Crossbank

Crossbank
Crossbank  Crossbank shown within Greater Manchester
OS grid reference	SD 95555 05750
Metropolitan borough	Oldham
Metropolitan county	Greater Manchester
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	OLDHAM
Postcode district	OL4
Dialling code	0161
Police	Greater Manchester
Fire	Greater Manchester
Ambulance	North West
EU Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Oldham East and Saddleworth
List of places UK England Greater Manchester

Coordinates: 53°32′54″N 2°04′07″W / 53.548365°N 2.0685632°W

Crossbank is an area of Lees, a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England.

Historically a part of Lancashire, the name Crossbank is thought to derive from the days of the Knights Templar when a cross was etched into an earthen bank to denote lands granted to them.

Prior to 1894, Crossbank had formed a hamlet linked with the parish of Ashton-under-Lyne, and lying within the Oldham parliamentary borough. Following the Local Government Act 1894, Crossbank constituted one of seven civil parishes within the Limehurst Rural District and administrative county of Lancashire.^[1] Unlike the other six parishes, Crossbank was an exclave of Limehurst lying to the north, bordering Lees and Waterhead in Oldham. In 1914, owing to urbanisation, the civil parish was abolished and its area incorporated into the Lees Urban District.^[2][3]

References

1. F A Youngs Jr., Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Volume II: Northern England, London, 1991
2. "Limehurst RD: Historical Boundaries". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 23 July 2008.
3. "Greater Manchester Gazetteer". Greater Manchester County Record Office. Places names - C. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2008.