Woodhouses is a village near

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, in the

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district of

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(which was part of

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until 1974), England. It is about miles from

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. In 2021 it had a population of 1094. Woodhouses Conservation Area includes most of the village and was designated in 1975.

Amenities

Woodhouses has a church called Woodhouses Mission Church, a school called Woodhouses Voluntary Controlled Primary, 3 pubs and a golf club.

History

The name "Woodhouses" probably means 'an enclosure surrounded by woods'. Woodhouses was formerly in the parish of

Ashton-under-Lyne Ashton-under-Lyne is a market town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. The population was 48,604 at the 2021 census. Historic counties of England, Historically in Lancashire, it is on the north bank of the River Tame, Greater Manchester, ...

. On 31 December 1894 Woodhouses became a

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in its own right with a population of 677 in 1951. On 1 April 1954 the parish was abolished and merged with Failsworth and

References

Villages in Greater Manchester Former civil parishes in Greater Manchester Conservation areas in England Failsworth {{GreaterManchester-geo-stub