Talk:Prestwich
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Is this a house? a suburb? if some one who knows about this place contributed, i think this sub-stub could eventuall get to be an articleMexaguil
[edit] Parish
Does anybody know anything about the (ancient?) parish of Oldham-cum-Prestwich or Prestwich-cum-Oldham?? I presume it was a parish which encompassed the towns of Oldham and Prestwich. It is mentioned in many old "Births, Deaths and Marriage" certificates and on the main article page, but is my presumption correct, when was it created/disbanded? Anybody have any thoughts/info? Jhamez84 16:51, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
- I've since created the article based on research - although others are encouraged to expand it further. Thanks, Jhamez84 20:01, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
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- I can technically confirm this, and you should contact the Prestwich Heratage Society for further info. I'd supply contact details, but they'd be absued. - Chris
I have heard that Prestwich-cum-Oldham was the largest parish in the country at one time. When my grandaughter was christened in a church in Royton seven years ago the vicar told me that he still had to get permission to carry out a baptism from St Mary's Church in Prestwich. Does anyone know the history of the Star Chamber in the Church Inn? I was told (if I remember correctly) that the Beadle meted out ecclesiastical justice from that odd little seat in the middle of the curved bench there. If that's true it would make a fascinating addition to the religious section. Richerman 21:23, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Manchester
Its impossible to define Prestwich as a part of Bury. This should be mentioned in the article. Preswich has a manchester post code, manchester insurance ates and is closer to manchester. This difficulty in definition should be mentioned
It is part of Bury borough regardless, in the same way that Middleton is part of Rochdale borough, despite being closer to both Oldham and Manchester.
This is true, Prestwich residents pay their council tax to Bury and are officially a part of the Borough or Bury. It does have a Manchester postcode because it is in the County of Greater Manchester but this has no bearing on the Borough it is in... Okocha, Prestwich resident since birth.
Not that old chestnut! Prestwich has been part of Bury Metro since 1974? As a lifetime resident I know that former one-horse- town that was always ten years behind the rest of the world (they still had Teddy boys on the sixties for God's sake!) sucked all the money out of Prestwich to build their fancy shopping centre while we got the longfield toilet. However it's a fact of life that we're in the Metropolitan Borough of Burry - and that ain't going to change any time soon. Oh, and please remember to sign your posts you naughty people! Richerman 22:00, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Transport
Edited the section mentioning the 98 bus. As someone who gets this bus on a regular basis (every day, to university) I can officially state that at peak times (rush hour, between 8 and 10 AM and between 4-6 pm) it is often more than 10 minutes between busses. - Chris
- That comes under the heading of original research which is not supposed to be in wikipedia. You shouldn't change statements unless you have a good published reference which says something different. For instance, it would be quite correct to say the buses were timetabled to arrive every ten minutes and give a reference for the GMPTE timetables website, even if experience tells you they don't actually arrive that often. Richerman 15:25, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
