Audenshaw

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Audenshaw

Coordinates: 53.4743° N 2.1122° W Audenshaw shown within Greater Manchester
Population	12,790
OS grid reference	SJ925975
Metropolitan borough	Tameside
Metropolitan county	Greater Manchester
Region	North West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Part AUDENSHAW, Part DENTON
Postcode district	M34
Dial code	0161
Police	Greater Manchester
Fire	Greater Manchester
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Denton and Reddish
European Parliament	North West England
List of places: UK • England • Greater Manchester

Audenshaw is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside in Greater Manchester, England. Lying close to the City of Manchester, Audenshaw lies south of Ashton-under-Lyne, east of Droylsden and north of Denton. Audenshaw has a population of 12,790 (2001 census).

1 Geography and administration
- 1.1 Coat of arms
2 History
3 Present day
- 3.1 Education
4 Famous residents
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Geography and administration

Audenshaw was a suburb of Manchester Audenshaw does not have a town centre. Audenshaw was, until 1974, previously its own Urban District in the administrative county of Lancashire. Since the local government reforms of that year, Audenshaw has formed part of the Metropolitan borough of Tameside, in Greater Manchester.

Andrew Gwynne is Audenshaw's Member of Parliament. He was elected in 2005 to represent the Denton and Reddish seat, of which Audenshaw is a part.

[edit] Coat of arms

Arms of the former Audenshaw Urban District Council which became obsolete in 1974.

The coat of arms was granted to Audenshaw Urban District Council on the 17 November 1950 as the following:

Per pale argent and gules, a pickaxe and a pierced mullet in pale countercharged, in dexter chief a rose of the second and in sinister chief a rose of the first, both barbed and seeded proper. Crest: On a wreath of the colours, a mill-wheel proper between a rose argent and a rose gules, both barbed and seeded proper. Motto: Festina Lente.

The pickaxe and the millstone in Audenshaw's coat of arms represent its principal industries. The red and white roses indicate the town's proximity to the ancient Lancashire and Yorkshire border. The inverted star or molet is from the arms of the Assheton family, who are Lords of the Manor.

The motto translates as "Make haste slowly - do not be impetuous".

[edit] History

In 1877, part of the original village of Audenshaw was demolished to make way for the three Audenshaw Reservoirs.

[edit] Present day

[edit] Education

There is only one secondary school in Audenshaw - Audenshaw School. However there are several primary schools:

Aldwyn Primary
Hawthorns School and Motor Impaired Resource Base
Audenshaw Primary School
Poplar Street Primary School
St Anne’s Roman Catholic Primary School
St Stephen’s Church of England Primary School

Notable buildings include the beautiful Ryecroft Hall which was donated to the people of Audenshaw by the local Member of Parliament, Austin Hopkinson in 1921, St. Stephen's Church and the Robertson's Jam Factory.