Butterworth (ancient township)

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Demography
Butterworth
Geography
Status	Township (? - 1894) & Civil Parish (1866 - 1894)
1871 area	7,766 acres
1891 area	7,766 acres
History
Abolished	1894
Succeeded by	Milnrow Urban District, Littleborough Urban District, Wardle Urban District, County Borough of Rochdale
1871 population	1,219
1891 population	1,027

Butterworth was a township within the southeast of the Parish of Rochdale, in Salford hundred, Lancashire, England.^[1] The centre of Butterworth was three miles east of the town of Rochdale

Although existing today as a mere locality within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Butterworth was a long existing and extensive township which included the chapelry of Milnrow, the village of Newhey and the smaller hamlets of Clegg, Wildhouse, Tunshill, Belfield, Butterworth Hall, Lowhouse, Haughs, and Bleaked-gate-cum-Roughbank within its borders. Butterworth also extended into territory which included Hollingworth Lake within its borders.

Butterworth was divided into two subdistricts; Butterworth Freehold and Butterworth Lordship. These 'sides' refer to the ancient terms of tenure, some freehold, some of the Lord of the Manor by various rents and services.^[2] In the northeast of this township was Butterworth Moor, a "dreary district" contiguous to Blackstone Edge.

Until the middle of the 19th century Butterworth Hall stood in the fields on the River Beal. When the Hall burned down, it was replaced by Butterworth Hall Farm.

In 1830, Butterworth was recorded to have 5,554 inhabitants.^[3]