Birtle, Greater Manchester
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| OS grid reference | SD835135 |
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| Metropolitan borough | Rochdale |
| Metropolitan county | Greater Manchester |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HEYWOOD |
| Postcode district | OL10 |
| Dialling code | 01706 |
| Police | Greater Manchester |
| Fire | Greater Manchester |
| Ambulance | North West |
| EU Parliament | North West England |
| UK Parliament | Heywood and Middleton |
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Coordinates: 53°37′05″N 2°14′55″W / 53.618°N 2.2487°W
Birtle is a hamlet within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, England.[1] It lies in the Cheesden Valley, set amongst the Pennines.
Historically a part of Lancashire, Birtle is archaically referred to as Bircle or Birkle which means Birch Hill. Together with neighbouring Bamford, it formed the civil parish of Birtle-with-Bamford (also known as Birtle-cum-Bamford). It was in Middleton ecclesiastical parish and in Bury poor law Union. In 1933, Birtle-with-Bamford was dissolved with Birtle being amalgamated into the Municipal Borough of Heywood.[1]
The local church is the Church of Saint John the Baptist, known locally as Bircle Church.
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- 1 2 Greater Manchester Gazetteer, Greater Manchester County Record Office, Places names - B, archived from the original on 18 July 2011, retrieved 17 June 2008
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