Hathershaw is an urban area

Urban area

An urban area is characterized by higher population density and vast human features in comparison to areas surrounding it. Urban areas may be cities, towns or conurbations, but the term is not commonly extended to rural settlements such as villages and hamlets.Urban areas are created and further...

 of Oldham

Oldham

Oldham is a large town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amid the Pennines on elevated ground between the rivers Irk and Medlock, south-southeast of Rochdale, and northeast of the city of Manchester...

, in Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.6 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the...

, England. It occupies a hillside to the immediate south of Oldham's town centre, and is bound by the districts of Coppice

Coppice, Greater Manchester

Coppice is a locality within the town of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England.It is contiguous with Hathershaw, Primrose Bank and Werneth....

 and Fitton Hill, on the northwest and southeast respectively. Hathershaw, which has no formal boundary or extent, is bisected from north to south by the A627 road which leads to Ashton-under-Lyne

Ashton-under-Lyne

Ashton-under-Lyne is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. Historically a part of Lancashire, it lies on the north bank of the River Tame, on undulating land at the foothills of the Pennines...

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Historically

Historic counties of England

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 a part of Lancashire

Lancashire

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, Hathershaw is one of the oldest recorded named places of Oldham, occurring in a deed for 1280 with the spelling Halselinechaw Clugh. Existing as a manor house

Manor house

A manor house is a country house that historically formed the administrative centre of a manor, the lowest unit of territorial organisation in the feudal system in Europe. The term is applied to country houses that belonged to the gentry and other grand stately homes...

 in the 15th century, Hathershaw Hall was the home of a Royalist

Cavalier

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 family in the 17th century who lost part of their possessions due to the English Civil War

English Civil War

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Hathershaw is an area identified by the Housing Market Renewal Initiative

Housing Market Renewal Initiative

The Housing Market Renewal Initiative is a package of policies in the North of England aimed to address housing market failure, which was defined as housing which in local markets was priced below the build cost, such that renovations were uneconomic and the sale of property would not generate...

 as having terraced

Terraced house

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 residences unsuited to modern needs, and thus is being gentrified

Gentrification

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The Hathershaw College of Technology and Sport

The Hathershaw College

The Hathershaw College of Technology and Sport is a coeducational, comprehensive secondary school for 11 - 16 year olds in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England.In 2007, OFSTED rated the school as "good".-School history:...

 (formerly The Hathershaw College) is a secondary school in Hathershaw. It is a co-educational school of non-denominational religion, and was given Technology

Technology College

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 and Sports College

Sports College

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 status under the Specialist School Programme

Specialist school

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