Balderstone,_Greater_Manchester

Balderstone, Greater Manchester

Balderstone, Greater Manchester

Human settlement in England

For other uses, see Balderstone.

Balderstone is a district and an electoral ward of the wider Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale in the county of Greater Manchester, England.[1] According to the 2001 census the ward had a population of 9,699. As at the 2011 census the ward was called Balderstone and Kirkholt with a population of 10,422.[2]

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Education

See also: List of schools in Rochdale
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Religion

St Mary's Church on Oldham Road is an Anglican church.[3] It is one of three churches in the South Rochdale Team Ministry of Christ the King; the other two are St Luke's Church, Deeplish and St Peter's Church, Newbold.[4]

Notable person

John Ellis was born in Balderstone and became one of the United Kingdom's executioners. He hanged, or assisted in hanging, over 200 people between 1901 and 1924.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Area: Balderstone (Ward). Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  2. [2]
    "Rochdale Ward population 2011". Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  3. [3]
    Saint Mary Church, Balderstone Archived 2010-09-08 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  4. [4]
    The South Rochdale Team Ministry of Christ the King[permanent dead link]. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  5. [5]
    Fielding, Steve (2007). The Executioner's Bible. London: John Blake Publishing. pp. 61–91. ISBN 978-1-84454-422-6.


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