Roe Green
Encyclopedia
Roe Green is a suburb of Worsley
in the metropolitan borough
of Salford
, Greater Manchester
, England. It was anciently a hamlet built around the ancient village green
. Today it is the largest of Salford's conservation area
s, selected because it has the character of a village green, an unusual feature in the surrounding industrialised settlements.
and Richard Brereton of Worsley. Roe Green became part of the manor of Worsley where it remained until 1899 when control passed to Worsley Urban District Council from the Bridgewater Trustees.
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.
Company opened the Tyldesley Loopline
from Eccles
to Wigan
via Tyldesley
dividing the green. A station was built at Roe Green and in 1870 a colliery line to Bolton via Little Hulton
was opened making Roe Green a junction. The first passenger services to Bolton began in 1875. The railway lines closed in 1969 and the disused railway
cutting dividing the two greens has been re-developed as a linear walkway.
played cricket for Lancashire
and England in the early years of the last century.
Worsley
Worsley is a town in the metropolitan borough of the City of Salford, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies along the course of Worsley Brook, west of Manchester. The M60 motorway bisects the area....
in the metropolitan borough
Metropolitan borough
A metropolitan borough is a type of local government district in England, and is a subdivision of a metropolitan county. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972, metropolitan boroughs are defined in English law as metropolitan districts, however all of them have been granted or regranted...
of Salford
City of Salford
The City of Salford is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It is named after its largest settlement, Salford, but covers a far larger area which includes the towns of Eccles, Swinton-Pendlebury, Walkden and Irlam which apart from Irlam each have a population of over...
, Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.6 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the...
, England. It was anciently a hamlet built around the ancient village green
Village green
A village green is a common open area which is a part of a settlement. Traditionally, such an area was often common grass land at the centre of a small agricultural settlement, used for grazing and sometimes for community events...
. Today it is the largest of Salford's conservation area
Conservation area
A conservation areas is a tract of land that has been awarded protected status in order to ensure that natural features, cultural heritage or biota are safeguarded...
s, selected because it has the character of a village green, an unusual feature in the surrounding industrialised settlements.
History
Roe Green was first mentioned in a land dispute between Gilbert Sherrington of Wardley HallWardley Hall
Wardley Hall is an early medieval manor house and a Grade I listed building in the Wardley area of Worsley, in Greater Manchester . . There has been a moat on the site since at least 1292. The current hall dates from around 1500 but was extensively rebuilt in the 19th and 20th centuries. The 1894...
and Richard Brereton of Worsley. Roe Green became part of the manor of Worsley where it remained until 1899 when control passed to Worsley Urban District Council from the Bridgewater Trustees.
The Green was unenclosed common land, used for grazing with a pinfold
Pinfold
Pinfold, in Medieval Britain, is an area where stray animals were rounded up if their owners failed to properly supervise their use of common grazing land...
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
Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...
mines, in agriculture and, until the arrival of cotton mills, in handloom weaving.
Transport
Beesley Green was separated from Roe Green in the 1860s when the London and North Western RailwayLondon and North Western Railway
The London and North Western Railway was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. It was created by the merger of three companies – the Grand Junction Railway, the London and Birmingham Railway and the Manchester and Birmingham Railway...
Company opened the Tyldesley Loopline
Tyldesley Loopline
The Tyldesley Loopline was the London and North Western Railway's Manchester and Wigan Railway line from Eccles to the junction west of Tyldesley station and its continuance south west via Bedford Leigh to Kenyon Junction on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. The line opened on September 1st 1864...
from Eccles
Eccles, Greater Manchester
Eccles is a town in the City of Salford, a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in North West England, west of Salford and west of Manchester city centre...
to Wigan
Wigan
Wigan is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It stands on the River Douglas, south-west of Bolton, north of Warrington and west-northwest of Manchester. Wigan is the largest settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and is its administrative centre. The town of Wigan had a total...
via Tyldesley
Tyldesley
Tyldesley is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. It occupies an area north of Chat Moss near the foothills of the West Pennine Moors, east-southeast of Wigan and west-northwest of the city of Manchester...
dividing the green. A station was built at Roe Green and in 1870 a colliery line to Bolton via Little Hulton
Little Hulton
Little Hulton is a village—effectively a suburb—within the City of Salford, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies south of Bolton, west-northwest of Salford, and west-northwest of Manchester...
was opened making Roe Green a junction. The first passenger services to Bolton began in 1875. The railway lines closed in 1969 and the disused railway
cutting dividing the two greens has been re-developed as a linear walkway.
Sport
The Green was used for sporting activities and in late Victorian days was used for cricket matches between the 'Up-Greeners' and 'Down-Greeners'. The brothers J.T. and Ernest TyldesleyErnest Tyldesley
Ernest Tyldesley was an England cricketer. The younger brother of Johnny Tyldesley and the leading batsman for Lancashire. He remains Lancashire's most prolific run-getter of all time...
played cricket for Lancashire
Lancashire County Cricket Club
Lancashire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Lancashire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1864 as a successor to Manchester Cricket Club and has played at Old Trafford since then...
and England in the early years of the last century.