Audenshaw
Sign in to saveAudenshaw is a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, east of Manchester. Historically part of Lancashire, in 2011 it had a population of 11,419.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.population
- 11,419
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.official_name
- Audenshaw
- UK place.metropolitan_borough
- Tameside
- UK place.region
- North West England
- UK place.metropolitan_county
- Greater Manchester
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Ashton-under-Lyne
- UK place.post_town
- MANCHESTER
- UK place.postcode_district
- M34
- UK place.postcode_area
- M
- UK place.dial_code
- 0161
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SJ925975
- UK place.london_distance
- SSE
- UK place.static_image_name
- Audenshaw Town Centre.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Audenshaw Cemetery
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Audenshaw is a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, east of Manchester. Historically part of Lancashire, in 2011 it had a population of 11,419.
The name derives from Aldwin, a Saxon personal name, and the Old English suffix shagh meaning "Woodland". Nico Ditch, an early-medieval linear earthwork possibly built as a defensive barrier against Vikings, runs through the area. Medieval Audenshaw was a division of the township of Ashton in the county of Lancashire. Audenshaw expanded as a centre for textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution and the Victorian era with inhabitants employed in hat-making, cotton-spinning, calico-printing, and silk-weaving. In 1974, Audenshaw Urban District became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside.