Rumworth is an electoral ward of

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, in

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, England. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 16,250. Historically it was part of the hundred of

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and centre of the parish of Deane which once covered roughly half of the present

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. St Mary's Church on which the parish was centred was in the township of Rumworth.

History

Rumworth was recorded as Rumhworth in 1242, Rumworth in 1278, Rumwrth in 1292 and Romeworthe in 1346. Rumworth was joined with Lostock as the third part of a knight's fee in 1212, held by the

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. Later the Andertons of Lostock claimed a manor in Rumworth where there were fourteen

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s of land. The manor was bought by the Hultons of Over Hulton and it descended in this family. Sir Charles Tempest, the heir of the Andertons, had a large estate in the township. Contributors to the land tax in 1789 were Henry Blundell, who paid the largest share, Blackburne, and William Hulton. The population in the area increased in the 19th century as a result of the coal mines and erection of a cotton-mill and of weaving sheds.

Governance

Rumworth

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was the centre of the ancient parish of Deane, it was the township in which the

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was situated. It was included in Bolton

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in 1837, in 1866 Rumworth became a separate

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, it became part of Bolton Rural Sanitary Authority in 1870. In 1872, Rumworth was divided into two parts; the eastern portion was added to the Borough of Bolton (Rumworth Ward), and the western part remained in Bolton Rural Sanitary Authority. In 1894, the western portion became part of Bolton Rural District, and its name was changed to 'Deane'. On 30 September 1895 the parish was abolished and merged with Bolton. In 1898, the Rural District Council was abolished, and Deane became part of Bolton County Borough Deane-cum-Lostock Ward. In 1891 the parish had a population of 6754.

Geography

Rumworth measured about miles from east to west and average breadth was a little over a mile, its area was . The Church Brook flows down Deane Clough to join the River Croal which forms the northern boundary. To the west of the township is the Rumworth Lodge Reservoir. The Bolton to

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road passes Deane Church and to the east the Bolton to

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passes through Daubhill.

References

Notes {{Areas of Bolton Areas of Greater Manchester Former civil parishes in Greater Manchester Geography of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton