Coldhurst

Coordinates: 53°32′56″N 2°07′07″W / 53.548981°N 2.118491°W / 53.548981; -2.118491

Coldhurst
Horsedge Street in Coldhurst
Coldhurst  Coldhurst shown within Greater Manchester
Population	11,935 (2001 Census)
OS grid reference	SD921058
Metropolitan borough	Oldham
Metropolitan county	Greater Manchester
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	OLDHAM
Postcode district	OL1
Dialling code	0161
Police	Greater Manchester
Fire	Greater Manchester
Ambulance	North West
EU Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Oldham West and Royton
List of places: UK • England • Greater Manchester

Coldhurst (or more rarely Cold Hurst) is an area of Oldham and an electoral ward of the wider Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. At the time of the United Kingdom Census 2001, it had a population of 11,935.^[1] The electoral ward spans most of Oldham's town centre,^[2] although the name Coldhurst more usually applies to the area immediately to its north.

Historically a part of Lancashire, Coldhurst was once constituted a chapelry within the ancient ecclesiastical parish of Prestwich-cum-Oldham, in the Salfordshire hundred.^[3]

Coldhurst was the site of considerable industry and commerce, including coal mining, cotton spinning and hat manufacture.^[3]

An old Hall existed in the locality, belonging to Abram Crompton, Esq, which, although no longer exists today, gives its name to Crompton Street.

Coldhurst is said to have been the scene of an action in the English Civil War, in which the parliamentarians were defeated.^[3]

Coldhurst is located next to Westwood, and is between Oldham town centre, and the Royal Oldham Hospital. Coldhurst is home to the Coldhurst Community Centre.

Coldhurst is the home of a significant community of South Asian (particularly Bangladeshi) heritage.^[1] 37% of the population is non-white and most of the white residents live in "bleak council developments".^[2]

The area is in the 5% most deprived wards in the United Kingdom.^[4]

References

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} United Kingdom Census 2001. "Coldhurst (Ward)". neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=5941622&c=coldhurst&d=14&e=16&g=352331&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&enc=1. Retrieved 2007-04-07. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Criddle 2002, p. 602.
3. ^ ^{a b c} British History Online (1848). "'Cold-Ashby - Coley' A Topographical Dictionary of England". Victoria County History. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=50889&strquery=prestwich-cum-oldham#s5. Retrieved 2007-04-07. 
4. ^ David Ritchie (2001-12-11). "The Ritchie Report". Oldham Independent Review. http://www.oldhamir.org.uk/OIR%20Report.pdf. Retrieved 2007-04-07. 

Bibliography

• Brownbill, J; William Farrer (1911). A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 5. Victoria County History. ISBN 978-0-7129-1055-2. 
• Criddle, Byron; Waller, Robert (2002). Almanac of British Politics. Great Britain: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-26833-8.