2016

SD8913 : Upstream in Rochdale

taken 8 years ago, near to Rochdale, England

Upstream in Rochdale
Upstream in Rochdale
Looking from the bridge over the River Roch SD8913 : Bridge over the Roch revealed. This section of the river was covered over and tramlines laid in 1900. After the trams came the buses SD8913 : Rochdale Town Centre, June 1949 outside Montague Burtons SD8913 : Former Montague Burton's, Williams Deacon's bank SD8913 : RBS bank, Rochdale and the Regal Cinema SD8913 : The Regal Moon on the left. The buses later moved to a new bus station now demolished in favour of a newer bus station. The Town Centre stretch of the river was briefly exposed, together with part of the old bridge, when remedial work had to be done in 1996 SD8913 : The River Roch is briefly seen...but only briefly..., but it was covered over again then the work was completed. Now new trams have come to town in the shape of Metrolink whose terminus is on the site of the first bus station. Plans to uncover two sections of the river and expose the historic bridge were drawn up in 2014. The work was finally completed in 2016.
River Roch

The River Roch (pronounced "roach") is a tributary of the River Irwell. It rises on Chelburn Moor, south of Todmorden, and flows south through Littleborough towards Rochdale where it is joined by the River Beal at Belfield, and the River Spodden from Whitworth. Turning west it runs past Heywood and Bury before meeting the River Irwell just to the east of Radcliffe.

Williams Deacons Bank Ltd

Williams Deacons Bank Ltd was founded in Manchester in 1836 as the Manchester & Salford Bank. In 1881 it became Williams Deacon & Manchester & Salford Bank Ltd with a head office in London. In 1901 the name was shortened to Williams Deacons Bank Ltd. In 1930 it was bought by the Royal Bank of Scotland but continued to trade separately with its own Manchester based head office and board of directors. In 1969 The Royal Bank of Scotland was restructured and Williams Deacons became a direct subsidiary of a new holding company, National & Commercial Banking Group. The following year the holding company's subsidiaries in England and Wales - Williams Deacons Bank, Glyn, Mills & Co and the English and Welsh branches of The National Bank - merged to form Williams & Glyn's Bank. In 1970 it was operating 288 branches. For a fuller account see LinkExternal link

In 1985 The Royal Bank of Scotland Group's two major subsidiary holdings, Williams & Glyn's Bank and The Royal Bank of Scotland, were fully merged as The Royal Bank of Scotland plc. LinkExternal link


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SD8913, 564 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Gerald England   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 22 September, 2016   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 5 April, 2017
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SD 8966 1337 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:37.0063N 2:9.4668W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SD 8963 1337
View Direction
East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
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