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Sholver
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townOLDHAM
Postcode districtOL1
Dialling code0161
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53°33′58″N 2°04′29″W / 53.566097°N 2.074748°W / 53.566097; -2.074748

Sholver is an area of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. An elevated, residential area, it lies near the middle of the Oldham part of the valley of the River Beal, 2.1 miles (3.4 km) northeast of Oldham's commercial centre, nearly at the northeasternmost extremity of the town, by open countryside close to the source of the River Medlock and by the border with Saddleworth.[1]

council houses
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Locations within the area like Sholver Millennium Green[2] [3] Beasom Hill Country Park[4] Strinesdale, Fullwood Nature Reserve and Community Garden are all particularly nice areas to visit.

History

See also: History of Oldham

The earliest known evidence of a human presence in what is now Sholver and adjacent

Moorside is attested by the discovery of Neolithic flint arrow-heads and workings found at Besom Hill, implying habitation 7–10,000 years ago.[5]

Like Oldham, the name Sholver is thought to be of Old Norse origin; a derivative of "erg (a Norse word for hill-pasture) of a farmer called Skjolgr (a Norse forename)".[5][6] Indeed, Norsemen occupied Sholver in the 10th century,[7] where they erected shielings - temporary huts in a remote pasture akin to the style of living done in their native Scandinavia.[5] It is recorded as Sholgher in 1291, Choller in 1311.

For centuries, in keeping with the known

medieval timber and plaster dwellings were replaced by solid farms in the local grey sandstone, without substantial changes in the sites of the buildings.[6] The cottages and farms were still grouped around a wide central oval green. The freehold of Sholver's farms had been bought from the Prestwich family in the 17th century at the time when the residencies were largely rebuilt in stone.[6]

King John.[8] In 1346 it was held in moieties by Richard de Pilkington and Cecily de Hulme. From the Hulmes it descended to the Prestwich family, who held it till the middle of the 17th century. It was sold to various persons about 1657. In April 1540, during the reign of Charles I of England, Robert Lytham carried out some measuring of Sholver moor.[8]

As

coal mines in the area-bell or beehive pits-date back as early as 1542.[6]

The most profound development of modern Sholver began in May 1966.

council estate.[6] Sholver continues to have high numbers of social rented properties.[1]

In 1998 plans to create, Sholver Millennium Green started to take place. Designation was driven by community projects which had to satisfy a number of objectives, one of which was the inclusion of significant ‘natural’ areas where people can enjoy nature and wildlife at first hand. Like all past national commemorative programmes (e.g. the Waterloo Churches, and the planting of trees to celebrate the Jubilees of Queen Victoria), the

Millennium Greens
are about defining the present in order to create the heritage of the future. Sholver Millennium Green was created as part of a national programme of celebrations at the turn of the Millennium.

Governance

Lying within the

hundred of Salford.[8][10]

The Sholver estate archaically covered a wide area and included areas such as Watersheddings, Barrowshaw and Counthill lying south of the modern Sholver housing development.[11]

Sholver Millennium Green

Sholver Millennium Green

Millennium Greens, at 25 acres and is an attractive countryside escape for the people of the nearby council estates etc.[13]
[14][15]

Geography

A view from Sholver down the Beal Valley, towards Shaw and Crompton.

At 53°33′57.9″N 2°4′29.1″W / 53.566083°N 2.074750°W / 53.566083; -2.074750 (53.566097, -2.074748), Sholver stands on a steep hillside, about 1,000 feet (304.8 m) above

Greater Manchester Urban Area.[16]

Archaic localities in and around Sholver include Sholvermoor and Sholver Slack.

References

  1. ^ a b c Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council. "Alt and Sholver Partnership". oldham.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 9 December 2007. Retrieved 24 June 2008.
  2. ^ https://www.facebook.com/Dr3amBig
  3. ^ https://m.facebook.com/groups/3219918198280408/?ref=share
  4. ^ https://ukfossils.co.uk/2013/03/17/besom-hill/amp/
  5. ^
    ISBN 5-00-095162-X
    .
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j St. Thomas' Church Moorside. "Local History". stthomasmoorside.org.uk. Retrieved 14 November 2007.
  7. ISBN 5-00-091284-5
    .
  8. ^
    ISBN 978-0-7129-1055-2
    .
  9. ISBN 5-00-096678-3
    .
  10. ^ "Greater Manchester Gazetteer". Greater Manchester County Record Office. Places names - S. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2008.
  11. ^ http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol5/pp92-108 |The Parish of Prestwich with Oldham |Retrieved 7 December 2016
  12. ^ https://www.oldham.gov.uk/downloads/file/1149/oldham_rochdale_hmr_pathfinder_heritage_assessment_-_altSholverFinalReport,March2008,P45
  13. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZvKnjZnGjk
  14. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO6r8wLuiPg
  15. ^ https://www.facebook.com/SholverTravelFutures
  16. ^ Office for National Statistics (2001). "Census 2001:Key Statistics for urban areas in the North; Map 3" (PDF). statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 September 2007.


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