| Crossbank | |
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 Post Office on Stamford Road | |
  Crossbank Location within Greater Manchester | |
| OS grid reference | SD 95555 05750 |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | OLDHAM |
| Postcode district | OL4 |
| Dialling code | 0161 |
| Police | Greater Manchester |
| Fire | Greater Manchester |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | |
Crossbank is an area of Lees, a village in the Oldham district, in the county of Greater Manchester, England.
Historically a part of Lancashire, the name Crossbank is thought to derive from the days of the Knights Templar when a cross was etched into an earthen bank to denote lands granted to them.
Prior to 1894, Crossbank had formed a hamlet in the parish of Ashton-under-Lyne, [1] and lying within the Oldham parliamentary borough. Following the Local Government Act 1894, on 31 December Crossbank constituted one of seven civil parishes within the Limehurst Rural District and administrative county of Lancashire. [2] Unlike the other six parishes, Crossbank was an exclave of Limehurst lying to the north, bordering Lees and Waterhead in Oldham. On 1 April 1914, owing to urbanisation, the civil parish was abolished and merged with Lees [3] and became part of Lees Urban District. [4] [5] In 1911 the parish had a population of 1268. [6]
Saddleworth is a civil parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham in Greater Manchester, England. It comprises several villages and hamlets as well as suburbs of Oldham on the west side of the Pennine hills.
The Metropolitan Borough of Oldham is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in England. It is named after its largest town, Oldham. The borough had a population of 243,912 in 2022, making it the sixth-largest district by population in Greater Manchester. The borough spans 142 square kilometres (55 sq mi).
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