- Wardleworth
infobox historic subdivision
Name= Wardleworth
HQ= Buckley
Status= Township (? - 1894)
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End= 1894
Replace=County Borough of Rochdale
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PopulationFirst= 6,451
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PopulationFirstYear= 1830
PopulationLastYear=Wardleworth was a township at the geographic centre of the Parish of Rochdale, in Salford hundred,
Lancashire ,England . [ [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit_page.jsp?u_id=10344402&c_id=10001043 A vision of Butterworth Tn/CP] ] The principal estate of this township was Buckley. Though the administrative territory has long been abolished, the name continues as a geographic reference frame for that part ofRochdale .Wardleworth was a small township which included territory to the northeast of the town of Rochdale, including the hamlets of Buckley, Crankey Shaw and Hamer Fold, [cite web|url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~todmordenandwalsden/images/RochdaleParishmap.jpg|title=Index Map for the Parish of ROCHDALE|accessdate=2007-08-30|date=|publisher=freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com] and, although close to the village of Wardle, Wardleworth did not contain this settlement, which was instead within the neighbouring township of
Wuerdle and Wardle .In 1830, Wardleworth was recorded to have 6,451 inhabitants. [cite web|url=http://www.mancuniensis.info/wardleworthfp.htm|title=Salford Hundred Ancestry, Annals and History|accessdate=2007-08-30|date=|publisher=www.mancuniensis.info]
The Buckley and
Entwistle families are recorded to have been the principal landowners of this township, withBuckley Hall being the seat of the estate-holders for many years.ee also
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Butterworth (ancient township)
*Wardleworth railway station References and external links
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