Roe Green, Lancashire
| Roe Green | |
| Lancashire | |
|---|---|
 Roe Green village green | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SD750017 |
| Location: | 53°30’43"N, 2°22’37"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Manchester |
| Postcode: | M28 |
| Dialling code: | 0161 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | City of Salford |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Worsley and Eccles South |
Roe Green is a village in southern Lancashire that has become suburban area in the conurbation around Salford, while preserving much of its character. It was anciently a hamlet built around what is now the village green. It is a conservation area, selected for this status because of its village green, an unusual feature in industrialised South Lancashire. Roe Green is adjacent to junction 13 of the M60 motorway.
History
Roe Green was first mentioned in a land dispute between Gilbert Sherrington of Wardley Hall and Richard Brereton of Worsley. Roe Green became part of the manor of Worsley where it remained until 1899 when control passed to the local council from the Bridgewater Trustees.[1]
The green was unenclosed common land, used for grazing with a pinfold where stray animals were kept until released on the payment of a fine. The western end of Roe Green was named Beesley Green after a family who farmed there. At the end of the 18th century the settlements grew considerably and many of the cottages, built by the Duke of Bridgewater, date from this period. These include Beesley Hall a farmhouse that was converted in the mid-19th century into three cottages. The inhabitants worked in the Duke of Bridgewater's coal mines, in agriculture and, until the arrival of cotton mills, in handloom weaving.
The green was used for sporting activities and in late Victorian days was used for cricket matches between the 'Up-Greeners' and 'Down-Greeners'.
Railway
Beesley Green was physically separated from Roe Green in the 1860s when the London and North Western Railway Company opened the Tyldesley Loopline from Eccles to Wigan via Tyldesley dividing the green. In 1870 a colliery line to Bolton via Little Hulton was opened making Roe Green a junction.
The railway lines closed in 1969 and the disused railway cutting dividing the two greens has been re-developed as a linear walkway.[2]
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References
- ↑ Farrer & Brownbill 1911, pp. 376–392.
- ↑ Roe Greenl, Visit Salford, http://www.visitsalford.info/roegreen.htm, retrieved 2010-06-10
- A History of the County of Lancaster - Volume 4 pp 376-392: Townships: Worsley (Victoria County History)