page_title: Coalshaw Green
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Coalshaw Green / History
caption_attribution_description: Row of terraced houses in Chadderton, Greater Manchester, England. This row is on Coalshaw Green Road.
context_page_description: Coalshaw Green is a locality in the town of Chadderton in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester.
  Lying 1.8 miles south of Chadderton town centre, Coalshaw Green was formerly an archaic hamlet located in the south east of the township around the junction of Turf Lane and Drury Lane, and forms a contiguous urban area with Butler Green, Whitegate and Hollinwood.
  Coalshaw Green Park, which opened in 1911, is Chadderton's oldest public park. It comprises a formal park and, until 2017, adjoining playing fields which has now become a surburban housing development.
  The Chadderton Cricket & Bowling Club, known locally as 'The Big Cot', is a long-standing social club in the area.
  Coalshaw Green is also the location of South Chadderton Metrolink station.
context_section_description: Archaically known as Coldshaw, Coleshaw and Cauleshaw, Coalshaw Green is mentioned in some of the earliest recorded accounts of the township of Chadderton dating from the early 13th century, when lands in Chadderton including Coalshaw Green (Caule Shaw), were granted to the Stanlaw Abbey religious order by Gilbert de Notton who held the manor of Chadderton and Foxdenton from 1234.
  Historical records also mention Coalshaw Green in 1672 when a right of way through 'Coleshaw Lane' was established on payment of a half penny a year.
  The growth of the nearby village of Hollinwood from the mid 18th century along the common border of Oldham and Chadderton townships saw development take place along Drury Lane and by the mid 1840s Coalshaw Green effectively lay at the edge of the village.   'Hollinwood, Lancs' was the area's postal address from the late 19th century until the advent of the modern postcode system, when 'Chadderton, Oldham' became the official address.
  The late 19th century saw the area expand into a cotton mill district with the construction of the Gordon Mill (1884), Rose Mill (1885) and the Asia Mill (1904) all established within the vicinity (see List of mills in Chadderton). All of these mills have now been demolished.  The Rose Mill was destroyed by a major fire in 2007. Coalshaw Green Road, the main thoroughfare through the area, was constructed during this late 19th century period connecting the area to the nearby settlement of Butler Green/Washbrook.
  Turf Lane (mentioned in records dating back to the mid 17th century) was originally called Tarve Lane and took its name from its use.  It was a lane used by tenants to collect turf or peat for themselves and their manorial overlords.  The inhabitants had certain rights of 'turbary' but were required to all use the same road so that they could be supervised in this operation.  The turf would be gathered from the Hale Moss area around Whitegate.
  Now closed, Drury Lane Council School, located near the junction of Turf Lane and Coalshaw Green, served the area between 1894 and 1954.
caption: Coalshaw Green Road looking north towards Butler Green.
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