Hello Janet I think that there was a small hamlet at the back of Chadderton Park and St Mathews church Chadderton. The road into it ran from near St. Matt's which was at the Mills Hill end of Burnley Lane and at the junction of Haigh Lane and the road that runs to Royton. I remember from 50 years ago a few houses, a shop ? and a pub. It was situated on the north bank of the river. I've just checked the map. The ref is SD 897, 070 Hope this helps Vernon Parry Janet C <janetcee52@hotmail.com> wrote: Hi Trish Thanks for your response, but Healds Green and Heald Green are two entirely different places. By coincidence, I live about 2 miles from Heald Green near Manchester Airport! (There's still a dairy there, or at least a milk-distribution depot, but it's no longer called Healds). Healds Green is on the mid-1850s map on http://www.old-maps.co.uk site, it's just to the north of Chadderton. Thanks for the interest anyway, Janet >From: "Trisha Roberts" >I may be well off the mark here, but I'll send my thoughts anyway. There >may be a place near Middleton that I don't know called Healds Green. >However, the only place that I know that has a similar name is Heald Green >(without the s) in Cheshire (quite close to Manchester Airport). > >I lived a few miles away from there from being a small baby in the 1950s >until my early 20s. I do remember that there was a large dairy called >'Healds' in the area. I don't know if this has any relevance. > >Regards >Trish > _________________________________________________________________ MSN Messenger 7.5 is now out. Download it for FREE here. http://messenger.msn.co.uk ==== ENG-LAN-MIDDLETON Mailing List ==== If you are having trouble unsubscribing please contact the list owner Joan White emmap@virtualmechanics.com