Whitegate, Greater Manchester
| Whitegate | |
  Whitegate Whitegate shown within Greater Manchester | |
| Metropolitan borough | Oldham |
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| Metropolitan county | Greater Manchester |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | OLDHAM |
| Postcode district | OL9 |
| Dialling code | 0161 |
| Police | Greater Manchester |
| Fire | Greater Manchester |
| Ambulance | North West |
| EU Parliament | North West England |
| UK Parliament | Oldham West and Royton |
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Whitegate is an industrial and residential district of the town of Chadderton in Greater Manchester.
It is located in the south of Chadderton, contiguous with the Nimble Nook, Butler Green and Coalshaw Green areas of the town, Hollinwood and New Moston in the City of Manchester which lies to the south.
Whitegate is bisected by the M60 motorway with a junction (21) at Broadway close to the Boat And Horses pub.
The area has two junior schools, Yew Tree and Whitegate End. The area had a long standing secondary school, South Chadderton School. The school has relocated to neighbouring Hollinwood following amalgamation with the Kaskenmoor School and is now called Oasis Academy Oldham.
A new school, The Collective Spirit Free School (CSFS) is due to open on the South Chadderton School site in September 2013. The "faith-sensitive" school will at first be open only to 60 Year 7 pupils. Other year groups will be introduced gradually until the school reaches a capacity of 300.[1]
History
Whitegate, once a hamlet, is located in what was previously an isolated rural part of Chadderton archaically known as Hale Moss, which was an extensive common lying between Hollinwood and White Moss in the south of the township, and was an area that extended into the township of Moston to the south. The archaic district known as Theale Moor was also in this area.
1801 saw the arrival of the Rochdale Canal pass through Whitegate and with it the construction of a new inn by the canal side, The Boat And Horses, built by the Ashton's of nearby Whitegate End Farm. The pub, now rebuilt, remains a focal point of the local community.[2][3]
The early part of the 20th century saw the growth of a substantial cotton mill district at Whitegate, with the Gorse, Rugby, Ram and Ace mills all built between 1907 and 1913. All of the mills survive with the exception of the Rugby which was demolished in January 2014.[4]
1925 saw the construction of the arterial road Broadway (A633) pass through Whitegate.[5]
1953 saw the opening of South Chadderton (later Broadway) Library in commemoration of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II but the library closed in 2009 following an unsuccessful campaign to have the building listed.[6]
The area's sub post office, named Whitegate, was closed down as part of the Post Office's restructuring of services during 2008/9.
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/news-features/99/chadderton-extra/78662/feelings-run-high-over-free-school-plan| Oldham Chronicle retrieved 23 July 2013
- ↑ Chadderton Pubs And Their Licensees 1750–1999 by Rob Magee ISBN 978-1-85216-134-7
- ↑ http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53010| British History Online - Chadderton. Retrieved 17 July 2013
- ↑ http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/news/archive/15096-oldham-mill-makes-way-for-new-development.html
- ↑ Lawson, Michael; Johnson, Mark (1997), Images of England: Chadderton, Tempus, ISBN 0-7524-0714-7.
- ↑ "Oldham News | News Headlines | Save our little bit of history - Chronicle Online". Oldham-chronicle.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-06-29.
External links
Whitegate End School and Nursery: http://whitegateend-oldham.co.uk/index.asp
Yew Tree Community School: http://www.yewtree.oldham.sch.uk/
St Georges Chapel: http://www.emmanuelwithstgeorges.org.uk/stgeorges.htm
Pictures of St Georges Chapel, Whitegate: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/Chadderton/StGeorge.shtml
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Foxdenton | Nimble Nook | Butler Green | |
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| New Moston | Failsworth | Hollinwood |
