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'''Royton''' is a town in the [[Metropolitan Borough of Oldham]],<ref>[http://www.oldham.gov.uk/living/maps.htm Maps of Oldham and the surrounding area], oldham.gov.uk. URL accessed February 25, 2007.</ref> [[Greater Manchester]], [[England]].<ref>[http://www.gmcro.co.uk/guides/gazette/gazframe.htm "Official British Place Name Archives - Royton",] Greater Manchester County Records Office - URL accessed October 28, 2006.</ref><ref>[http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pbc/review_areas/Greater_Manchester_Boroughs/images/Manchester_OM_FR.jpg Greater Manchester Ward and Borough map], Boundary Commission for England, July 2006. URL accessed October 27, 2006.</ref> Lying within the [[Historic Counties of England|historic county boundaries]] of [[Lancashire]], it is situated between the larger towns of [[Oldham]] and [[Rochdale]] and is bounded by [[Chadderton]] to the south and [[Shaw and Crompton]] to the north.
'''Royton''' is a town in [[Greater Manchester]], [[England]].<ref>[http://www.gmcro.co.uk/guides/gazette/gazframe.htm "Official British Place Name Archives - Royton",] Greater Manchester County Records Office - URL accessed October 28, 2006.</ref><ref>[http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pbc/review_areas/Greater_Manchester_Boroughs/images/Manchester_OM_FR.jpg Greater Manchester Ward and Borough map], Boundary Commission for England, July 2006. URL accessed October 27, 2006.</ref> Lying within the [[Historic Counties of England|historic county boundaries]] of [[Lancashire]], it is situated between the larger towns of [[Oldham]] and [[Rochdale]] and is bounded by [[Chadderton]] to the south and [[Shaw and Crompton]] to the north.


Royton has the distinction of being the world's first town where a [[cotton mill]] was built; at Thorp in 1764.<ref>[http://www.oldham.gov.uk/working/economic_profile/innovation_technology.htm Oldham's Economic Profile - Innovation and Technology], www.oldham.gov.uk. URL accessed October 27, 2006.</ref><ref>[http://www.spinningtheweb.org.uk/journey.php?Title=NW+Cotton+towns+learning+journey&step=2&theme=places NW Cotton Towns Learning Journey] www.spinningtheweb.org.uk. URL accessed October 27, 2006.</ref><ref>[http://www.oldhamadvertiser.co.uk/neighbourhood/royton/ Royton], www.oldhamadvertiser.co.uk. June 20, 2005. URL accessed October 27, 2006.</ref> It was also the town where Britain's last mill ''Elk'' hailed as the most modern in the world was built in 1926, but demolished in 1999.<ref>[http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/neighbourhood/royton/ Royton and Crompton], www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk. URL accessed October 27, 2006.</ref>
Royton has the distinction of being the world's first town where a [[cotton mill]] was built; at Thorp in 1764.<ref>[http://www.oldham.gov.uk/working/economic_profile/innovation_technology.htm Oldham's Economic Profile - Innovation and Technology], www.oldham.gov.uk. URL accessed October 27, 2006.</ref><ref>[http://www.spinningtheweb.org.uk/journey.php?Title=NW+Cotton+towns+learning+journey&step=2&theme=places NW Cotton Towns Learning Journey] www.spinningtheweb.org.uk. URL accessed October 27, 2006.</ref><ref>[http://www.oldhamadvertiser.co.uk/neighbourhood/royton/ Royton], www.oldhamadvertiser.co.uk. June 20, 2005. URL accessed October 27, 2006.</ref> It was also the town where Britain's last mill ''Elk'' hailed as the most modern in the world was built in 1926, but demolished in 1999.<ref>[http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/neighbourhood/royton/ Royton and Crompton], www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk. URL accessed October 27, 2006.</ref>
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Commissioned by the Royton War Memorial Committee and unveiled on [[October 22]] [[1921]], by the [[Earl of Derby]]. Originally the memorial, which is constructed from [[Portland stone]], bore plaques listing the fallen and a bronze statue of an [[angel]]. The original plaques were stolen in 1969, and replacements were later installed in the grounds of [[St Paul’s Church, Royton]].<ref>[http://pmsa.cch.kcl.ac.uk/MR/MR-OLD12.htm Royton War Memorial] Public Monument and Sculpture Association - URL accessed December 31, 2006</ref>
Commissioned by the Royton War Memorial Committee and unveiled on [[October 22]] [[1921]], by the [[Earl of Derby]]. Originally the memorial, which is constructed from [[Portland stone]], bore plaques listing the fallen and a bronze statue of an [[angel]]. The original plaques were stolen in 1969, and replacements were later installed in the grounds of [[St Paul’s Church, Royton]].<ref>[http://pmsa.cch.kcl.ac.uk/MR/MR-OLD12.htm Royton War Memorial] Public Monument and Sculpture Association - URL accessed December 31, 2006</ref>

===Library===
Royton's [[library]] was donated by [[Andrew Carnegie]] in 1911. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peakdistrictview.com/?page=place&placeid=571|title=Royton|publisher=Peak District View|accessdate=2007-02-28}}</ref>


===Town hall===
===Town hall===
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Adjacent to the library and undoubtedly the focus of Royton is the [[town hall]], with its fine clock tower, topped by a copper cupola. The tower has an unusual feature in that the clock on the east facing is noticeably smaller than the other three. The story goes that it was built this way to stop the citizens of neighbouring [[Shaw and Crompton]] enjoying Royton's civic time-piece, and to encourage them to build one of their own.{{Fact|date=February 2007}}A variation on that legend is that Shaw parish council refused to contribute to the cost of building the town hall, and so were denied the benefit of being able to tell the time by its clock.
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Adjacent to the library and undoubtedly the focus of Royton is the [[town hall]], with its clock tower, topped by a copper cupola. The tower has an unusual feature in that the clock on the North facing is noticeably smaller than the other three. The story goes that it was built this way to stop the citizens of neighbouring [[Shaw and Crompton]] enjoying Royton's civic time-piece, and to encourage them to build one of their own.{{Fact|date=February 2007}}


==Present day==
==Present day==
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===Communal facilities===
===Communal facilities===
Royton boasts a swimming pool, an [[Royton Cricket Club|amateur cricket club]], which plays in the [[Central Lancashire League]], and [[Oldham Athletic A.F.C.|Oldham Athletic Football Club's]] ground lies partly within Royton. [[Boundary Park]] lies at the meeting point of Royton and [[Chadderton]], hence the name. The local athletics club is Royton Harriers.
Royton boasts a swimming pool, an [[Royton Cricket Club|amateur cricket club]], which plays in the [[Central Lancashire League]] and has won on two occasions (1914, 1980), and [[Oldham Athletic A.F.C.|Oldham Athletic Football Club's]] ground lies partly within Royton. [[Boundary Park]] lies at the meeting point of Royton and [[Chadderton]], hence the name. The local athletics club is Royton Harriers.


===Politics===
===Politics===
Royton has formed part of the [[Oldham West and Royton]] parliamentary constituency and since 1997 is represented in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] by [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] MP [[Michael Meacher]]. Royton has two of the twenty wards of the wider [[Metropolitan Borough of Oldham|Oldham Borough]]; [[Royton North]] and [[Royton South]].
Royton has formed part of the [[Oldham West and Royton]] parliamentary constituency and since 1997 is represented in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] by [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] MP [[Michael Meacher]]. Royton has two of the twenty wards of the wider [[Metropolitan Borough of Oldham|Oldham Borough]]; [[Royton North]] and [[Royton South]].


In the [[United Kingdom general election, 2005|2005 general election]], the constituency of Oldham West and Royton was held by the Labour candidate, Michael Meacher MP, who received almost 50% of all votes. The Conservatives came second with 21.3% followed by the Liberal Democrats (20%), the British National Party (6.9%) and the [[United Kingdom Independence Party]] with 2.6%.<ref>[http://www.oldham.gov.uk/council/elections/election-results/election-2005.htm Oldham Parliamentary Elections 2005], Oldham Council. URL accessed December 7, 2006.</ref>
In the [[United Kingdom general election, 2005|2005 general election]], the constituency of Oldham West and Royton was held by the Labour candidate, Michael Meacher MP, who received almost 50% of all votes. The Conservatives came second with 21.3% followed by the Liberal Democrats (20%), the [[British National Party]] (6.9%) and the [[United Kingdom Independence Party]] with 2.6%.<ref>[http://www.oldham.gov.uk/council/elections/election-results/election-2005.htm Oldham Parliamentary Elections 2005], Oldham Council. URL accessed December 7, 2006.</ref>


In the [[United Kingdom local elections|2006 local elections]], Labour won in Royton North and the Liberal Democrats won in Royton South. Across the two wards, Labour polled 2190 votes; the BNP 1536 votes; the Liberal Democrats 1483 votes; and the Conservatives 1453 votes. <ref>[http://www.oldham.gov.uk/council/elections/election-results.htm Council Elections 2006], Oldham Council. URL accessed January 20, 2007.</ref> The BNP began contesting elections in Royton after [[Oldham Riots|major race riots]] in neighbouring Oldham in 2001, and has since shown to be amongst Labour's main local opposition in the two wards. However, the BNP have not won a seat to represent Royton or any part of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] or as part of the Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council.
In the [[United Kingdom local elections|2006 local elections]], Labour won in Royton North and the Liberal Democrats won in Royton South. Across the two wards, Labour polled 2190 votes; the BNP 1536 votes; the Liberal Democrats 1483 votes; and the Conservatives 1453 votes. <ref>[http://www.oldham.gov.uk/council/elections/election-results.htm Council Elections 2006], Oldham Council. URL accessed January 20, 2007.</ref> The BNP only started contesting elections after widespread [[Oldham Riots|rioting]] by up to five hundred Muslim Asian men in 2001, but has quickly grown to become Labour's main opposition in the two wards.


==Notable residents==
==Notable residents==

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Template:Infobox England place Royton is a town in Greater Manchester, England.[1][2] Lying within the historic county boundaries of Lancashire, it is situated between the larger towns of Oldham and Rochdale and is bounded by Chadderton to the south and Shaw and Crompton to the north.

Royton has the distinction of being the world's first town where a cotton mill was built; at Thorp in 1764.[3][4][5] It was also the town where Britain's last mill Elk hailed as the most modern in the world was built in 1926, but demolished in 1999.[6]

Today Royton is a predominantly residential town with a total population of 20,961.

Geography and administration

Civic history

Royton was once a township in the ancient ecclesiastical parish of Prestwich-cum-Oldham, in the Hundred of Salford.[7]

In 1871 Royton was noted as a large village-chapelry, and a sub-district of the Oldham registration district.[8]

From 1894 to 1974, Royton formed its own Royton Urban District local government unit in the administrative county of Lancashire.[9]

Parliamentary representation

From 1918 to 1950, Royton formed its own Royton Parliamentary constituency.

Royton has formed part of the Oldham West and Royton parliamentary constituency and since 1997, is represented in the House of Commons by Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Michael Meacher. Royton has two of the twenty wards of the wider Oldham Borough: Royton North and Royton South.

Divisions and suburbs

Divisions and suburbs of Royton include Thornham, Heyside, Thorp, Salmon Fields, Higginshaw and Scott Field.

History

Early history

The first written record of the name Ryeton (or Ryton) was in a survey of 1212.[10]

Evidence of Stone Age dwellers exists, as does evidence of Romans and later Norsemen, some of whom settled at Thorp.[11]

Industrial Revolution and cotton

Royton was a significant element of the local cotton spinning industry with 30 mills in production at its zenith.[12]

By 1901, cotton manufacture still remained Royton's chief industry.[13]

Landmarks

File:TandleHillMemorial.JPG
Royton War Memorial.

War memorial

The Royton War Memorial is found at the summit of Tandle Hill, and is dedicated to the men of Royton who gave their lives during the First World War. It is an obelisk with sculpture of winged victory.

Commissioned by the Royton War Memorial Committee and unveiled on October 22 1921, by the Earl of Derby. Originally the memorial, which is constructed from Portland stone, bore plaques listing the fallen and a bronze statue of an angel. The original plaques were stolen in 1969, and replacements were later installed in the grounds of St Paul’s Church, Royton.[14]

Town hall

Adjacent to the library and undoubtedly the focus of Royton is the town hall, with its fine clock tower, topped by a copper cupola. The tower has an unusual feature in that the clock on the east facing is noticeably smaller than the other three. The story goes that it was built this way to stop the citizens of neighbouring Shaw and Crompton enjoying Royton's civic time-piece, and to encourage them to build one of their own.[citation needed]A variation on that legend is that Shaw parish council refused to contribute to the cost of building the town hall, and so were denied the benefit of being able to tell the time by its clock.

Present day

It has been documented that Royton has a good community spirit and relative prosperity, which, in turn have made it a popular residential area[15] having some of the highest house prices around Oldham - with some properties valued at over £500,000.

The eastern parts of Royton in particular have some attractive housing, framed by green belt countryside. Royton is conveniently placed for the M62 motorway and, in Tandle Hill Park, has one of the area's finest country parks.

Education

Royton has two secondary schools; Our Lady's R.C. High School and Royton and Crompton School. Royton also has several primary schools. Including Thorp Primary School, situated on Thorp Estate.

Communal facilities

Royton boasts a swimming pool, an amateur cricket club, which plays in the Central Lancashire League and has won on two occasions (1914, 1980), and Oldham Athletic Football Club's ground lies partly within Royton. Boundary Park lies at the meeting point of Royton and Chadderton, hence the name. The local athletics club is Royton Harriers.

Politics

Royton has formed part of the Oldham West and Royton parliamentary constituency and since 1997 is represented in the House of Commons by Labour MP Michael Meacher. Royton has two of the twenty wards of the wider Oldham Borough; Royton North and Royton South.

In the 2005 general election, the constituency of Oldham West and Royton was held by the Labour candidate, Michael Meacher MP, who received almost 50% of all votes. The Conservatives came second with 21.3% followed by the Liberal Democrats (20%), the British National Party (6.9%) and the United Kingdom Independence Party with 2.6%.[16]

In the 2006 local elections, Labour won in Royton North and the Liberal Democrats won in Royton South. Across the two wards, Labour polled 2190 votes; the BNP 1536 votes; the Liberal Democrats 1483 votes; and the Conservatives 1453 votes. [17] The BNP only started contesting elections after widespread rioting by up to five hundred Muslim Asian men in 2001, but has quickly grown to become Labour's main opposition in the two wards.

Notable residents

Local celebrities from the Royton area include glamour model Michelle Marsh.

References

  1. ^ "Official British Place Name Archives - Royton", Greater Manchester County Records Office - URL accessed October 28, 2006.
  2. ^ Greater Manchester Ward and Borough map, Boundary Commission for England, July 2006. URL accessed October 27, 2006.
  3. ^ Oldham's Economic Profile - Innovation and Technology, www.oldham.gov.uk. URL accessed October 27, 2006.
  4. ^ NW Cotton Towns Learning Journey www.spinningtheweb.org.uk. URL accessed October 27, 2006.
  5. ^ Royton, www.oldhamadvertiser.co.uk. June 20, 2005. URL accessed October 27, 2006.
  6. ^ Royton and Crompton, www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk. URL accessed October 27, 2006.
  7. ^ Royton, SALFORD HUNDRED: Ancestry, Annals and History. URL accessed January 5, 2007.
  8. ^ Wilson J. M., (1870-72), Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales.
  9. ^ A vision of Royton UD www.visionofbritain.org.uk/. URL accessed December 31, 2006.
  10. ^ Oldham Towns; Royton, Spinning the Web, Manchester City Council - URL accessed January 5, 2007.
  11. ^ Oldham Borough Official Guide - Royton, British-publishing.com. URL accessed January 5, 2007.
  12. ^ Oldham Borough Official Guide - Royton, British-publishing.com. URL accessed January 5, 2007.
  13. ^ Royton, www.1911encyclopedia.org. URL accessed January 5, 2007.
  14. ^ Royton War Memorial Public Monument and Sculpture Association - URL accessed December 31, 2006
  15. ^ Description of Royton & Shaw, Greater Manchester Police, January 1 2006. URL accessed January 5, 2007.
  16. ^ Oldham Parliamentary Elections 2005, Oldham Council. URL accessed December 7, 2006.
  17. ^ Council Elections 2006, Oldham Council. URL accessed January 20, 2007.
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