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Langley, Greater Manchester
Langley is an suburb near Middleton, Greater Manchester, England, 4.4 miles (7.1 km) southwest of Rochdale and 5.5 miles (8.9 km) northeast of Manchester city centre. Langley is an overspill estate, created in the 1950s for Manchester City Council. Families moved into the new housing from the slum clearance areas of Manchester, the eventual population of about 25,000 doubling that of Middleton. All the street names are adopted from different areas of the Lake District. In 1990, Langley estate was the focus of a satanic panic and in 2006 twelve of the now-adult victims sued Rochdale Council for compensation. The Ken Loach film Raining Stones was filmed in and around Langley in 1993.
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Ye Olde Boar's Head
Ye Olde Boar's Head (also known as The Olde Boar's Head) is a historic public house on Long Street in Middleton, a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. It is designated as a Grade II* listed building and has origins dating to 1622. The building is an outstanding example of early timber-framed architecture and forms part of Middleton's "Golden Cluster" of heritage sites.
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Long Street Methodist Church
Long Street Methodist Church, also known as the Arts & Crafts Church, is a Methodist church and Sunday school on Long Street in Middleton, a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. Designed by the architect Edgar Wood and completed between 1899 and 1901, it is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade II* listed building for its architectural and historical significance.
The church forms part of Middleton's "Golden Cluster" of heritage sites. As of 2025, it is included on Historic England's Heritage at Risk Register, rated in poor condition and with no agreed solution.
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St Leonard's Church, Middleton
St Leonard's is a Church of England parish church in Middleton, a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of Lancashire, it is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade I listed building and form part of Middleton's "Golden Cluster" of heritage sites.
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Municipal Borough of Middleton
The Municipal Borough of Middleton was, from 1886 to 1974, a municipal borough in the administrative county of Lancashire, England, coterminous with the town of Middleton.