Outwood | |
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A567 west towards Outwood | |
Location within
Greater Manchester | |
Metropolitan borough | |
Metropolitan county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Outwood is a settlement in the Bury district in the county of Greater Manchester, England. Until 1974 it was in Lancashire.
Outwood | |
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Area | |
• 1901 | 1,938 acres (7.8 km2) [1] |
• 1931 | 1,938 acres (7.8 km2) [1] |
Population | |
• 1901 | 1,514 [2] |
• 1931 | 2,195 [2] |
History | |
• Created | 1894 |
• Abolished | 1933 |
• Succeeded by | Kearsley, Radcliffe and Whitefield urban districts |
Status | Civil parish |
Outwood was an area in the township of Pilkington in the ancient parish of Prestwich-cum-Oldham in the historic county of Lancashire. It was once called Outwood of Pilkington [3] and is marked as Outwoods on the Yates Map of 1787 [4] and on the later Greenwood [5] and Hennet maps. [6]
Under the Local Government Act 1894, Outwood was established as a civil parish and became part of the Bury Rural District in the administrative county of Lancashire, England. [7] In 1933, Outwood civil parish was abolished and its former area was divided between Kearsley, Radcliffe and Whitefield parishes and urban districts. [8] [9] In 1931 the civil parish had a population of 2195. [10]
Outwood | |
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![]() The
A567 west towards Outwood | |
Location within
Greater Manchester | |
Metropolitan borough | |
Metropolitan county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Outwood is a settlement in the Bury district in the county of Greater Manchester, England. Until 1974 it was in Lancashire.
Outwood | |
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Area | |
• 1901 | 1,938 acres (7.8 km2) [1] |
• 1931 | 1,938 acres (7.8 km2) [1] |
Population | |
• 1901 | 1,514 [2] |
• 1931 | 2,195 [2] |
History | |
• Created | 1894 |
• Abolished | 1933 |
• Succeeded by | Kearsley, Radcliffe and Whitefield urban districts |
Status | Civil parish |
Outwood was an area in the township of Pilkington in the ancient parish of Prestwich-cum-Oldham in the historic county of Lancashire. It was once called Outwood of Pilkington [3] and is marked as Outwoods on the Yates Map of 1787 [4] and on the later Greenwood [5] and Hennet maps. [6]
Under the Local Government Act 1894, Outwood was established as a civil parish and became part of the Bury Rural District in the administrative county of Lancashire, England. [7] In 1933, Outwood civil parish was abolished and its former area was divided between Kearsley, Radcliffe and Whitefield parishes and urban districts. [8] [9] In 1931 the civil parish had a population of 2195. [10]