Hollingworth High School, Rochdale, Greater Manchester - Desk-based Assessment

The study area lies within an area known as Butterworth Hall, which was a nucleated settlement from at least the late medieval period. Yates' map of 1786 indicates that there were some houses and a larger hall within Butterworth Hall, at this time, and a more detailed tithe map bor Butterworth Hall dating to c 1846, indicates numerours houses and a mill within the settlement, centered arond the convergence of four roads immediately to the south of the propsed development area.