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Timeline
Timeline of Failsworth
- 1212 – First official record of Failsworth in King John's Great Inquest of Service.[1]: 66 [2]
- 1212 – North-western portion of land held by the Lord of the Manor of Prestwick.[1]: 66
- 1212 – South-eastern portion of land held by the Lords of the Manor of Manchester.[1]: 66
- Mid-13th century – Richard and Robert de Byron acquired both portions of land.[1]: 66
- 1320 – First record of a named place in Failsworth: Wrigley Head named in the Survey of the Manor of Manchester.[1]: 66
- 1600–1699 – Population mostly involved in working the land and supported by the production of cloth.[1]: 66
- 1660 – 43 names registered in the town.[1]: 66
- 1663 – 50 recorded families in Failsworth.[1]: 66
- 1673 – Earliest record of a place of worship at Dob Lane Chapel.[1]: 66
- 1700–1799 – Most of the population involved in the production on linen cloth. Some farming.[1]: 66
- 1735 – Manchester, Oldham and Austerlands Turnpike Trust created to improve the road from Manchester to Austerlands.[1]: 66
- 1774 – 242 families recorded in Failsworth. Population 1,400.[1]: 66
- 1793 – First Failsworth Pole erected.[1]: 66
- 1796 – Earliest day school recorded, Pole Lane School.[1]: 66
- 1801 – Population 2,622.[1]: 66
- 1803 – Main Turnpike Road widened to 60 feet from Manchester to Dob Lane End.[1]: 66
- 1804 – Rochdale Canal opened on 21 December.[1]: 66
- 1825 – First cotton mill built in Failsworth.[1]: 66
- 1839 – Firs Mill built by Henry Walmsley.[1]: 66
- 1844 – Failsworth constituted a new parish, St. John's.[1]: 66
- 1850 – Second Failsworth Pole erected.[1]: 66
- 1851 – Population 4,433.[1]: 67
- 1859 – Failsworth Industrial Society officially registered on 22 July.[1]: 67
- 1863 – First Local Government Board established with nine members.[1]: 67
- 1878 – Horse-drawn trams from Manchester to Hollinwood.[1]: 67
- 1880 – New rail line between Oldham and Manchester opened.[1]: 67
- 1881 – Failsworth acquired its first railway station in April.[1]: 67
- 1889 – Third Failsworth Pole erected.[1]: 67
- 1894 – Local Board changed to Failsworth Urban District Council.[1]: 67
- 1901 – Population 14,152.[1]: 67
- 1901 – Electric trams replaced horse-powered trams.[1]: 67
- 1903 – Proposed amalgamation with Manchester.[1]: 67
- 1904 – Amalgamation with Manchester deferred.[1]: 67
- 1924 – Fourth Failsworth Pole erected.[1]: 67
- 1937 – The Roxy cinema presented its first feature on 20 December.[1]: 67
- 1946 – Failsworth Urban District Council proceeded with housing clearance programme.[1]: 67
- 1946 – Last tram runs in Oldham.[1]: 67
- 1958 – Fifth and present Failsworth Pole erected.[1]: 67
- 1973 – Failsworth officially twinned with the town of Landsberg am Lech, Germany.[1]: 67
- 1974 – Failsworth becomes part of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham.[1]: 67
- 1991 – Population 20,999.[1]: 67
- 1993 – 200th anniversary of the first Failsworth Pole.[1]: 67
- 2000 – Opening of the M60 Motorway link.[1]: 67
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq Taylor, Sheila (2001). "The Failsworth Timeline". Failsworth Place and People. Oldham: Oldham Arts and Heritage Publications. ISBN 978-0-902809-98-7.
- ^ Poole, Austin Lane (1993) [First published 1951]. From Domesday Book to Magna Carta, 1087-1216 (2nd revised ed.). Oxford, England: OUP Oxford. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-19-285287-8 – via Google Books.