Birtle, Greater Manchester

Birtle is a hamlet within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester,[1] England. It lies in the Cheesden Valley, set amongst the Pennines.

This article is about the hamlet. For the surrounding historic parish, see Bircle.

Birtle
The Pack Horse Inn public house, Birtle
Birtle is located in Greater Manchester
Birtle
Birtle
Location within Greater Manchester
OS grid referenceSD835135
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHEYWOOD
Postcode districtOL10
Postcode districtBL9
Dialling code01706
0161
PoliceGreater Manchester
FireGreater Manchester
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament

Historically a part of Lancashire, Birtle is archaically referred to as Bircle or Birkle, which means Birch Hill. Together with neighbouring Bamford, it formed the civil parish of Birtle-with-Bamford (also known as Birtle-cum-Bamford). It was in Middleton ecclesiastical parish and in Bury poor law Union. In 1933, Birtle-with-Bamford was dissolved with Birtle being amalgamated into the Municipal Borough of Heywood.[1]

The local church is Bircle Church[2],[3] St. John the Baptist, Castle Hill Road, Bircle, Bury. In addition to the graveyard and garden of remembrance, the Church land includes an area now known as 'Bircle Church Wood', which was gifted by the Reverend Trend Smith.

References
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  1. Greater Manchester Gazetteer, Greater Manchester County Record Office, Places names - B, archived from the original on 18 July 2011, retrieved 17 June 2008
  2. A church near you
  3. Saint John the Baptist, Bircle church


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