|
78 |
Roman Road built through Failsworth |
|
668 |
Newton Parish formed, which included
Failsworth |
|
1066 |
William of Normandy won his battle and was
crowned at Westminster Abbey, unusually Roger de Poitou allowed a Saxon
Thane to retain his estate - Failsworth |
|
1212 |
Failsworth spelt Faileswrthe |
|
1292 |
Failsworth spelt Fayllesworth |
|
1320 |
During the Survey of Mancheser, Failsworth's
boundary ran across Nuthurst to Wrigley Head |
|
1377 |
Permission granted to enclose Woodhouses to
prevent game escaping |
|
1416 |
Medlock Hall (now Daisy Nook Garden Centre)
was built, although the earlier barn is dated pre-norman |
|
1501 |
Failsworth spelt Faylsworth |
|
1572 |
On October 21st, Four Men where tried for
allowing their cattle onto Newton Heath without a license.
Failsworth spelt Fayliswurthe |
|
1573 |
Newton Chapel built |
|
1594 |
Plague at Cough House |
|
1598 |
Enclosure of Failsworth Common |
|
1609 |
Hardman Fold (now Lane) first recorded |
|
1616 |
First Constable appointed for Failsworth |
|
1617 |
King James I visited Lancashire and
permitted the erection of Maypole (is this the first pole?) |
|
1624 |
Two Constables appointed for Failsworth |
|
1631 |
John Hardman of Failsworth was offered a
Knighthood but he refused and was fined £21 |
|
1632 |
Trust fund set up by John Gilliam for the
relief of the poor |
|
1660 |
Size of Failsworth 611½ Acres |
|
1663 |
Only 50 families in Failsworth |
|
1690 |
Dob Lane Chapel officially opens |
|
1715 |
Failsworth Riot, due to the Jacobite
rebellion |
|
1735 |
First toll gate erected on Oldham Road |
|
1745 |
Bonnie Prince Charlie stayed overnight at
Bulls Head Public House, Oldham Road |
|
1749 |
Riots in Failsworth, caused by shortage of
bread |
|
1750 |
Chapel at Clayton Hall demolished |
|
1757 |
Mill at Clayton Bridge attacked by mobs |
|
1763 |
Population of Failsworth 1353 |
|
1770 |
Failsworth Lodge was built by Captain Birch
'Old Caravan' Public House at Wrigley Head
lost its license for harbouring highwaymen |
|
1786 |
John Wesley opened a Methodist Church at
Wrigley Head Sunday School built at
Pole Lane |
|
1788 |
80 Children being though in Sunday Schools |
|
1793 |
First 'Political' Pole erected
Petition signed by all but 20 in favour of
war with France |
|
1794 |
Crime Valley filled with water, at 54 deep
it submerged two houses |
|
1795 |
Hollinwood Branch Canal opened. In the
summer of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee a steamboat named Pioneer
sailed the Hollinwood Basin to Crime Lake. The venue became a local joke,
lost money and failed (an early Millennium Dome!) |
|
1798 |
Clayton Vale print works opened |
|
1802 |
Elijah Ridings, writer, born 27th November
at 'the Hollow', Oldham Road |
|
1804 |
On 21st December the Rochdale Canal opened
at Failsworth New Oldham Road
opened |
|
1811 |
Bethel Chapel opened on Oldham Road |
|
1819 |
Battle of Peterloo - Many from Failsworth
and Woodhouses killed or injured |
|
1825 |
Just 9 Public Houses in Failsworth and
Woodhouses Ladies boarding school
at Failsworth Lodge opened
On June 26th Ben Brierley was born at
'the rocks'
First Cotton Mill built in Failsworth |
|
1829 |
Bull Baiting banned in Failsworth, a good
six years before it was made illegal |
|
1831 |
Ashton and William Worrell executed at
Lancaster for the murder committed at Streetbridge |
|
1834 |
10 Public Houses in Failsworth |
|
1837 |
New Sunday School hall built on Ashton Road |
|
1839 |
Firs Mill built |
|
1840 |
Failsworth View, two houses on Oldham Road
was erected (nr speed camera) |
|
1841 |
Sunday School built on Wickentree Lane
Population of Failsworth 3879 |
|
1844 |
St John's Parish created |
|
1845 |
First stone at building of St. John's Church
was laid 10 Public Houses in
Failsworth
Rushcart built in Failsworth, drawn by 12
horses |
|
1846 |
Parish of St Marys formed (Catholic) |
|
1847 |
Jerusalem Church built on Oldham Road |
|
1849 |
1st Failsworth Pole blown down |
|
1850 |
2nd Failsworth erected |
|
1852 |
Bay Horse Hotel was known as 'Shotover',
after the horse which won the derby that year |
|
1858 |
Walmsley workers strike took place to obtain
better working conditions in the Mill |
|
1859 |
Failsworth Industrial Society formed |
|
1861 |
Population of Failsworth 5113
The Cotton Panic, little work or food in
Failsworth |
|
1863 |
Failsworth Local Board formed |
|
1865 |
St Marys RC Church was opened on Oldham Road
First Macedonia Church was opened on Holt
Lane |
|
1866 |
Meteors seen over Failsworth |
|
1868 |
Fixing of street names signs on most roads
and streets Irish Riots in
Failsworth, statues broken at St Marys |
|
1880 |
New Railway line through Failsworth opened |
|
1881 |
Population of Failsworth 7912 |
|
1869 |
New Jerusalem Church built on Oldham Road |
|
1872 |
Great floods caused much damage |
|
1879 |
Spire added to St Johns Church |
|
1880 |
Clock added to St Johns Church
Council offices built on Oldham Road costing
£2,600
Shakespear Woods, an eminent sculptor in
Rome was born at Oldham Road/Broadway, Failsworth |
|
1889 |
3rd Failsworth Pole erected |
|
1892 |
Failsworth Hats begin manufacture |
|
1894 |
Failsworth Urban District Council formed |
|
1896 |
Failsworth Sewage Works opened costing
£60,000 Ben Brierley dies aged 70 |
|
1900 |
Mortuary erected to the rear of Town Hall |
|
1901 |
Population of Failsworth 14152
Size of Failsworth 1072 Acres |
|
1903 |
Proposed amalgamation with Manchester
unsuccessful |
|
1908 |
Stables and Cart Shed erected at Sisson
Street for up to 12 horses |
|
1909 |
Carnegie Library opened on Oldham Road at a
cost of £3000, donated by the Carnegie Trust |
|
1912 |
German Pilot named Hamel flew over
Failsworth, many were of the opinion he was a spy |
|
1913 |
Council offices were altered and extended |
|
1914 |
Daisy Nook Easter Fair ceased due to the
outbreak of war, reopened in 1920 |
|
1920 |
14 Mills still in use in Failsworth |
|
1921 |
Population of Failsworth 16973 |
|
1923 |
4th Failsworth Pole erected
Higher and Lower Memorial Parks opened
Failsworth War Memorial opened |
|
1931 |
Population of Failsworth 15724 |
|
1939 |
Failsworth UDC owns 206 houses |
|
1948 |
The College of Heralds had granted a Patient
of Arms to the Failsworth Urban District Council for the Failsworth Crest |
|
1946 |
Failsworth Hats move to Gladstone Mill |
|
1950 |
4th Failsworth Pole blown down |
|
1954 |
Limehurst and Woodhouses amalgamated with
Failsworth |
|
1958 |
5th Failsworth Pole erected, and still
standing! |
|
1962 |
Robert Sidlow Library opened on Main Street
at a cost of £25,000 donated by Robert Sidlow |
|
1963 |
Council offices extended to take over
Carnegie Library |
|
1964 |
New St Marys Church opened on Lord Lane
Population of Failsworth 21000 |
|
1966 |
Total residential buildings in Failsworth
7820 |
|
1971 |
Population of Failsworth 23230 |
|
1973 |
Failsworth twinned with Landsberg, Germany
Grave stones at St Johns were removed due to
subsidence |
|
1974 |
Failsworth amalgamate with Oldham MBC |
|
1989 |
Failsworth Pole designated a Conservation
Area |
|
1990 |
Jerusalem Church on Oldham Road demolished
to make way for a car park, wall remains |
|
1991 |
Population of Failsworth 20999 |
|
1993 |
Stone seat place at the Pole to mark its 200
year anniversary |
|
2000 |
M60 Motorway built |
|
2001 |
Failsworth and Hollinwood Area Committee
formed |
|
2002 |
Jubilee Tree planted at Failsworth Pole and
Broadway to mark Queen Elizabeth's Golden Jubilee |
|
2004 |
New Health Centre opened off
Ashton Road West |
|
2006 |
Ben Brierley Statue
presented to Failsworth by Councillor Jim McMahon and John Crompton
(Failsworth Historical Society) |
|
2006 |
Failsworth Pole Garden
refurbished at a cost of over £400,000 |