Hollinwood
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HOLLINWOOD, a village and a chapelry in Prestwich parish, Lancashire. The village stands near the Rochdale canal and the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway, 1½ mile SSW of Oldham; is modern and large; has a post office under Manchester, and several factories; and is a seat of petty sessions. The chapelry was constituted in 1835. Pop. in 1861, 6,298. Houses, 1,289. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £300.* Patron, the Rector of Prestwich. The church is plain. There are an Independent chapel of 1866, Baptist and Wesleyan chapels, and national-schools.John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)
Archives and libraries
Local studies information is held at Oldham library.Cemeteries
- Roman Road, Cemetery
- St Margaret of Antioch, Chapel Rd, Church of England
Census
Details about the census records, and indexes for Hollinwood.Church History
Church Records
- Hollins Rd, Baptist
- Bethesda, Milton St, Baptist
- Beulah, Withins Rd, Baptist
- Old Lane, Bible Mission
- St Chad, Limeside Rd, Church of England
- St Margaret of Antioch, Chapel Rd, Church of England
- The Memorial Church, Manchester Rd, Congregational
- St James, Manchester Rd, Free Church of England
- Limeside Rd, Methodist
- Hudson St, Methodist New Connexion
- Bourne St, Primitive Methodist
- Hollins Rd, Primitive Methodist
- Limeside Rd, Primitive Methodist
- Corpus Christi, Derby Street, Roman Catholic
- Holy Family, Roman Road, Roman Catholic
- Manchester Rd, Salvation Army
- Byron St/Hive St, Spiritualist
- St John, Manchester Rd, United Methodist Free Church
- Alford St, Welsh Congregational
- Hollins, Millgate, Wesleyan Methodist
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