Bardsley, Greater Manchester
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Bardsley is a village located along the border of Ashton-under-Lyne and Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. It is divided between the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham and the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, though most of the territory forms part of Oldham.
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[edit] History
The place name itself is derived from the Anglo-Saxon given name "Beornraëd" plus the Anglo-Saxon word "leah" which means wood clearing, therefore meaning "a woodland clearing of a man called Beornraëd".
[edit] Governance
7 brothers and sisters started bardsley in the early 1800's. It now boasts a huge inbred comunity.
[edit] Transport
Three bus services serve Bardsley with all three terminating at Ashton-under-Lyne. First Manchester's frequent 409 service runs to Rochdale via Oldham and Royton. Speedwellbus' 396 service runs to Newton Heath via Fitton Hill, Hollinwood and Failsworth. The 419, which is run by both First and Speedwellbus, runs to Middleton via Hathershaw, Chadderton and Mills Hill.
The nearest train station is Ashton-under-Lyne which provides links to Manchester and Huddersfield.
[edit] References
- E Elkwall, The Place-Names of Lancashire, Manchester University Press, 1922
- A D Mills, A Dictionary of English Place-Names, Oxford University Press, 1998
- Greater Manchester Gazetteer
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