Hollinwood

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 53.518389
longitude= -2.144048
official_name= Hollinwood
population= 9,909 (2001 Census)
population_density= 10,145 mile² (3,917 km²)
metropolitan_borough= Oldham
metropolitan_county= Greater Manchester
region= North West England
constituency_westminster= Ashton-under-Lyne
post_town= OLDHAM
postcode_district = OL9
postcode_area= OL
dial_code= 0161
os_grid_reference= SD904024
london_distance= convert|163|mi|km|0|abbr=on SSE
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Hollinwood is an area of Oldham, and an electoral ward of the wider Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. It is located in the southwest of Oldham, contiguous with the towns of Chadderton and Failsworth, at Junction 22 of the M60 motorway. It has a total resident population of 9,909. [ [http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadDatasetList.do?a=7&b=5941618&c=hollinwood&d=14&g=352470&i=1001x1003&m=0&enc=1&domainId=16 Hollinwood] , 2001 United Kingdom Census, neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. URLs accessed March 29, 2007.]

Historically a part of Lancashire, Hollinwood was formerly a village within the township of Chadderton. Long existing as an industrial district, Hollinwood is today home to the Northern Counties Housing Association, [ [http://www.housingcorp.gov.uk/server/show/ConRSL.1207 Northern Counties Housing Association Limited] , housingcorp.gov.uk, URL accessed March 28, 2007.] and Mirror Colour Print Ltd; the printing division of the Trinity Mirror group, which prints and distributes thirty-six major newspapers, and employs five-hundred staff. [ [http://www.oldham.gov.uk/working/economic_profile/printing_publishing.htm Oldham's Economic Profile - Printing & Publishing] , oldham.gov.uk. URL accessed March 19, 2007.] Hollinwood was home to the Roxy Cinema which was popular for both the local and wider community. However, the cinema closed in 2005 after years of falling attendance, and demolished in 2007.

History

With the area initially being occupied by workers in Oldham's cotton mills, much of Hollinwood's more recent growth potential was due to the Ferranti factory which produced power transformers in its heyday. Later the factory produced container lifting trucks as the building had the height to do so. The transformer works building is now used as a newspaper printing plant. A neighbouring Ferranti factory produced electricity meters. The meter factory was sold to Siemens in the 1980s and became known as FML. The FML factory was eventually closed by Siemens.Hollinwood was home to the Roxy Cinema which was popular for both the local and wider community. However, the cinema closed in 2005 after years of falling attendance. Roxy Cinema was demolished between February and March 2007.

Governance

Hollinwood was once a chapelry of the ecclesiastical parish of Prestwich-cum-Oldham, in the Hundred of Salford.

For a time, part of Hollinwood lay within the Chadderton Urban District in the administrative county of Lancashire.

As part of the town of Oldham, Hollinwood forms part of the wider Metropolitan Borough of Oldham.

Politically the Hollinwood ward is held by the Liberal Democrats with two councillors and the Labour Party with one Councillor. The ward changes seats between the two parties with each election that passes.

Hollinwood forms part of the Ashton-under-Lyne Parliamentary Constituency.

Geography

Hollinwood is within the 5% most economically deprived wards in the United Kingdom. [ [http://www.oldhamir.org.uk/OIR%20Report.pdf The Ritchie Report] ; Oldhamir.org.uk, December 11, 2001. URL accessed Sept 18, 2006.]

The Hollinwood Branch Canal passes through the district.

The area is served by the Hollinwood railway station, along the Manchester to Rochdale via Oldham Line.

Hollinwood was changed substantially by the construction of the M60 motorway which takes the southern route around the city of Manchester and was completed in 2000. More construction is occurring recently with the building of the Byron Apartment Block and the planned building of several private 2/3/4 bedroom houses in the area.

Transport

Hollinwood is easily accessed on the roads, with the A62 linking Manchester and Oldham, and the M60 motorway linking Hollinwood with destinations such as Stockport, Manchester Airport and The Trafford Centre.

There are frequent buses running through Hollinwood towards Oldham and Manchester on First Manchester's 82 and 83 services. There is also frequent services running towards Oldham and Manchester with services 180 and 184. Other destinations which can be reached from Hollinwood on the bus are Ashton-under-Lyne, Chadderton, Huddersfield and Saddleworth.

There is also a train station in Hollinwood, which is part of the Oldham Loop line. Trains from Failsworth run towards Shaw and Crompton and Rochdale via Oldham and towards Manchester Victoria, Bolton and Wigan. There are plans to convert the train line into a Metrolink line, with conversion of the line to take place in the near future.

Notable people

Hollinwood was the birth place of the British Olympic freestyle swimming champion, Henry Taylor.citation|url=http://www.oldhamadvertiser.co.uk/community/nostalgia/s/1021934_the_golden_boy_town_forgot|title=The golden boy town forgot|last=Sykes|first=Lee|date=2007-03-08|publisher=oldhamadvertiser.co.uk|accessdate=2008-08-26]

Albert Pierrepoint, was the prolific British hangman of the twentieth century. He owned a public house on Manchester Road named "Help the Poor Struggler".Fact|date=July 2008

Hannah Beswick ( – 1785), was a woman from Birchin Bower, in Hollinwood, who had a pathological fear of premature burial. Her fear was strong enough for her to draw up a will which stated that her body was kept above ground, and that once a year, in the presence of two witnesses, the veil was to be lifted from her face, to look for signs of life. This eccentric will made Beswick a celebrity, and her mummified body was donated to the Manchester Museum and put on public display in the entrance hall, where she acquired the soubriquet the Manchester Mummy.

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