Oldham’s heritage open days Learn more about your local history and architecture 9–22 September 2013

8pp Heritage OD leaflet 2013 .indd 1 16/08/2013 11:50 Properties all over the country are throwing open their doors as part of this national event organised by English Heritage. Whether you are interested in architecture or heritage or just curious about the buildings in the borough this is your chance to step through the door and find out more. Alexandra Park Walk of the Roman Forts at Castleshaw on Kings Road, Oldham, OL8 2BH the Chester to York military road. Photographic presentation followed Thur 12 Sept 1.30pm by a walk through the Grade II listed Sun 22 Sept 1.30pm park. Please ensure that you come Parking available. with appropriate outdoor footwear and clothing to protect from sun or Chadderton Cemetery rain.The walk takes approximately 45 Middleton Road, Chadderton, mins. Although reasonably flat, and OL9 OJZ though DDA compliant some people Guided tour of Chadderton Cemetery. will find the walk challenging. The cemetery opened in 1857 Fri 13 Sept 2pm with plans by N G Pennington of Wed 18 Sept 10.30am Manchester. Features include an Meet at the Kings Road car park, Anglican chapel, Gothic style gate situated ½ way down Kings Road. lodge and a First World War memorial Parking available. Full disabled in the form of a sandstone cross. access. Toilets available. Sat 14 Sept 10am Refreshments available from the Meet at the entrance to the cemetery. boathouse café. Parking. Full disabled access.

Charles Lees Collection Gallery Oldham, Cultural Quarter, Greaves Street, Oldham, OL1 1DN Dinah Winch explores the paintings from the Charles Lees collection and other treasures of the art collection. Please book in advance: 0161 770 4653. Tue 10 Sept 2pm Meet at Gallery Reception. Full disabled access. Toilets.

Christ Church, Friezland Church Road, Greenfield, Saddleworth, OL3 7LQ 1850 Grade II listed Victorian Gothic Revival church with spire designed by local architect George Shaw. Castleshaw Roman Forts Windows by Thomas Willament. Castleshaw Centre, off Waterworks Sat 14 Sept 10am-12noon; 3-4pm; Road, near Delph. Sun 15 Sept 12noon-4pm A guided tour of the site and setting Parking available. Full disabled

8pp Heritage OD leaflet 2013 .indd 2 16/08/2013 11:50 access. Refreshments & toilets by N G Pennington of Manchester. available. Thurs 19 Sept 2.30pm Meet at the entrance to the cemetery. Derker History Walk Parking. Full disabled access. Derker, Oldham Guided tour of historic sites in Derker Hathershaw and Fitton Hill Wed 18 Sept 2.30pm Local History Group Meet outside The Grange, Bartlemore Honeywell Centre, Ashton Road, Street, Derker. Hathershaw, Oldham, OL8 3BP Find out more about the history Family History Days of Hathershaw from members of Oldham Local Studies and Archives, Timetrackers, the Hathershaw and 84 Union Street, Oldham, OL1 1DN Fitton Hill Local History Group. Drop in any time for free family Fri 20 Sept 1-3pm history advice. Special free beginners Disabled access. Refreshments. packs available. Toilets. Mon 9 Sept 10–4pm Mon 16 Sept 10-4pm Higginshaw School Getting to grips with Family History: The Environment Centre, Shaw A Short Workshop on Understanding Road, Oldham, OL1 4AW the Basics of Family History One of the old classrooms will be laid Sat 14 Sept 2.30-3.30pm out in the style of an old fashioned Disabled access. Toilets. school. Opportunity for attendees to discuss and record their times at the Ghost Walk through Oldham school onto a video, which will be Town Centre used as part of Groundwork’s 30th The Old Museum, Greaves Street, birthday celebrations. Guided tours of Oldham, OL1 1DN the school at 2pm and 3pm. Find out more about weird and Fri 13 Sept 1-4pm wonderful goings on in Oldham on Parking available. Disabled access. the Oldham ghost walk. Maximum Refreshments. Toilets. of 15. Booking essential. Suitable for children 6 years and over History of Asian accompanied by an adult. To book Businesses in Oldham ring 0161 770 4654. Oldham Local Studies and Archives, Thu 12 Sept 7-8pm 84 Union Street, Oldham, OL1 1DN Thu 19 Sept 7-8pm A display outlining the history of Meet outside the Old Museum, Asian Business in Oldham Greaves Street Sat 14 Sept 10am-4pm Mon 16 Sept 10am-7pm Greenacres Cemetery Tues 17 Sept 10am-2pm Greenacres Road, Greenacres, Wed 18 Sept 10am-5pm Oldham, OL4 3HT Thurs 19 Sept 10am-7pm Guided tour of World War Two Fri 20 Sept 10am-5pm graves in Greenacres Cemetery. The Sat 21 Sept 10am-4pm cemetery opened in 1857 with plans

8pp Heritage OD leaflet 2013 .indd 3 16/08/2013 11:50 Holy Trinity Church, Coldhurst Greaves Street, Oldham, OL1 1DN The parish of Holy Trinity was Tommy Atkins: The Life of a consescrated in February 1848. Built Manchester Regiment Soldier 1914- by local firm, Emanual Whittaker. 18. Sat 14 Sept 2pm Full disabled Guided tours available. See one of access. Toilets. the earliest examples of a Thompson of Kilburn ‘Mouse’ carving. Mayor’s Parlour and Civic Sat 14 Sept 10am-4pm Silverware Tour Parking available. Disabled access. Civic Centre, West Street, OL1 1UJ Refreshments and toilets available. Guided tour of the Civic Silverware area and Mayor’s parlour to Holy Trinity Church, Dobcross understand the history of the Civic Woods Lane, Dobcross, OL3 5AN regalia and the office of Mayor. Open galleried church in the Pennine Booking essential. To book your auditory style with fine examples of place ring 0161 770 4612 original box-pews on the galleries. Thurs 19 Sept 10am, 12noon, 2pm Brief history booklets available. Fri 20 Sept 10am, 12noon, 2pm 12-22 Sept 10am-5pm Parking available. Partial disabled Military Records access. Toilets available. Access Oldham Local Studies and Archives, limited on 15 and 22 Sept during the 84 Union Street, Oldham, OL1 1DN morning service, 9.30am-12 noon. Find out more about military records with the University of the Third Age. Holy Trinity Church, Shaw Booking essential. To book your Church Road, Shaw, OL2 7AT place ring 0161 770 4654. Grade II listed church completed Wed 18 Sept 10.30am in 1871. Stained glass windows Disabled access. Toilets available depicting the Parables and Miracles. Mosaics by the Venice and Murano Oldham Lyceum glass company. Quizzes for children Union Street, Oldham, OL1 7QG and craft stall. Sat 14 Sept 11am- Guided tours of Oldham Lyceum by 5pm. Parking available. Partial Freda Millett. Meet at reception. disabled access. Toilets and Tues 17 Sept 10am and 1pm refreshments available. Parking available. Partial disabled access. Toilets. Lion Mill, Royton Fitton Street, Royton, M9 8FY Oldham Market Place Guided tour of this Grade II listed Oldham Local Studies and Archives, cotton mill built in 1890. 84 Union Street, Oldham, OL1 1DN Thurs 12 Sept 9.30am, 10.30am, A talk examining the buildings and 11.30am Booking essential, to book history of Oldham Market Place. your place ring 0161 770 4654 Booking essential. To book your place ring 0161 770 4654. Manchester Tommy Sat 21 Sept 10.30am Gallery Oldham, Cultural Quarter, Disabled access. Toilets.

8pp Heritage OD leaflet 2013 .indd 4 16/08/2013 11:50 Oldham Panorama of Royton Town Hall Clock Tower, Gallery Oldham, Cultural Quarter, booking in advance essential, ring Greaves Street, Oldham, OL1 1DN Carol Watterson 0161 770 1680. Guided tour of the Oldham Historic Town Centre Walks, Sun 15 panorama, a panoramic view of and 22 Sept 11-1, 2-4; Sun 15 and Oldham taken in 1876. Please book 22 Sept 2pm meet at Town Hall, in advance: 0161 770 4653. Meet at Rochdale Road. Display of historic Gallery Reception. books in Royton Library, Thurs 12 Mon 16 Sept 2pm. Full disabled Sept 9am-7pm; Fri 13 Sept 9am- access. Toilets available. 5pm; Sat 14 Sept 9.30am-1pm; Mon 16 Sept-Thurs 19 Sept 9am-7pm; Oldham Stories Fri 20 Sept 9am-5pm; Sat 21 Sept Gallery Oldham, Cultural Quarter, 9.30am-1pm; Sun 22 Sept 11am- Greaves Street, Oldham, OL1 1DN 4pm. Display of historic artifacts, Sean Baggaley explores the story Royton Town Hall, Sun 22 Sept of Oldham in the new permanent 11am-4pm Parking. Partial disabled Gallery. Please book in advance: access. Refreshments. Toilets. 0161 770 4653. Meet at Gallery Reception. Wed 11 Sept 2pm Saddleworth Museum Full disabled access. Toilets. High Street, Uppermill, OL3 7AZ A community museum presenting Oldham Town Centre Trail aspects of the history of the Meet outside Oldham Local Studies Saddleworth area. A local historian and Archives, 84 Union Street, in 1910 commented: ‘Saddleworth Oldham, OL1 1DN District is a museum in itself…. A Guided tour looking at the most interesting neighbourhood for architectural heritage to be found in the study of geology, archaeology, Oldham Town Centre. architecture, old and fast dying Sat 14 Sept 11.30am industries, old customs, religious education ‘all are on display’. Ordnance Survey Maps Thurs 12 Sept 1pm-4pm; Fri 13 of Oldham Sept 1pm-4pm; Sat 14 Sept 1pm- Oldham Local Studies and Archives, 4pm; Sun 15 Sept 1pm-4pm 84 Union Street, Oldham, OL1 1DN Parking available. Partial disabled Find out more about the history of access. Toilets available. maps in Oldham. Booking essential. To book your place ring: 0161 770 Shri Radha Krishna Temple, 4654. Sat 14 Sept, 10.15am Indian Association Disabled access. Toilets Schofield Street, Hathershaw, Oldham, OL8 1QJ Royton Heritage Week Established in 1968 the Indian Royton Town Hall, Rochdale Road, Association welcomes members OL2 6QG. Find out more about the of diverse communities to visit the history and heritage of Royton. Tours temple and community centre, which carries out work for the development

8pp Heritage OD leaflet 2013 .indd 5 16/08/2013 11:50 and wellbeing of the Indian we continue celebrating our 130th community. Anniversary of Dedication, and the Thurs 19 Sept 9-30-11.30am 240th anniversary of the parish! Parking available. Partial disabled Church records. A ‘must see’ and accesss. Toilets. new addition to this fine building is the carved oak reredos and Stained Glass of Saddleworth altar piece (c.1926) from St John’s Guided tours of stained glass Church, Great Harwood. Family windows in the churches of activities including quizzes and trails. Saddleworth: Sun 15 Sept Children’s activity book, colouring-in Christ Church, Denshaw, 11.30am; sheets for younger children; MP3 St. Thomas’s, Heights, 12.15pm; St - Audio Tour available; stewards Chad’s, Uppermill, 1pm; available, DVD presentation. Christ Church, Friezland, 1.45pm; Thu 12 Sept 10am-10pm, Heritage Holy Trinity, Dobcross, 2.30pm Quiz and Light Supper at 7pm; A map, showing the locations and Fri 13 Sept 10.30am-6pm directions of all five churches is Sat 14 Sept 10am-4pm available at www.DiTerry.com. Please Sun 15 Sept, 11.30am-6pm note that journeys between each Parish Mass at 10am; Vespers and church are undertaken entirely at Benediction at 5pm. participants’ own risk. Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. St Chad’s Church, Saddleworth Parking available. Disabled access. Church Lane, Uppermill. Refreshments. Toilets. The present building, which is the third building on the site and Grade St Mary’s Parish II listed, was built between 1830 and Church, Oldham 1833 and now lies outside the main Rock Street, Oldham, Greater part of the village. Church, belfry and Manchester, OL1 3UH. graveyard tours; children’s events, Parish Church built in 1830 with genealogy assistance (registers many interesting features to see. available). Access may be restricted The best is our crypt (closed down in if weddings are taking place. 1856) which holds many vaults that Fri 13 Sept 10am-4pm belonged to many mill owners of the Sat 14 Sept 10am-4pm town. The “Oldham Giant” is also Sun 15 Sept 1-4pm. buried there. Car parking available. Disabled Fri 13 Sept 11am-3pm access. Refreshments. Toilets. Sat 14 Sept 10am-3pm Sun 15 Sept 12:00pm-3pm St Margaret Of Antioch Car parking nearby. Disabled access. Chapel Road, Hollinwood, Oldham, No disabled access to the crypt. OL8 4QQ Refreshments. Toilets. Built in 1879, this Grade II listed building is the second church on the Chapel Road site. This year

8pp Heritage OD leaflet 2013 .indd 6 16/08/2013 11:50 St Matthew and St Luke, with Songs of Praise, at 2.30pm. Chadderton Sat 14 Sept 11am-3.30pm Mill Brow, Chadderton, OL2 1RT Sun 15 Sept 11am-4pm Exploration of local heritage inviting Parking limited in front of Church on local people to share their memories the road. Refreshments available and family history. Displays by local groups and societies, and of St Thomas’s Church, Moorside locally grown produce including Glebe Lane, Moorside, OL1 4SJ demonstrations of fruit pressing. Coffee morning and historical Guided tours of church and exhibition. Includes presentation on churchyard, Thurs 12 Sept 11am the Moorside ‘Dambuster’ and the and 2pm. Guided walk of the local ‘Sholver Plane Crash’ area, Fri 13 Sept, 2pm. Sat 14 Sept 9.30am-4pm Guided walk: Beating the Bounds Car parking available. Disabled of the Parish. Sun 15 Sept 2.30pm access. Refreshments.Toilets. Heritage Songs of Praise. Sun 15 Sept 5.30pm The Art of The Potter Thurs 12 Sept 10am-5pm Gallery Oldham, Cultural Quarter, Fri 13 Sept 10.30am-5pm Greaves Street, Oldham, OL1 1DN Sat 14 Sept 10am-5pm Join curator Dinah Winch to explore Sun 15 Sept 12:30-5pm this display, including objects to Parking nearby. Disabled access. handle. Please book in advance: Refreshments. Toilets. 0161 770 4653. Meet at Gallery Reception. St Patrick’s Roman Catholic Sat 21 Sept 2.30pm Church, Oldham Full disabled access. Toilets. Union Street West, OL8 1DL Historic 19th century town centre The Old Lane Through Oldham church. Guided tours, including Meet at Oldham Local Studies and recently restored belfry. Archives, 84 Union Street, Oldham, Sat 14 Sept 1-4pm OL1 1DN. Guided tour following the Car parking available. Disabled ancient route through Oldham before access. Toilets. the arrival of the turnpikes. Thurs 12 Sept 6pm St Thomas’s Church, Heights Chapel, Delph Watling Street Pilgrimage Broad Lane, Delph, Oldham Local Studies and Archives, Saddleworth, OL3 5TX 84 Union Street, Oldham, OL1 1DN Historic 18th century church owned Oldham Historical Research Group by the Churches Conservation Trust celebrates the centenary of the and situated on the edge of the Watling Street Pilgrimage by Oldham Pennines will be open for viewing the suffragists. Includes an audio-visual stained glass windows and stencil presentation. Wed 18 Sept 7pm decorations. Sat 14 Sept, 11am- Full disabled access. Toilets. 3.30pm; Sun 15 Sept, 11am-4pm

8pp Heritage OD leaflet 2013 .indd 7 16/08/2013 11:50 Oldham Local Studies and Archives 84 Union Street, Oldham, OL1 1DN T: 0161 770 4654 E: [email protected]

Opening hours Monday and Thursday 10am–7pm Tuesday 10am–2pm Wednesday and Friday 10am–5pm Saturday 10am–4pm

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