Outwood, Greater Manchester

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Outwood is a settlement in the Bury district in the county of Greater Manchester, England. Until 1974 it was in Lancashire.

History

Outwood
Area
 • 19011,938 acres (7.8 km2)[1]
 • 19311,938 acres (7.8 km2)[1]
Population
 • 19011,514 [2]
 • 19312,195 [2]
History
 • Created1894
 • Abolished1933
 • Succeeded byKearsley, Radcliffe and Whitefield urban districts
StatusCivil 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]

References

  1. ^ a b Great Britain Historical GIS Project. "Outwood CP: Area (acres)". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  2. ^ a b Great Britain Historical GIS Project. "Outwood CP: Total Population". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  3. ^ Billington, W.D. (1982). From Affetside to Yarrow. Egerton: Ross Anderson Publications. pp. 63–64. ISBN 0-86360-003-4.
  4. ^ "Yates Map of 1786". lancashire.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Greenwood's Map of Lancashire, 1818". lancashire.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Hennet's map of 1829, sheet F5". lancashire.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  7. ^ Great Britain Historical GIS Project. "Outwood CP: Relationships and changes". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  8. ^ "Greater Manchester Gazetteer". Greater Manchester County Record Office. Places names - Outwood. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2008.
  9. ^ "Relationships and changes Outwood CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  10. ^ "Population statistics Outwood CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 1 October 2023.

External links

  • Boundary Map of Outwood CP