricks can be found in the fabric of buildings all over the world. Most mills and accompnying terraced houses in the Rochdale and Oldham areas were built from, what was generally referred to as "Newhey brick".

Newhey also played its part in the Cotton industry with at least five Cotton mills documented to exist in the 1920s. These included Ellenroad (Demolished 1985), Garfield (Demolished 1969), Coral, Haugh and Newhey mills.