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Hollingworth
Sign in to saveHollingworth is a village in the Tameside district, in Greater Manchester, England. It is about 11 miles (19 km) east of Manchester, on the Derbyshire border near Hadfield. It lies within the historic county boundaries of Cheshire, and became part of Greater Manchester in 1974. It gave its name to a family who owned much of the surrounding area from before the time of the Norman conquest.
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- Locality
- Tameside
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 2,447
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Tameside
- Image
- St.Mary's Church Hollingworth - geograph.org.uk - 37299.jpg
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- Hollingworth
- OS grid reference
- SK006962
- postal code
- SK14
- P8168
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Hollingworth is a village in the Tameside district, in Greater Manchester, England. It is about 11 miles (19 km) east of Manchester, on the Derbyshire border near Hadfield. It lies within the historic county boundaries of Cheshire, and became part of Greater Manchester in 1974. It gave its name to a family who owned much of the surrounding area from before the time of the Norman conquest.
==Toponymy== Hollingworth was recorded Holisvrde before 1059 and in 1086. Its name is derived from the Old English holegn, for holly and worð an enclosure. In 1059, Hollingworth was surrounded by dense forests.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hollingworth” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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