Nimble Nook

Nimble Nook
Nimble Nook
 Nimble Nook shown within Greater Manchester
OS grid referenceSD 90071 04317
Metropolitan boroughOldham
Metropolitan county Greater Manchester
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited 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 ParliamentOldham West and Royton
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Coordinates: 53°32′07″N 2°09′05″W / 53.535412°N 2.1512790°W

Raven Mll, Chadderton


Nimble Nook is a locality in the town of Chadderton in Greater Manchester.[1]

It is located around the junction of Denton Lane and Foxdenton Lane which is bisected by the arterial road Broadway (A663). It is contiguous with other areas of Chadderton - Butler Green, Whitegate and Cowhill with semi-rural Foxdenton to the west.

The Kingfisher Community Special School is located in this district [2] as is the Blessed John Henry Newman RC College, the main Catholic secondary school for the wider Metropolitan Borough of Oldham area.[3] The school occupies the site of the former Chadderton Grammar School.

Nimble Nook has one of Chadderton's oldest public houses, The Sportsman, which first obtained a licence in 1794.[4]

In 1825 James Butterworth described "a place called Nimble-Nook, a public house, and several ranges of brick cottages, constiute this place."[5]

Formerly Nimble Nook Working Men's Club — Nimble Nook Sports & Social Club was formed in 1878. The club moved in 1910 to its current address of Foxdenton Lane.[6]





References

  1. ↑ "The parish of Prestwich with Oldham - Chadderton | A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 5 (pp. 115-121)". British-history.ac.uk. 2003-06-22. Retrieved 2013-06-29.
  2. ↑ "Kingfisher Community Special School - Oldham". Kingfisher.oldham.sch.uk. Retrieved 2013-06-29.
  3. ↑ "Newman RC College Oldham". Newmanrc.oldham.sch.uk. Retrieved 2013-06-29.
  4. ↑ Chadderton Pubs And Their Licencees 1750 - 1999, Magee Rob (1986) ISBN 978 185216 134 7
  5. ↑ P167 History and Description of the Parochial Chapelry of Oldham By James Butterworth 1825 - https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=CatfAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA139&dq=History+and+Description+of+the+Parochial+Chapelry+of+Oldham++By+James+Butterworth&hl=en&sa=X&ei=RjjBVISgCY-d7gb6oIC4Ag&ved=0CCIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false>
  6. ↑ http://www.nimblenook.co.uk/about-us/


Neighbouring localities.
Firwood Park Stock Brook Cowhill
Foxdenton Butler Green
   Nimble Nook  
Greengate Whitegate Coalshaw Green