Newhey

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Newhey

Coordinates: 53.6001° N 2.0982° W Newhey shown within Greater Manchester
OS grid reference	SD934115
Metropolitan borough	Rochdale
Metropolitan county	Greater Manchester
Region	North West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ROCHDALE
Postcode district	OL16
Dial code	01706
Police	Greater Manchester
Fire	Greater Manchester
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Oldham East and Saddleworth
European Parliament	North West England
List of places: UK • England

Newhey is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. Situated at the foot of the Pennines, Newhey is contiguous with nearby Milnrow, and around one and a half miles (2.4 km) east of Rochdale.

Newhey is adjacent to Junction 21 of the M62 motorway and is the home of the Ellenroad Engine House, which was saved during the demolition of Ellenroad ring mill. It is open and in steam once a month. The majority of the local population worked at the mill which also employed workers from as far afield as Wigan.^{[citation needed]}

1 Geography and administration
2 History
- 2.1 Industry
3 References and notes
4 External links

[edit] Geography and administration

From 1894 to 1974, Newhey formed part of the "Milnrow Urban District", within the administrative county of Lancashire.^[1]

With the coming of local government reforms in 1974, this Urban District status was abolished, and Newhey has since formed part of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, of Greater Manchester.

Although part of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, since 1997, Newhey is represented in the House of Commons as part of the parliamentary constituency of Oldham East and Saddleworth, by Phil Woolas MP (having previously formed part of the Littleborough and Saddleworth constituency).

[edit] History

[edit] Industry

Newhey was home to a prosperous brick and tile works known as Newhey Brick & Terracotta Co. Ltd. which opened on Huddersfield Road in 1899. Its bricks can be found in the fabric of buildings all over the world. Most mills and accompnying terraced houses in the Rochdale and Oldham areas were built from what was generally referred to as "Newhey brick".

Newhey also played its part in the Cotton industry with at least five Cotton mills documented to exist in the 1920s. These included Ellenroad (Demolished 1985), Garfield (Demolished 1969), Coral, Haugh and Newhey mills. Coral Mill has lay derelict for many years and is a regular target for vandalism and arson attacks^[2] The mill is due to be demolished in 2007^{[citation needed]}.

[edit] References and notes

^ Milnrow UD, Vision of Britain. URL accessed January 3, 2007.
^ Michael Byrne (2006-04-18). Firebug attacks put lives at risk. Rochdale Observer. Retrieved on 2007-02-28.