Shuttleworth, Greater Manchester

Shuttleworth

St John's Church, Shuttleworth
Shuttleworth
Shuttleworth shown within Greater Manchester
OS grid reference SD805175
• London 174 mi (280 km) SSE
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BURY
Postcode district BL0
Dialling code 01706
Police Greater Manchester
Fire Greater Manchester
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK Parliament

Shuttleworth is a hamlet at the northeastern extremity of the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, in Greater Manchester, England.[1][2] It lies amongst the South Pennines, 4.3 miles (6.9 km) north of Bury and 0.9 miles (1.4 km) south of Edenfield; Scout Moor Wind Farm lies to the immediate east. Effectively a suburb of Ramsbottom, the M66 motorway divides Shuttleworth from the main core of that town.

Historically a part of Lancashire, the name Shuttleworth derives from the Old English scyttels and worth meaning a gated enclosure. The first element refers to a bar. It was documented as Suttelsworth in 1227 and Shuttelesworthe in 1296.[3]

During the Middle Ages, Shuttleworth lay within the township of Walmersley (sometimes called Walmersley-cum-Shuttleworth), parish of Bury, and hundred of Salford. Following the Local Government Act 1894, the area became a civil parish, but in 1933 was dissolved and amalgamated into the Ramsbottom Urban District.[1]

Shuttleworth is bounded to the south by Holcombe Brook and Summerseat; to the north by Edenfield, Irwell Vale; to the west by Holcombe and Ramsbottom and to the east by Stubbins, Turn Village and Shuttleworth-cum-Turn.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 Greater Manchester Gazetteer, Greater Manchester County Record Office, Places names - S, archived from the original on 18 July 2011, retrieved 17 June 2008
  2. ↑ Ordnance Survey, Source data - 1:25,000 Scale Colour Raster; Grid reference at centre — SD 805 175 GB Grid, getamap.ordnancesurvey.co.uk, retrieved 3 November 2008
  3. ↑ Mills 1976, p. 133

Bibliography

  • Mills, David (1976), The Place-Names of Lancashire, B.T. Batsford, ISBN 0-7134-3248-9


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