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

Wherever "John Bright of Rochdale" was announced to speak, vast crowds assembled.

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Tom is a schoolmaster in Rochdale, and he and Will help to support their mother.

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I suppose some arrangement has been made with regard to Wymondham and Rochdale.

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In a suit undertaken for the recovery of the Rochdale property.

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We spent First-day at Rochdale, and in the evening a large number of young Friends took tea with us, between thirty and forty.

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