Balderstone, Greater Manchester

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Balderstone
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Balderstone
Location within Greater Manchester
Population10,422 (2011 CensusWard=Balderstone and Kirkholt)
OS grid reference SD9051
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town ROCHDALE
Postcode district OL11
Dialling code 01706
Police Greater Manchester
Fire Greater Manchester
Ambulance North West
UK Parliament
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UK
England
Greater Manchester
53°36′00″N2°08′42″W / 53.5999°N 2.1450°W / 53.5999; -2.1450 Coordinates: 53°36′00″N2°08′42″W / 53.5999°N 2.1450°W / 53.5999; -2.1450

Balderstone is a district and an electoral ward of the wider Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale in the county of Greater Manchester, England. [1] According to the 2001 census the ward had a population of 9,699. As at the 2011 census the ward was called Balderstone and Kirkholt with a population of 10,422. [2]

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Education

SchoolDescriptionOfstedWebsite
St Mary's C.E. Primary School, BalderstonePrimary school 105804 website
Balderstone Technology College Secondary school 105836

Religion

St Mary's Church on Oldham Road is an Anglican church. [3] It is one of three churches in the South Rochdale Team Ministry of Christ the King; the other two are St Luke's Church, Deeplish and St Peter's Church, Newbold. [4]

Notable person

John Ellis was born in Balderstone and became one of the United Kingdom's executioners. He hanged, or assisted in hanging, over 200 people between 1901 and 1924. [5]

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References

  1. Area: Balderstone (Ward). Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  2. "Rochdale Ward population 2011" . Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  3. Saint Mary Church, Balderstone Archived 2010-09-08 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  4. The South Rochdale Team Ministry of Christ the King [ permanent dead link ]. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  5. Fielding, Steve (2007). The Executioner's Bible. London: John Blake Publishing. pp. 61–91. ISBN   978-1-84454-422-6.