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Block Lane is a locality in the town of Chadderton in Greater Manchester. It is located on Chadderton's eastern border with Oldham, contiguous with the Freehold area of that town, and with Cowhill and Butler Green. ==History== The hamlet of Block Lane, also known as Black Ridings, lay on the ancient road of Block Lane as it followed the Oldham boundary southwards towards Butler Green.〔P.26 Chadderton Pubs And Their Licencees 1750 - 1999, Magee Rob (1986) ISBN 978 185216 134 7〕 The hamlet was situated close to the present day Block Lane Surgery. By the mid 19th century the area had become a centre of industrial activity with four coal pits and two sandstone quarries in close proximity.〔P.29 Chadderton Pubs And Their Licencees 1750 - 1999, Magee Rob (1986) ISBN 978 185216 134 7〕 The Hare And Hounds public house opened in 1855.〔 The pub closed in late 2014. Blackridings Mill was a cotton waste mill on Block Lane dating to 1861. It was demolished in 1975. It occupied the site of the former Blackridings Colliery. The site was redeveloped in 1982 for Freehold Community School.〔P53 Gurr, Duncan; Hunt, Julian (1998), The Cotton Mills of Oldham, Oldham Education & Leisure, ISBN 0-902809-46-6〕 The United Mill was a cotton mill on Block Lane. Built in 1874, it ceased production in 1959 and was demolished in 1962.〔http://www.chadderton-hs.freeuk.com/page3-chadd-mills.htm〕 1870 saw the opening of Christ Church, a grade II listed building. By the 1890s Block Lane had a bowling green and a football ground at the back of the old Black Ridings hamlet. At one time this was known as 'the track', a venue for foot races and wrestling. The ground was used by Werneth Rugby Club, who in 1890 were suspended from league rugby for 'professionalism'. The club disbanded in 1905.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Block Lane」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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