Shaw and Crompton

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53°34′37″N 2°05′31″W / 53.577°N 2.092°W / 53.577; -2.092

Shaw and Crompton is a

civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England,[1] and lies on the River Beal at the foothills of the South Pennines. It is located 2.3 miles (3.7 km) north of Oldham, 3.6 miles (5.8 km) south-east of Rochdale and 8.7 miles (14 km) north-east of Manchester. Its largest settlement is Shaw
.

domestic system
.

The introduction of

textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution initiated a process of rapid and unplanned urbanisation. A building boom began in Crompton in the mid-19th century, when suitable land for factories in Oldham was becoming scarce. By the late 19th century, Crompton had emerged as a densely populated mill town with forty-eight cotton mills, some of the largest in the United Kingdom, in the area. At its spinning zenith, as a result of an interwar economic boom and the over-valuation of shares associated with the textile industry, Shaw and Crompton had more millionaires
per capita than any other town in the world. Imports of foreign cotton goods saw a decline in the textile industry by the mid-20th century and the last mill closed in 1989.

Shaw and Crompton covers 4.5 square miles (11.7 km2) and is a predominantly suburban area of mixed affluence with a population of 21,065 as of 2011.[4] The legacy of its industrial past can be seen in its three surviving cotton mills, all of which are home to large distribution companies, among them is Yodel based at Shaw National Distribution Centre, a major employer in the area.

History

Toponymy

A map of Shaw and Crompton from 1851. Shaw was originally a village in the township of Crompton, but came to dominate the locality, winning preference as the name for the whole area.

The name

ton, for "hamlet or village".[5] A local historian stated that "this name aptly describes the appearance of the place, with its uneven surface, its numerous mounds and hills, as though it had been crumpled up to form these ridges".[6] The University of Nottingham's Institute for Name-Studies has offered the suggestion that the name Crompton means "river-bend settlement",[7] which may reflect Crompton's location on a meander of the River Beal
.

The dual name of both Shaw and Crompton has been said to make the town "distinctive, if not unique",[8] while preference of Shaw over Crompton and vice versa has been (and to a limited extent remains) a minor local controversy and point of confusion.[8][9] Today, the single name of Shaw seems to have won preference in the locality.[9]

Shaw was originally a hamlet and sub-district of Crompton,[10] where it appears to have originated as the commercial and ecclesiastic centre because of a small chapel sited there dating back to the 16th century.[2] Before then, Whitfield had been the largest village in Crompton.[2] In 1872, Shaw was noted as one of three villages in Crompton.[11] However, due to Shaw's urbanisation following the construction of a major road from Werneth to Littleborough, and the establishment of a post office sub-district named and situated in Shaw, it came to dominate Crompton.[12] Additionally, a separate ecclesiastical parish was created for the township in 1835, which was given the name Shaw because of the church's location on Shaw Moor, in Crompton.[13] The names merged to form the present day Shaw and Crompton, which boundary markers have used since at least the 1950s.[8]

Early history

An early type of axe known as a

Castleshaw Roman fort in neighbouring Saddleworth.[5]

In 616

Clayton, Ashton and Crompton are localities northeast of Manchester which may have been founded during that colonisation,[5] suggesting that Crompton as a settlement could date from the 7th century.[5]

Whitfield: during the Middle Ages, this cluster of homesteads was owned by the Knights Hospitaller and was the largest settlement in the area.

During

Norman conquest of England, Crompton was part of a vast estate given to Roger the Poitevin.[6] It was unmentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086; the first recorded use of the name Crompton for the township was discovered in legal documents relating to Cockersand Abbey near Lancaster, dating from the early 13th century. The document outlines that Gilbert de Notton, a Norman who had acquired the land from Roger de Montbegon, granted his estate to Cockersand Abbey.[15] The Knights Hospitaller and Whalley Abbey held small estates in the township. In 1234, about 80 acres (32 ha) of land at Whitfield in Crompton were given to the Hospitallers,[16] a religious order that provided care for poor, sick or injured pilgrims to the Holy Land. A medieval cross has been discovered in the ruins of a house at Whitfield.[17]

During the

lord and court.[19] This slowly facilitated comparative freedoms and independence for the early people of Crompton,[19] which encouraged the influx of families from the neighbouring parish of Rochdale, including the Buckleys, Cleggs, Greaves and Milnes.[19]

During the Late Middle Ages, the Buckley and Crompton families were recorded as the largest landowners in Crompton, owning land and farmsteads at Whitfield and Crompton Fold respectively.[20] The Crompton family has a well-documented history and can be traced back to the time of Magna Carta, appearing in the Assize Roll for 1245.[21] Crompton is indigenous to the township, and first appears as a family name in the 13th century, when the locality's principal landowner, Hugh de la Legh, changed his family name to "de Crompton" (of Crompton), to reflect the estate he possessed. The family owned a large historic house by the name of Crompton Hall, on the site of Crompton Fold. Crompton Hall first appears in historical records as early as 1442, owned by Thomas de Crompton and his family.[20] The original "medieval" Crompton Hall was demolished around 1848.[20] A second Crompton Hall, set in its own prominent forested grounds, was erected by the family—by then an influential and affluent investor in the local cotton industry—but following the death of the last remaining family members, the site was sold and, in 1950, the house was demolished to make way for an exclusive development of bungalows.[20]

Because of the poor soils and rugged terrain, Samuel Lewis said Crompton's inhabitants were "a race of hardy and laborious men".[11] They have also been described as having a reputation for being a "hardy, frugal and somewhat independent breed",[9] which has been attributed to the tradition of absentee landlords and self-sustenance in earlier times.[19] There had been a chapel of ease at the hamlet of Shaw since at least the early 16th century, but, due to ecclesiastical arrangements for the parish of Prestwich-cum-Oldham, the inhabitants were obliged to contribute money towards Oldham Parish Church, which in turn had obligation to the mother Church of St Mary the Virgin at Prestwich.[9] On several occasions during the 15th and 16th centuries, the Archdeacon of Chester had to intervene because Crompton's inhabitants refused to contribute towards holy bread and candles used at Prestwich.[9] In 1826, a poll was taken regarding the re-building of Oldham Church. Not one person in Crompton voted in favour of the rebuilding and when a rate was levied to raise money for the new church at Oldham, the people of Crompton refused to pay.[9]

Textiles and the Industrial Revolution

Further information:
Textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution and List of mills in Shaw and Crompton
Following a building boom during the 1860s–1870s, Shaw and Crompton became a mill town, dominated by large rectangular brick-built cotton mills.
Philip Sydney Stott, and built in 1907. Demolished in 1984, the Shaw National Distribution Centre
now occupies its site.

The manufacture of textiles in Crompton can be traced back to 1474, when a lease dated from that year outlines that the occupant of Crompton Park had

Salford.[23]

Until the mid-18th century, Crompton's textile sector had been closely linked with that of Rochdale and Saddleworth in the north and east; it was a woollen manufacturing district. However, as the demand for cotton goods increased, Crompton mirrored developments in Oldham and Manchester in the south and southwest, importing raw cotton and making cotton cloth.[24][25] To ensure that the woollen trade was kept buoyant, a law existed from 1675 to 1814 to encourage Shaw and Crompton's wool production. It required that the deceased were to be buried in woollen garments.[26]

In the second half of the 18th century, the technology of

water powered cotton factories (two or three times the size of a cottage) can be traced to 1782. The construction of more mills followed—ten by 1789—facilitating a process of urbanisation and socioeconomic transformation in the region; the population moved away from farming, adopting employment in the factory system.[27] The introduction of the factory system led to an increase of the township's population; from 872 in 1714 to 3,500 in 1801, mostly as a result of an influx of people from Yorkshire and Lancashire looking for employment in the cotton mills.[27]

hand loom weavers saw a drop in their income, and could not compete with the mechanised mass production that was gathering pace in the township.[28] Luddites rioted in the township in 1826, smashing 24 power looms at Clegg's mill at High Crompton in protest against their worsening standard of living.[28]

Crompton's damp climate provided the ideal conditions for cotton spinning to be carried out without the cotton drying and breaking, and newly developed 19th century mechanisation optimised cotton spinning for mass production for the global market. When suitable land in nearby

Shaw and Crompton railway station and a goods yard was opened in 1863, allowing improved transportation of textile goods and raw materials to and from the township.[32] Neighbouring Royton had begun to encroach upon the township's southern boundary, forming a continuous urban cotton-spinning district with Oldham, Lees and Chadderton—the Oldham parliamentary constituency—which was responsible for 13% of the world's cotton production.[33]

The demand for cheap cotton goods from this area prompted the flotation of cotton spinning companies; the investment was followed by the construction of 12 new cotton mills from 1870 and 1900.[34] In the post-war economic boom of 1919–20, investors did not have the time to build new mills and so were prepared to pay vastly inflated sums for shares in existing companies. Many mills were refloated at valuations of up to £500,000 (£24,450,000 as of 2024[35]), or five times what they had cost to build before the war,[2] resulting in the town being nicknamed "The Golden City" as the scramble for shares intensified.[2] Because of this highly profitable share dealing, it was reported in the national press that Shaw and Crompton had more millionaires per capita than any other town in the world.[30][36][37] The number of cotton mills in the township peaked at 36 in 1920.[37]

Supplies of raw cotton from the United States were cut during the

Local Board of Health in 1863, whose purpose was to ensure social security and maintain hygiene and sanitation in the locality.[38] The Great Depression, and First and Second World Wars each contributed to periods of economic decline in Shaw and Crompton. Although the industry endured, as imports of cheaper foreign yarns increased during the mid-20th century, Shaw and Crompton's textile sector declined gradually to a halt; said to have over-relied upon the textile sector,[39] cotton spinning reduced in the 1960s and 1970s, and by the early 1980s only four mills were operational.[40] In spite of efforts to increase the efficiency and competitiveness of its production, the final cotton was spun in Shaw and Crompton in 1989, in Lilac and Park mills.[12] Of the 48 cotton mills that have occupied Shaw and Crompton, only three are still standing, all of which are now used as distribution centres.[citation needed
]

Post-industrial history

terraced street. Around a third of Shaw and Crompton's property is terraced, reflecting the area's history as a mill town
.

Since

Rushcroft areas contain modern housing estates and are amongst the most affluent suburbs of the town. They were built as part of an agreement made in the 1950s between the then Crompton Urban District and the County Borough of Oldham councils, to alleviate Oldham's chronic shortage of quality housing.[45] The town has subsequently been described as having "good community spirit and relative prosperity, which, in turn, create popular residential areas".[44]

Shaw and Crompton has been used as a filming location for domestic films and television programmes, including

Shaw and Crompton Metrolink station opened as part of Greater Manchester's light-rail Metrolink network on 16 December 2012.[50][51]

Shaw National Distribution Centre: a major employer of the local and wider communities

From the 18th century onwards, Shaw and Crompton's

textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution, particularly the cotton spinning sector.[52]

Until the 1990s, Shaw and Crompton was the home of Osram, the multinational lightbulb manufacturer, which occupied Duke Mill and was a significant employer in the area.[53] Production has since been moved away from the United Kingdom. Warburtons had one of its 11 major bakeries in Shaw and Crompton from 1965 to January 2012.[54] The "Pennine" bakery produced around 500,000 loaves a week and distributed them to major multiples and independent retailers throughout Greater Manchester, Cheshire, and Derbyshire. Located on Glebe Street, it employed around 200 staff and produced a wide range of Warburtons bread products. In August 2012 the building was bought by UDUNK who propose to redevelop the building as commercial units for up to 6 businesses.[55]

Until the early 2020s Shaw and Crompton was home to

Shop Direct Group's Shaw National Distribution Centre, which was one of the UK's largest warehouse distribution centres.[56] The company occupied three former cotton mills and state-of-the-art purpose-built storage and sorting facilities on a 20-acre (8.1 ha) complex within the town. In 2007, the site became the retail company's only packing and distribution centre for non-bulk items.[57] At its peak it employed nearly 1,000 staff, making it the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham's largest private employer.[58]

Governance

This emblem, introduced in 1987, is found at the parish border markers of Shaw and Crompton, as well as on some street furniture.

Crompton was recorded in 1212 as being one of the five parts of the

jurors and constables for the purposes of upholding law and order in the township.[60]

Following the

Local Government Act 1858, Crompton Local Board of Health was a regulatory body responsible for standards of hygiene and sanitation in the township.[38] Following the Local Government Act 1894, the area of the Local Board became the Crompton Urban District, a local government district within the administrative county of Lancashire.[1][61] The urban district council was based out of Shaw/Crompton Town Hall, which opened on 28 December 1894.[62][63]

Under the

Community Council, a separate body, meets at least four times per year and is designed to allow local people to put forward their priorities for the area in which they live, suggest improvements and have their say on how services are run on a local basis.[69] Shaw and Crompton does not have a mayor, but does have a Chair of Council who performs ceremonial duties, charitable and chairing duties of the council. The Parish Council also has a town crier who jointly with the Chair performs ceremonial duties in and around the parish area and is a purely ceremonial role. Shaw and Crompton is one of only a few parishes of England that still observes the ancient custom of Beating the bounds.[70][71] Originally an annual event, it now takes place every seven years.[72]

In terms of parliamentary representation, Shaw and Crompton after the

radicals William Cobbett and John Fielden.[73] Winston Churchill was the MP between 1900 and 1906.[74] Churchill once stayed at Crompton Hall, and letters written by him describe how peaceful and tranquil he thought the area to be.[75] Constituency boundaries changed during the 20th century; from 1885 to 1918 Shaw and Crompton lay within Prestwich constituency, from 1918 to 1950 in Royton constituency, from 1950 until 1983 in Heywood and Royton constituency, and from 1983 to 1997 in Littleborough and Saddleworth constituency.[76] Since 1997, Shaw and Crompton has lain within the parliamentary constituency of Oldham East and Saddleworth, and is represented in the House of Commons by Debbie Abrahams, a member of the Labour Party.[77]

Geography

Further information: Geography of Greater Manchester
View of Shaw and Crompton from above Pingot Quarry by Crompton Moor. Shaw is in the foreground with Oldham over the hill to the left, Royton is centre-right with Manchester in the distance.

At 53°34′39″N 2°5′32″W / 53.57750°N 2.09222°W / 53.57750; -2.09222 (53.5777°, −2.0928°) Shaw and Crompton lies along the eastern edge of the ancient Lancashire border;

Greater Manchester Urban Area,[79] with Manchester city centre itself 8.7 miles (14.0 km) southwest of Shaw and Crompton.[citation needed
]

Described in

Ringway.[18]

Shaw and Crompton's

rural locations in Shaw and Crompton, but overwhelmingly the land use in the town is residential; industrial areas and terraced houses give way to suburbs and rural greenery as the land rises out of the town.[81] Generally, property in the centre, west, and south of the town is older and smaller in comparison to that found in the east and north.[citation needed
]

Shaw and Crompton is divided into two

political wards, named "Shaw" and "Crompton" (to the east and west respectively).[82]

Demography

Further information: Demographics of Greater Manchester
Shaw and Crompton compared
UK Census 2001
 Shaw and Crompton Oldham (Met. District) England
Total population 21,721 217,273 49,138,831
Foreign born 3.2% 8.2% 9.2%
White 96% 86% 91%
Asian 2.0% 12% 4.6%
Black 0.3% 0.6% 2.3%
Christian 84% 73% 72%
Muslim 1.7% 11% 3.1%
Hindu 0.2% 0.1% 1.1%
No religion 6.8% 8.9% 15%
Over 65 years old 15% 14% 16%
Unemployed 2.4% 3.7% 3.3%

According to census data, in 2001 Shaw and Crompton had a total resident population of 21,721,[83] with a population density of around 4,692 people per square mile (1,811 per km2), and an average age of 39.[84][85] Around 3% of Shaw and Crompton's population is from a black and minority ethnic background (which includes a small but long established community of Bangladeshi heritage), the rest broadly being of white background.[25]

Of the residents in the combined electoral wards of Shaw[84] and Crompton[85] (which are coterminous with the town) 41.7% were married, 9.2% were cohabiting couples, and 9.7% were lone parent families. Forty percent of households were made up of individuals, and 14% had someone living alone at pensionable age.

The

mixed race
, 2.0% Asian, 0.3% black and 0.2% Chinese or other.

The place of birth of the town's residents was 96.8% United Kingdom (including 95.13% from England), 0.6% Republic of Ireland, 0.5% from other European Union countries, and 2.1% from elsewhere in the world. Religion was recorded as 84% Christian, 1.7% Muslim, 0.2% Hindu, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.1% Jewish and <0.1% Sikh. Some 6.8% were recorded as having no religion, 0.1% had an alternative religion, and 5.6% did not state their religion.

The economic activity of residents aged 16–74 was 45% in full-time employment, 12% in part-time employment, 7% self-employed, 2.4% unemployed, 2% students with jobs, 3% students without jobs, 13% retired, 4% looking after home or family, 7% permanently sick or disabled, and 2% economically inactive for other reasons. This was roughly in line with the national figures. Of the town's residents aged 16–74, 15% had a higher education qualification or the equivalent, compared with 20% nationwide.

Below is a table outlining population growth of the area since 1901. Earlier records show that the area had a population of 872 in 1714.[86]

Year 1901 1911 1921 1931 1939 1951 1961 1971 1991 2001 2011 2021
Population 13,427 14,750 14,917 14,764 12,796 12,559 12,708 17,026 21,093 21,721 21,065 20,374
Source:A Vision of Britain through Time[87][88][89]

Economy

Shaw and Crompton has been a base for distribution companies as a result of the town's good transport links, its supply of large, disused mill properties, and its situation between Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Lancashire, and West Yorkshire.[12] The N Brown Group,[90] and children's toy distributors Toy Options have distribution centres in the town.

Trent Mill Industrial Estate, on the edge of the town near

Rushcroft, takes its name from the mill that was once there. The business park is home to several small industrial companies. It was partially destroyed by a fire that started in a plastics factory in the early hours of 28 April 2007.[91][92]

On 6 August 2007, a 35,000-square-foot (3,252 m2)

sustainable timber frame and an energy-saving ventilation system, which together have eradicated the need for 500 tonnes of steel and 450 tonnes of carbon emissions.[93]

Landmarks

Crompton War Memorial
The Shaw and Crompton Beacon
Crompton Moor features an unnamed waterfall.
The current Big Lamp. Crompton Moor can be seen in the background.

War memorials

The main Crompton War Memorial, located on the High Street, consists of a

General Sir Ian Hamilton. The original cost for the memorial alone was £4,000, but the total cost, including site and layout, was about £6,067.[95]

The inscription on the memorial reads:

In memory of the men of Crompton who fought and gave their lives to free mankind from the oppression and brutal tyranny of war. 1914–1919.

The symbolic memorial depicts a group in which the central figure is a man defending the future generations, represented by young children, against foreign aggression, represented by a beast. The memorial is also a time capsule. Inside it is a lead casket containing coins, a copy of the local newspaper, three cops of spun cotton, and a length of cloth manufactured in the local area.[96]

A second, smaller war memorial is located in Jubilee Gardens. It is dedicated to the soldiers who fought in the Second Boer War. It consists of a plaque built into a stone wall that is located between two large bushes.

Its inscription reads:

In memory of the Crompton men who lost their lives in the South African war 1899–1902

It then lists eight men: four who were "killed in action", two who "died of wounds", and two who "died of disease".[97]

Shaw and Crompton Beacon

In 1995, to mark the 50th anniversary of the ending of the Second World War, a landmark known as the Shaw and Crompton Beacon was erected in Jubilee Gardens.

The inscription on the plaque below the beacon reads:

The Shaw and Crompton beacon
erected by the Parish Council in 1995 to
commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of
the ending of World War Two
this plaque was presented by members of the British Legion

Crompton Moor

Spanning approximately 160 acres (0.6 km2), and reaching an elevation of 1,282 feet (391 m), Crompton Moor is one of the largest open spaces run by Oldham Countryside Service.[98] It is a registered common of Greater Manchester,[99] and, since 2003, a designated Site of Biological Importance.[100] Brushes Clough and Pingot are former

pine trees were planted. The area has since been used for recreation, including hiking, orienteering, and mountain biking.[98][101] Brushes Clough Reservoir was constructed in the 19th century by the Oldham County Borough Council,[102] using stone quarried from this site. The area is now managed by United Utilities.[101]

Since the 1960s an unnamed waterfall (provisionally called Crompton Waterfall) cascades off

Old Brook, a tributary of the River Beal.[98][101][103]

Big Lamp

The Big Lamp is a local landmark. Originally, it was a six-sided gas-powered public street lamp standing 20 feet (6 m) high at the original cross-road junction of Manchester Road, Oldham Road, High Street, and Church Road. This was demolished on 17 June 1925, when electric lighting was introduced.[104] During the 1970s, the junction was redeveloped to accommodate the new Crompton Way bypass. A large roundabout was built, and a scaled-down replica of the original Big Lamp was erected in its centre. The new Big Lamp is electrically powered and stands about 6 feet (2 m) high.[104]

Transport

Shaw & Crompton tram stop
, on its opening day

Shaw & Crompton tram stop opened on 16 December 2012.[50][51]

Historically the town was served by two electric tram routes operated by Oldham Corporation. The first ran from Higginshaw and opened on 15 November 1904 it was almost immediately extended to Chadderton Road, Oldham. The second line from Royton opened on 13 April 1905. By January 1921 both lines shared a terminus at Wrens Nest and the Royton line had been extended to Hollinwood. In the same year, the routes were assigned numbers; Hollinwood to Shaw route was No.8 and the route to Chadderton Road was No.9. There were plans to extend the lines to the railway station and High Crompton but these never materialised. Route 9 was closed on 11 June 1935 and route 8 was closed on 2 December 1939, both were replaced by buses.[110]

The bus company First Greater Manchester operates services 58, 59, 181, 182, 408 and 428, which provides frequent services to Oldham and Rochdale, with buses also running to Chadderton, Manchester, Middleton, Royton and Stalybridge.[105] Rosso runs the 435 between Buckstones and Rochdale. There is also two Shaw Circular routes 403 and 404 which are run by First, serving the smaller roads of Shaw and Crompton.[111] Shaw and Crompton is located south of junction 21 of the M62 motorway.[105]

Education

See also: List of schools in Oldham

There had been private cottage schools in the area from a very early time, but Crompton's first public school was founded in 1791.

Crompton House CE School, a secondary school for 11- to 16-year-olds, also has a sixth form college of further education for 16- to 18-year-olds on the same site.[113]

School Type/Status Ofsted Website
Beal Vale Primary School Primary school 105672 website
Buckstones Primary School Primary school 105671 website
Crompton House Church of England Academy Secondary school 105740 website
Crompton Primary School Primary school 133286 website
St George's CofE School Primary school 105717 website
St James CofE School Primary school 105710 website
Farrowdale House Independent school 105747 website
Rushcroft Primary School Primary school 105659 website
St Joseph's R.C. Primary Primary school 105719 website
St Mary's CofE Primary School Primary school 105711 website

Religion

See also: List of churches in Greater Manchester
East Crompton, St James Church. Established 1847, this is one of Shaw and Crompton's parish churches, in the Diocese of Manchester.

The township of Crompton was originally within the parish of Prestwich-cum-Oldham in the Diocese of Lichfield, until 1541, when, owing to the English Reformation, this diocese was divided and Crompton became part of the Diocese of Chester. This in turn was divided in 1847, when the present Diocese of Manchester was created.[114]

The exact date of the establishment of a place of worship in Crompton is uncertain. Although Shaw Chapel is certain to have been in existence since the early 16th century, it has been put that "Shaw Chapel is even more ancient than Oldham Old Church", as evidenced by the ancient

James I of England, "it was situate in the midst of the common called Shaw Moor, not a single habitation being near it".[116] It is thought to have been constructed following an increase in wealth produced by the localisation of the woollen trade during a very bleak period,[116] although, in 1552 it was noted that it had no endowment, and its ornaments were in poor condition.[117] It was rebuilt in 1739 and enlarged in 1798, and rebuilt again in 1870. It is now known as the Church of Holy Trinity.[117]

Shaw and Crompton has three

Religious Society of Friends held conventicles in Whitfield in 1660s and 1670s.[110]

The following is a table of churches presently in Shaw and Crompton, as of 2018.[118]

Church Denomination Completed Website
East Crompton, St James Church of England
1847
www.ecsj.org.uk
East Crompton, St Saviours Crompton Fold Church of England
1908
www.ecsj.org.uk
Hope Church Christian Non-denominational
2018
www.hopechurchshaw.org.uk
Shaw, Holy Trinity Church of England
1871
www.holytrinityshaw.co.uk
St Mary's High Crompton Church of England
1872
http://www.holytrinityshaw.co.uk/
Shore Edge Methodist Methodist
1873
https://www.shawroytonmethodist.org.uk/churches/circuit-churches/shore-edge.html
St Andrew's Methodist Methodist
–
https://www.shawroytonmethodist.org.uk/churches/circuit-churches/st-andrews.html
St Paul's Shaw Methodist Methodist
1863
www.stpaulsshaw.org.uk
Shaw United Reformed Church Non-conformist
1885
 Shaw & Heyside United Reformed Church
St Joseph Roman Catholic Church
Roman Catholic
1870
https://www.st-josephs.oldham.sch.uk/church
Salvation Army Church
Salvation Army
1896
https://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/

Most of the above churches participate in Shaw's annual Whit Walks event, when congregations, choirs, and brass bands parade through the streets from their respective churches before taking part in one large, communal, inter-church service. The town centre is also home to a small mosque.[citation needed]

Community facilities

Crompton Pool, near the town centre, was a public swimming pool built in 1899, under the supervision of Crompton Urban District Council.

Shaw and Crompton has communal areas and public facilities, including public parks, sporting establishments, and playing fields.

J D Wetherspoon pub, named after the Shaw Wakes week),[119] The Blue Bell, Coach and Horses, and The Pineapple.[120] Outlying public houses include the Royal Oak at Cowlishaw, and the Park Inn at Buckstones Road.[120]

Crompton Library is a purpose-built library housing over 36,000 items including books, CDs, and DVDs that can be borrowed by anyone who lives in the Oldham borough.[121] It has communal Internet facilities. The library was built in the early 1990s after the original 1907 building, which exists now as apartments on Beal Lane, became too small.[citation needed]

There are three main public parks in Shaw and Crompton. Dunwood Park lies alongside the Oldham and Rochdale Metrolink Line and has a children's play area,

JP on 22 June 1911, and opened as a park by him on 14 September 1912.[123] It was redeveloped with a new park and bowling green for its 2012 centenary after winning a £1 million grant from the National Lottery.[124] High Crompton Park is in High Crompton and is home to a tennis court, bowling green, children's play area, and gardens. Jubilee Gardens are found in the centre of Shaw and Crompton town centre, behind the Crompton War Memorial. Shaw and Crompton has large areas of land reserved for sporting and communal events; these are located off George Street, Edward Road, and Rushcroft Road respectively.[citation needed
]

Shaw Market is open retailers and customers every Thursday and is held on Market Street, which is closed to traffic for the event.

Crompton Cricket Club, is located on Glebe Street.[129]

Playhouse 2 is a 156-seat theatre in the heart of Shaw and Crompton town centre, which used to be an Odeon cinema. It has been the home of the Crompton Stage Society, an amateur theatre company, since 1966. A wide variety of entertainment, professional as well as amateur, is produced each year.[130]

Public services

Statutory emergency fire and rescue service is provided by the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service.[citation needed
]

There are no hospitals in Shaw and Crompton—the nearest are in the larger settlements of Oldham and Rochdale—but some local health care is provided by Crompton Health Centre which is Shaw and Crompton's NHS surgery. It has been subject to a development scheme intended to improve NHS facilities in the town.[131] The North West Ambulance Service provides emergency patient transport in the area. Other forms of health care are provided for locally by several small specialist clinics and surgeries.[132]

Chew.[136]

Notable people

See also:
List of people from Oldham

People from Shaw and Crompton are called Gawbies or Cromptonians.[137][138] Philip Gilbert Hamerton, an acclaimed etcher, painter, and art critic was born in the area in 1834.[138] The town is the home of Oldham-born actress Shobna Gulati,[53] former Oldham Athletic player and manager Andy Ritchie,[53] and is the hometown of Kevin O'Toole, a founding member of dance act N-Trance. Shaw and Crompton was the birthplace of Nicola White,[139] a Team GB-gold medalist in women's field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball live locally.[53] Hull F.C. superstar, Marc Sneyd grew up locally.[140]

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