Busk, Greater Manchester
Coordinates: 53°32′50″N 2°08′01″W / 53.547269°N 2.133493°W
Busk is a locality and former hamlet in the town of Chadderton in Greater Manchester, England. It is located to the east of Chadderton town centre, on the town's eastern border with Oldham, contiguous with the Westwood area of that town.
The original hamlet lay on what is now a cycle path at the southern end of Busk Road, Oldham.
Due to widespread redevelopment in the 1960s and 1970s, little remains of the original settlement. The Britannia Inn at the heart of the community still stands but has been closed for several years, while playing fields now occupy the site of the nearby Busk Mill which stood from 1847 until its closure in 1931.[1]
1932 saw the formation of the Busk Congregational Prize Band, the forerunner of the Chadderton And District Band which in the 1950s became the official band of the Chadderton Urban District Council.[2]
The placename Busk survives in the immediately adjoining streets to the west and south of the original hamlet, known as Busk Estate.
References
- ↑ "List of mills in Chadderton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia". En.wikipedia.org. Retrieved 2013-06-29.
- ↑ "ChaddertonCelebrates". Chadderton-hs.freeuk.com. Retrieved 2013-06-29.
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