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'''Hopwood''' is a locality and component area of the town of [[Heywood, Greater Manchester|Heywood]] within the [[Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale]], in [[Greater Manchester]], [[England]]. It is north of the [[M62 motorway]]. |
'''Hopwood''' is a locality and component area of the town of [[Heywood, Greater Manchester|Heywood]] within the [[Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale]], in [[Greater Manchester]], [[England]]. It is north of the [[M62 motorway]]. |
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Although a today residential district at the south of the town of Heywood, Hopwood once formed a [[Township (England)|township]] within the [[Middleton, Greater Manchester|Middleton]] ecclesiastical parish of the [[Salford (hundred)|Salfordshire hundred]] of [[Lancashire]].<ref>http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53022</ref> |
Although a today residential district at the south of the town of Heywood, Hopwood once formed a [[Township (England)|township]] within the [[Middleton, Greater Manchester|Middleton]] ecclesiastical parish of the [[Salford (hundred)|Salfordshire hundred]] of [[Lancashire]].<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53022 Townships - Hopwood | British History Online<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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John Rhodes was one of the victims of the [[Peterloo Massacre]] of 1819. He died several weeks after the event and his body was dissected by order of magistrates wishing to prove his death was not a result of Peterloo.<ref>{{cite book |first=Joyce |last=Marlow |title=The Peterloo Massacre |publisher=Rapp & Whiting |date=1969 |isbn=0853911223}}</ref> |
John Rhodes was one of the victims of the [[Peterloo Massacre]] of 1819. He died several weeks after the event and his body was dissected by order of magistrates wishing to prove his death was not a result of Peterloo.<ref>{{cite book |first=Joyce |last=Marlow |title=The Peterloo Massacre |publisher=Rapp & Whiting |date=1969 |isbn=0853911223}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 15:37, 1 June 2008
Hopwood is a locality and component area of the town of Heywood within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, England. It is north of the M62 motorway.
Although a today residential district at the south of the town of Heywood, Hopwood once formed a township within the Middleton ecclesiastical parish of the Salfordshire hundred of Lancashire.[1]
John Rhodes was one of the victims of the Peterloo Massacre of 1819. He died several weeks after the event and his body was dissected by order of magistrates wishing to prove his death was not a result of Peterloo.[2]
Hopwood has a school and a fire station for the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service.
References
- ^ Townships - Hopwood | British History Online
- ^ Marlow, Joyce (1969). The Peterloo Massacre. Rapp & Whiting. ISBN 0853911223.