Bardsley, Greater Manchester

History

The place name itself is derived from the Anglo-Saxon given name "Beornraed" plus the Anglo-Saxon word "leah" which means wood clearing, therefore meaning "a woodland clearing of a man called Beornraed".

Governance

Lying within the historic county boundaries of Lancashire from a very early time, Bardsley anciently formed a hamlet within the township and parish of Ashton-under-Lyne.

Bardsley was formerly a chapelry in the parish of Ashton-under-Lyne, On 31 December 1894 following the Local Government Act 1894, Bardsley constituted a civil parish within the Limehurst Rural District and administrative county of Lancashire. Limehurst was included in the Ashton-under-Lyne Poor Law Union.

In 1951, owing to urbanisation, part of Bardsley was incorporated into the neighbouring Oldham and in 1954, Limehurst Rural District was abolished and the parish of Bardsley was merged with Oldham, Ashton under Lyne and Failsworth and Bardsley became part of the County Borough of Oldham. In 1951 the parish had a population of 1499.

Following the Local Government Act 1972, the County Borough of Oldham was abolished and Bardsley became part of the newly formed Metropolitan Borough of Oldham in Greater Manchester.

Transport

Bee Network provide the following services in Bardsley, all terminating at Ashton-under-Lyne.

409 service runs to Rochdale via Oldham and Royton.

396 runs to Middleton via Hathershaw, Chadderton and Mills Hill.

151 to Higher Crumpsall via Failsworth and Moston

The nearest railway station is Ashton-under-Lyne which provides links to Manchester, Southport and Huddersfield.

References

References

1. Eilert Ekwall, The Place-Names of Lancashire, Manchester University Press, 1922; A D Mills, A Dictionary of English Place-Names, Oxford University Press, 1998
2. 'The parish of Ashton-under-Lyne: Introduction, manor & boroughs', A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 4 (1911), pp. 338–347. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41438&strquery=ashton under lyne Date accessed: 09 July 2013
3. "History of Bardsley, in Oldham and Lancashire". [[A Vision of Britain through Time]].
4. "Relationships and changes Bardsley CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time.
5. "Ashton Registration District". UKBMD.
6. https://web.archive.org/web/20110718144414/http://www.gmcro.co.uk/Guides/Gazeteer/gazzb.htm Greater Manchester County Record Office Retrieved 9 July 2013
7. "Population statistics Bardsley CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time.