Rochdale

[roch-deyl]

noun

1. a borough of Greater Manchester, in N England: site of one of the earliest cooperative societies 1844.

Rochdale

/ ˈrɒtʃˌdeɪl /

noun

1. a town in NW England, in Rochdale unitary authority, Greater Manchester: former centre of the textile industry. Pop: 95 769 (2001)

2. a unitary authority in NW England, in Greater Manchester. Pop: 206 600 (2003 est). Area: 159 sq km (61 sq miles)

Example Sentences

They wanted to know why the Rochdale Borough Council, the local authority, had suddenly halted their efforts to save a once-grand estate in their community.

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The Hall passed through several other owners until the late 1980s, when Rochdale Borough Council bought the Hall, then in creditable shape, with the intention of making it a conference center for what would soon become Hopwood Hall College, according to a 1992 story in The Middleton/North Manchester Guardian.

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In January 2024, soon after the £250,000 grant award, Emma Birkett, then a consultant with the Rochdale Development Agency, a group that supports investment in the area, was drafted to serve as a point person between DePree and the Council.

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In late summer 2024, the Rochdale Development Agency canceled a meeting to discuss plans for the Hall with DePree.

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He was referring to Julia Heap, who, in addition to her role as head of the college, is a board member of the Rochdale Development Agency.

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