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{{Short description|Civil parish in Greater Manchester, England}}
{{Distinguish|Compton and Shawford}}

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| population = 21,065
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|civil_parish= Shaw and Crompton
|metropolitan_borough=          [[Metropolitan Borough of Oldham|Oldham]]
|metropolitan_county=    [[Greater Manchester]]
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|constituency_westminster= [[Oldham East and Saddleworth (UK Parliament constituency)|Oldham East and Saddleworth]]
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'''Shaw and Crompton''' is a [[Civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in the [[Metropolitan Borough of Oldham]], [[Greater Manchester]], England,<ref name="GM Gazetteer">{{citation|url=http://www.gmcro.co.uk/Guides/Gazeteer/gazzs.htm |title=Greater Manchester Gazetteer|publisher=Greater Manchester County Record Office|access-date=20 June 2007|at=Places names – S|archive-date=18 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718144349/http://www.gmcro.co.uk/Guides/Gazeteer/gazzs.htm}}</ref> and lies on the [[River Beal]] at the foothills of the [[South Pennines]]. It is located {{convert|2|mi|km|1}} north of [[Oldham]], {{convert|4|mi|km|1}} south-east of [[Rochdale]] and {{convert|9|mi|km|0}} north-east of [[Manchester]]. Its largest settlement is [[Shaw, Greater Manchester|Shaw]].

[[Historic counties of England|Historically]] in [[Lancashire]], the area shows evidence of [[Britons (historic)|ancient British]] and [[Angles (tribe)|Anglian]] activity. In the [[Middle Ages]], Crompton formed a small [[Township (England)|township]] of scattered woods, farmsteads, moorland and swamp.<ref name="Look Crompton"/><ref name=Ballard28 /> The local lordship was weak or absent, and so Crompton failed to emerge as a [[Manorialism|manor]] with its own lord and court. Farming was the main industry of this rural area, with locals supplementing their incomes by [[hand-loom]] [[woollen]] weaving in the [[domestic system]].

The introduction of [[textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution]] initiated a process of rapid and unplanned urbanisation. A building boom began in Crompton in the mid-19th century, when suitable land for factories in Oldham was becoming scarce. By the late 19th century, Crompton had emerged as a densely populated [[mill town]] with forty-eight [[cotton mill]]s, some of the largest in the United Kingdom, in the area. At its [[Spinning (textiles)|spinning]] zenith, as a result of an [[Interwar period|interwar]] economic boom and the over-valuation of shares associated with the textile industry, Shaw and Crompton had more [[millionaire]]s per capita than any other town in the world.<!---Citation in text below---> Imports of foreign cotton goods saw a decline in the textile industry by the mid-20th century and the last mill closed in 1989.

Shaw and Crompton covers {{convert|4.5|sqmi|km2|1}} and is a predominantly suburban area of mixed affluence with a population of 21,065 as of 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11128366&c=Shaw+and+Crompton&d=16&e=62&g=6343559&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1452089205593&enc=1|title=Town population 2011|access-date=6 January 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113145958/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11128366&c=Shaw+and+Crompton&d=16&e=62&g=6343559&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1452089205593&enc=1|archive-date=13 January 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The legacy of its industrial past can be seen in its three surviving cotton mills, all of which are home to large distribution companies, among them is [[Yodel (company)|Yodel]] based at [[Shaw National Distribution Centre]], a major employer in the area.

== History ==

=== Toponymy ===
[[File:Old-crompton-map-1851.jpg|right|thumb|A map of Shaw and Crompton from 1851. Shaw was originally a village in the township of Crompton, but came to dominate the locality, winning preference as the name for the whole area.]]
The name [[Shaw (woodland)|Shaw]] is derived from the [[Old English]] word ''sceaga'', meaning "wood". The name Crompton is also of Old English derivation, from the words ''crom'' or ''crumb'', meaning "bent" or "crooked" and [[List of generic forms in British place names|''ton'']], for "hamlet or village".<ref name="Ballard11-12"/> A local historian stated that "this name aptly describes the appearance of the place, with its uneven surface, its numerous mounds and hills, as though it had been crumpled up to form these ridges".<ref name="Shaw Church1">{{Harvnb|Allen|1985|p=1.}}</ref> The [[University of Nottingham]]'s Institute for Name-Studies has offered the suggestion that the name Crompton means "river-bend settlement",<ref>{{citation| author = University of Nottingham's Institute for Name-Studies| author-link = University of Nottingham| title = Crompton| publisher = nottingham.ac.uk| url = http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/ins/kepn/detailpop.php?placeno=12892| access-date = 17 June 2008| archive-date = 15 August 2021| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210815062146/https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/research.aspx?placeno=12892| url-status = live}}. Retrieved on 15&nbsp;February 2008.</ref> which may reflect Crompton's location on a [[meander]] of the [[River Beal]].

The dual name of both Shaw and Crompton has been said to make the town "distinctive, if not unique",<ref name="Traders69">{{Harvnb|Crompton Urban District Council|1959|p=69.}}</ref> while preference of Shaw over Crompton and vice versa has been (and to a limited extent remains) a minor local controversy and point of confusion.<ref name="Traders69"/><ref name="Ancient Township"/> Today, the single name of Shaw seems to have won preference in the locality.<ref name="Ancient Township">{{Citation |title=An ancient township called Crompton&nbsp;... |newspaper=[[Oldham Evening Chronicle]]|page=8|date=29 February 2008}}</ref>

Shaw was originally a [[Hamlet (place)|hamlet]] and sub-district of Crompton,<ref>{{Harvnb|Hanyes|2004|p=}}</ref> where it appears to have originated as the commercial and [[ecclesiology|ecclesiastic]] centre because of a small chapel sited there dating back to the 16th century.<ref name="Look Crompton">{{Harvnb|Hunt|Stott|1988|p=}}</ref> Before then, Whitfield had been the largest village in Crompton.<ref name="Look Crompton"/> In 1872, Shaw was noted as one of three villages in Crompton.<ref name="Top of England"/> However, due to Shaw's urbanisation following the construction of a major road from [[Werneth, Greater Manchester|Werneth]] to [[Littleborough, Greater Manchester|Littleborough]], and the establishment of a post office sub-district named and situated in Shaw, it came to dominate Crompton.<ref name="Oldham Borough Guide">{{citation |url=http://www.british-publishing.com/Pages/OldhamOG/districts.html |title=Oldham Borough Official Guide; The Borough's Districts |publisher=British-publishing.com |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061120093532/http://www.british-publishing.com/Pages/OldhamOG/districts.html |archive-date=20 November 2006 |df=dmy-all }}. Retrieved on 3&nbsp;April 2007.</ref> Additionally, a separate ecclesiastical parish was created for the township in 1835, which was given the name Shaw because of the church's location on Shaw Moor, in Crompton.<ref name="Ballard53">{{Harvnb|Ballard|1986|p=53.}}</ref> The names merged to form the present day Shaw and Crompton, which boundary markers have used since at least the 1950s.<ref name="Traders69"/>

=== Early history ===
An early type of axe known as a [[palstave]] has been discovered on [[Crompton Moor]], providing evidence of [[Bronze Age Britain|Bronze Age]] human activity.<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=46038 |access-date=1 August 2008}}</ref> It is believed that the area was inhabited by [[Britons (historic)|Ancient Britons]], and that the [[Brigantes]] gave the [[River Beal]] its name. An ancient track, perhaps of [[Ancient Roman|Roman]] origin, crosses the modern Buckstones Road leading to [[Castleshaw Roman fort]] in neighbouring [[Saddleworth]].<ref name="Ballard11-12">{{Harvnb|Ballard|1986|pp=11–12.}}</ref>

In 616 [[Æthelfrith of Northumbria|Æthelfrith of Bernicia]], an [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] king, crossed the [[Pennines]] with an army and passed through [[Manchester]] to defeat the [[Britons (historical)|Britons]] in the [[Battle of Chester]].<ref name="Ballard11-12"/> A wave of [[Angles (tribe)|Anglian]] colonists followed this military conquest and their settlements are identified by the [[Old English language|Old English]] suffix ''ton'' in local place names.<ref name="Ballard11-12"/> [[Royton]], [[Middleton, Greater Manchester|Middleton]], [[Moston, Greater Manchester|Moston]], [[Clayton, Greater Manchester|Clayton]], [[Ashton-under-Lyne|Ashton]] and Crompton are localities northeast of Manchester which may have been founded during that colonisation,<ref name="Ballard11-12"/> suggesting that Crompton as a settlement could date from the 7th century.<ref name="Ballard11-12"/>
[[File:Whitfield Hall.jpg|right|thumb|Whitfield: during the [[Middle Ages]], this cluster of homesteads was owned by the [[Knights Hospitaller]] and was the largest settlement in the area.]]
During [[History of Anglo-Saxon England|Anglo-Saxon England]], it is assumed from [[toponymy|toponymic evidence]] that the [[township (England)|township]] of Crompton formed around a predominantly Anglian community with a few [[Norsemen|Norse]] settlers, and within the extensive [[Salford (Hundred)|Hundred of Salfordshire]].<ref name="Ballard11-12"/> Following the [[Norman conquest of England]], Crompton was part of a vast estate given to [[Roger the Poitevin]].<ref name="Shaw Church1"/> It was unmentioned in the ''[[Domesday Book]]'' of 1086; the first recorded use of the name Crompton for the township was discovered in legal documents relating to [[Cockersand Abbey]] near [[Lancaster, Lancashire|Lancaster]], dating from the early 13th century. The document outlines that Gilbert de Notton, a [[Normans|Norman]] who had acquired the land from [[Roger de Montbegon]], granted his estate to Cockersand Abbey.<ref name="Ballard13">{{Harvnb|Ballard|1986|p=13.}}</ref> The [[Knights Hospitaller]] and [[Whalley Abbey]] held small estates in the township. In 1234, about {{convert|80|acre|ha|0}} of land at Whitfield in Crompton were given to the Hospitallers,<ref name="Ballard14">{{Harvnb|Ballard|1986|p=14.}}</ref> a religious order that provided care for poor, sick or injured pilgrims to the [[Holy Land]]. A medieval cross has been discovered in the ruins of a house at Whitfield.<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=46074|access-date=1 August 2008 }}</ref>

During the [[High Middle Ages]], Crompton was a collection of scattered woods, farmsteads, moorland, swamp and a single [[corn mill]], occupied by a small and close community of families.<ref name="Look Crompton"/><ref name=Ballard28>{{Harvnb|Ballard|1986|p=28.}}</ref> The area was thinly populated and consisted of several dispersed hamlets, including Whitfield, [[High Crompton]], Cowlishaw, Birshaw and Bovebeale (above Beal).<ref name="Lives143">{{Harvnb|Rathbone|2000|p=143.}}</ref> These hamlets were situated above the water-logged valley bottoms and below the exposed high moors.<ref name="Lives143"/> Owing to complicated local arrangements of land tenure, inheritance and absentee landlords, the local lordship was weak and Crompton failed to emerge as a [[Manorialism|manor]] with its own [[Lord of the Manor|lord]] and court.<ref name="Ballard17">{{Harvnb|Ballard|1986|p=17.}}</ref> This slowly facilitated comparative freedoms and independence for the early people of Crompton,<ref name="Ballard17"/> which encouraged the influx of families from the neighbouring [[Rochdale (ancient parish)|parish of Rochdale]], including the [[Buckley (surname)|Buckleys]], [[Clegg (name)|Clegg]]s, Greaves and Milnes.<ref name="Ballard17"/>

During the [[Late Middle Ages]], the Buckley and Crompton families were recorded as the largest landowners in Crompton, owning land and farmsteads at Whitfield and Crompton Fold respectively.<ref name="Ballard19">{{Harvnb|Ballard|1986|p=19.}}</ref> The Crompton family has a well-documented history and can be traced back to the time of [[Magna Carta]], appearing in the Assize Roll for 1245.<ref name="Magee3">{{Harvnb|Magee|1988|p=3.}}</ref> Crompton is indigenous to the township, and first appears as a family name in the 13th century, when the locality's principal landowner, Hugh de la Legh, changed his family name to "de Crompton" (of Crompton), to reflect the estate he possessed. The family owned a large [[historic house]] by the name of [[Crompton Hall]], on the site of Crompton Fold. Crompton Hall first appears in historical records as early as 1442, owned by Thomas de Crompton and his family.<ref name="Ballard19"/> The original "medieval" Crompton Hall was demolished around 1848.<ref name="Ballard19"/> A second Crompton Hall, set in its own prominent forested grounds, was erected by the family—by then an influential and affluent investor in the local cotton industry—but following the death of the last remaining family members, the site was sold and, in 1950, the house was demolished to make way for an exclusive development of [[bungalow]]s.<ref name="Ballard19"/>

Because of the poor soils and rugged terrain, [[Samuel Lewis (publisher)|Samuel Lewis]] said Crompton's inhabitants were "a race of hardy and laborious men".<ref name="Top of England"/> They have also been described as having a reputation for being a "hardy, frugal and somewhat independent breed",<ref name="Ancient Township"/> which has been attributed to the tradition of absentee landlords and self-sustenance in earlier times.<ref name="Ballard17"/> There had been a [[chapel of ease]] at the hamlet of Shaw since at least the early 16th century, but, due to ecclesiastical arrangements for the parish of [[Prestwich-cum-Oldham]], the inhabitants were obliged to contribute money towards [[Oldham Parish Church]], which in turn had obligation to the mother [[Church of St Mary the Virgin, Prestwich|Church of St Mary the Virgin]] at [[Prestwich]].<ref name="Ancient Township"/> On several occasions during the 15th and 16th centuries, the [[Diocese of Chester|Archdeacon of Chester]] had to intervene because Crompton's inhabitants refused to contribute towards holy bread and candles used at Prestwich.<ref name="Ancient Township"/> In 1826, a poll was taken regarding the re-building of Oldham Church. Not one person in Crompton voted in favour of the rebuilding and when a rate was levied to raise money for the new church at [[Oldham]], the people of Crompton refused to pay.<ref name="Ancient Township"/>

=== Textiles and the Industrial Revolution ===
{{further|Textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution|List of mills in Shaw and Crompton}}
[[File:Crompton millscape.png|right|thumb|Following a building boom during the 1860s–1870s, Shaw and Crompton became a [[mill town]], dominated by large rectangular brick-built [[cotton mill]]s.]]
[[File:Dee Mill - Shaw.jpg|right|thumb|Dee Mill was designed by [[Sir Philip Stott, 1st Baronet|Philip Sydney Stott]], and built in 1907. Demolished in 1984, the [[Shaw National Distribution Centre]] now occupies its site.]]

The manufacture of textiles in Crompton can be traced back to 1474, when a lease dated from that year outlines that the occupant of Crompton Park had [[spinning wheel]]s, [[carding|cards]] and [[loom]]s, all of which suggest that cloth was being produced in large quantities.<ref name="Ballard66">{{Harvnb|Ballard|1986|p=66.}}</ref> The upland geography of the area constrained the output of crop growing, and so prior to industrialisation the area was used for grazing sheep, which provided the raw material for a local woollen weaving trade. Wills and inventories from the 15th and 16th centuries suggest most families were involved with small scale [[pasture]], but supplemented their incomes by weaving [[woollen]]s in the [[domestic system]] and selling cloth, [[linen]] and [[fustian]]s to travelling [[chapmen]] for the markets in Manchester and Rochdale.<ref name="Ballard66"/> Despite its remoteness by the [[Pennines]], by the [[Early Modern Britain|Early Modern period]] the domestic system in Crompton had produced relatively wealthy inhabitants.<ref name="Rath146">{{Harvnb|Rathbone|2000|pp=146–147.}}</ref> The most affluent were those involved in cloth and linen, and their wealth was comparable to that of the merchants of Manchester and [[Salford, Greater Manchester|Salford]].<ref name="Rath146"/>

Until the mid-18th century, Crompton's textile sector had been closely linked with that of [[Rochdale]] and [[Saddleworth]] in the north and east; it was a woollen manufacturing district. However, as the demand for [[cotton]] goods increased, Crompton mirrored developments in Oldham and Manchester in the south and southwest, importing raw cotton and making cotton cloth.<ref name="Ballard67">{{Harvnb|Ballard|1986|p=67.}}</ref><ref name="Shaw and Royton Area"/> To ensure that the woollen trade was kept buoyant, a law existed from 1675 to 1814 to encourage Shaw and Crompton's wool production. It required that the deceased were to be buried in woollen garments.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.visitoldham.co.uk/heritage/crompton.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20051221140913/http://www.visitoldham.co.uk/heritage/crompton.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-12-21 |title=Heritage; The Oldham Boroughs; Crompton |publisher=visitoldham.co.uk}}. Retrieved on 22&nbsp;June 2006.</ref>

In the second half of the 18th century, the technology of [[cotton-spinning machinery]] improved, and the need for larger buildings to house bigger, better and more efficient equipment became apparent. The profitability of cotton spinning meant that open land that had been used for farming since antiquity, was utilised for purpose-built [[weavers' cottage]]s.<ref name="Ballard67"/> Larger buildings were still desired, and construction of two [[water power]]ed cotton factories (two or three times the size of a cottage) can be traced to 1782. The construction of more mills followed—ten by 1789—facilitating a process of urbanisation and socioeconomic transformation in the region; the population moved away from farming, adopting employment in the [[factory system]].<ref name="Ballard68">{{Harvnb|Ballard|1986|p=68.}}</ref> The introduction of the factory system led to an increase of the township's population; from 872 in 1714 to 3,500 in 1801, mostly as a result of an influx of people from [[Yorkshire]] and [[Lancashire]] looking for employment in the cotton mills.<ref name="Ballard68"/>

[[Power loom]]s introduced in the early 19th century put an end to the last remnants of the domestic system in Crompton, but not without resistance. Weavers and spinners were paid according to the amount of cloth they produced; independent [[hand loom]] weavers saw a drop in their income, and could not compete with the mechanised mass production that was gathering pace in the township.<ref name="Ballard69">{{Harvnb|Ballard|1986|p=69.}}</ref> [[Luddite]]s rioted in the township in 1826, smashing 24&nbsp;power looms at Clegg's mill at High Crompton in protest against their worsening standard of living.<ref name="Ballard69"/>

Crompton's damp climate provided the ideal conditions for cotton spinning to be carried out without the cotton drying and breaking, and newly developed 19th century mechanisation optimised cotton spinning for mass production for the global market. When suitable land in nearby [[Oldham]] (then the largest and most productive mill town in the world)<ref name="Cotton of Oldham">{{Harvnb|Gurr|Hunt|1998|pp=4–5.}}</ref> had become scarce in the 1860s, there was a mill building boom in Shaw and Crompton, giving rise to the area as major [[mill town]].<ref name="Cotton"/> The local townscape became dominated by distinctive rectangular brick-built mills, and its former villages and hamlets [[Urban agglomeration|agglomerated]] as a single town around these factories.<ref>{{Harvnb|Sellers|1991|p=47.}}</ref> [[Shaw and Crompton railway station]] and a goods yard was opened in 1863, allowing improved transportation of textile goods and raw materials to and from the township.<ref name="Changing Face56">{{Harvnb|Stott|1996|p=56.}}</ref> Neighbouring [[Royton]] had begun to encroach upon the township's southern boundary, forming a continuous urban cotton-spinning district with Oldham, [[Lees, Greater Manchester|Lees]] and [[Chadderton]]—the [[Oldham (UK Parliament constituency)|Oldham parliamentary constituency]]—which was responsible for 13% of the world's cotton production.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.visitoldham.co.uk/heritage/history.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070806150248/http://www.visitoldham.co.uk/heritage/history.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 August 2007 |title=Heritage; The History of Oldham; Oldham History |publisher=visitoldham.co.uk |access-date=26 July 2008}}</ref>

The demand for cheap cotton goods from this area prompted the [[Initial public offering|flotation]] of cotton spinning companies; the investment was followed by the construction of 12 new cotton mills from 1870 and 1900.<ref name="Ballard71">{{Harvnb|Ballard|1986|p=71.}}</ref> In the post-war economic boom of 1919–20, investors did not have the time to build new mills and so were prepared to pay vastly inflated sums for shares in existing companies. Many mills were refloated at valuations of up to £500,000 (£{{formatnum:{{Inflation|UK|500000|1919|r=-4}}|0}} as of {{CURRENTYEAR}}{{Inflation-fn|UK|df=y}}), or five times what they had cost to build before the war,<ref name="Look Crompton"/> resulting in the town being nicknamed "The Golden City" as the scramble for shares intensified.<ref name="Look Crompton"/> Because of this highly profitable share dealing, it was reported in the national press that Shaw and Crompton had more millionaires per capita than any other town in the world.<ref name="Cotton">{{Harvnb|Aspin|1981|p=18.}}</ref><ref name="Changing Face8">{{Harvnb|Stott|1996|p=8.}}</ref><ref name="Shaw Spin Web">{{citation|url=http://www.spinningtheweb.org.uk/a_display.php?irn=239&QueryPage=&lang=|title=Oldham Towns; Shaw|publisher=spinningtheweb.org.uk|author=[[Manchester City Council]]|access-date=7 December 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070314201445/http://www.spinningtheweb.org.uk/a_display.php?irn=239&QueryPage=&lang=|archive-date=14 March 2007}}</ref> The number of cotton mills in the township peaked at 36 in 1920.<ref name="Shaw Spin Web"/>

Supplies of raw cotton from the United States were cut during the [[Lancashire Cotton Famine]] of [[American Civil War|1861–1865]], leading to the formation of the Crompton [[Local Board of Health]] in 1863, whose purpose was to ensure social security and maintain hygiene and sanitation in the locality.<ref name="Ballard73">{{Harvnb|Ballard|1986|p=73.}}</ref> The [[Great Depression in the United Kingdom|Great Depression]], and First and Second World Wars each contributed to periods of economic decline in Shaw and Crompton. Although the industry endured, as imports of cheaper foreign [[yarn]]s increased during the mid-20th century, Shaw and Crompton's textile sector declined gradually to a halt; said to have over-relied upon the textile sector,<ref name="Traders71">{{Harvnb|Crompton Urban District Council|1959|p=71.}}</ref> cotton spinning reduced in the 1960s and 1970s, and by the early 1980s only four mills were operational.<ref name="Ballard72">{{Harvnb|Ballard|1986|p=72.}}</ref> In spite of efforts to increase the efficiency and competitiveness of its production, the final cotton was spun in Shaw and Crompton in 1989, in Lilac and Park mills.<ref name="Oldham Borough Guide"/> Of the [[List of mills in Shaw and Crompton|48 cotton mills]] that have occupied Shaw and Crompton, only three are still standing, all of which are now used as distribution centres.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}

=== Post-industrial history ===
[[File:Alfred street - Shaw and Crompton.jpg|right|thumb|Alfred Street is an [[Edwardian era|Edwardian]] [[terrace house|terraced]] street. Around a third of Shaw and Crompton's property is terraced, reflecting the area's history as a [[mill town]].]]
Since [[deindustrialisation]], Shaw and Crompton's population has continued to grow as a result of intensive housing expansion and redevelopment which has modernised much of its former [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] and [[Edwardian architecture|Edwardian]] [[terraced housing]] districts. The town has 9,274 residential dwellings, of which one third are Victorian or Edwardian [[Terraced house|terraces]],<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=5941609&c=shaw&d=14&e=15&g=352796&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=49 |title=Shaw (Ward);Household Spaces and Accommodation Type (KS16) |author=United Kingdom Census 2001 |publisher=neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk |access-date=3 April 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080305011638/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=5941609&c=shaw&d=14&e=15&g=352796&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=49 |archive-date=5 March 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{citation |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=5941621&c=crompton&d=14&e=15&g=352364&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=49 |title=Crompton (Ward);Household Spaces and Accommodation Type (KS16) |author=United Kingdom Census 2001 |publisher=neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk |access-date=3 April 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080305011654/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=5941621&c=crompton&d=14&e=15&g=352364&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=49 |archive-date=5 March 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> built for the cotton mill workers of former times. It is considered a popular residential area of relative prosperity,<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.gmp.police.uk/division12/pages/royton.htm |title=Description of Royton & Shaw|author=[[Greater Manchester Police]]|date=1 January 2006|publisher=gmp.police.uk|access-date=15 December 2006 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071103214049/http://www.gmp.police.uk/division12/pages/royton.htm |archive-date = 3 November 2007}}</ref> with a variety of housing types.<ref name="Spotlight">{{citation|url=http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/homesearch/latest/whereyoulive/s/59/59014_spotlight_on_shaw_oldham.html |title=Spotlight on Shaw, Oldham |publisher=manchesteronline.co.uk |author=Homesearch |date=21 May 2003 |access-date=3 April 2007|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070307114134/http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/homesearch/latest/whereyoulive/s/59/59014_spotlight_on_shaw_oldham.html |archive-date = 7 March 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Buckstones and [[Rushcroft]] areas contain modern housing estates and are amongst the most affluent suburbs of the town. They were built as part of an agreement made in the 1950s between the then [[Crompton Urban District]] and the [[County Borough of Oldham]] councils, to alleviate Oldham's chronic shortage of quality housing.<ref name="Traders13">{{Harvnb|Crompton Urban District Council|1959|p=13.}}</ref> The town has subsequently been described as having "good community spirit and relative prosperity, which, in turn, create popular residential areas".<ref name="Spotlight"/>

Shaw and Crompton has been used as a filming location for domestic films and television programmes, including ''[[The Parole Officer]]'', ''[[Common As Muck]]'', ''[[Scott & Bailey]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/news-features/8/news-headlines/53539/chronicle-helps-our-suranne-crack-crime|publisher=oldham-chronicle.co.uk|work=[[Oldham Evening Chronicle]]|date=4 March 2011|access-date=29 May 2011|title=Chronicle helps our Suranne crack crime&#124;|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222154719/http://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/news-features/8/news-headlines/53539/chronicle-helps-our-suranne-crack-crime|archive-date=22 February 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and ''The Fred Dibnah Story'', the latter of which documented [[Fred Dibnah]]'s demolition of the [[List of mills in Shaw and Crompton#A–E|Briar and Cape]] mill chimneys.<ref>{{citation
 | title=The Fred Dibnah Story
 | medium=TV Series
 | location=Shaw and Crompton
 | year=1986}}</ref> The town entered the national media in 2010, 2011 and 2012; for the [[kidnapping of Sahil Saeed]], the mugging and death of Nellie Geraghty (which featured on ''[[Crimewatch]]''),<ref>{{citation|url=http://oldham-chronicle.co.uk/news-features/8/news/65675/crimewatch|title=Crimewatch|last=Jones|first=Lewis|publisher=oldham-chronicle.co.uk|work=[[Oldham Evening Chronicle]]|access-date=29 June 2012|date=19 January 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113145959/http://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/news-features/8/news/65675/crimewatch|archive-date=13 January 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and the [[2012 Oldham explosion|explosion of a house in Buckley Street]] respectively.<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-18594635|title=Oldham explosion: Child dies as house 'completely flattened'|work=BBC News|access-date=29 June 2012|date=26 June 2012|archive-date=29 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629014529/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-18594635|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Shaw and Crompton Metrolink station]] opened as part of Greater Manchester's light-rail [[Manchester Metrolink|Metrolink]] network on 16 December 2012.<ref name=shawopen/><ref name=boost/>

[[File:LittlewoodsNDC1.jpg|right|thumb|Shaw National Distribution Centre: a major employer of the local and wider communities]]
From the 18th century onwards, Shaw and Crompton's [[economy]] was closely tied with that of Britain's [[textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution]], particularly the cotton spinning sector.<ref>{{Harvnb|Crompton Urban District Council|1959|p=15.}}</ref>

Until the 1990s, Shaw and Crompton was the home of [[Osram]], the multinational lightbulb manufacturer, which occupied Duke Mill and was a significant employer in the area.<ref name="coming"/> Production has since been moved away from the United Kingdom. [[Warburtons]] had one of its 11 major bakeries in Shaw and Crompton from 1965 to January 2012.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.warburtons.presscentre.com/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=110254&NewsAreaID=111 |title=Warburtons Bakeries; North West; Pennine |publisher=Warburtons Virtual Press Office |access-date=3 April 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050609090131/http://www.warburtons.presscentre.com/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=110254&NewsAreaID=111 |archive-date = 9 June 2005}}</ref> The "Pennine" bakery produced around 500,000&nbsp;loaves a week and distributed them to major multiples and independent retailers throughout Greater Manchester, [[Cheshire]], and [[Derbyshire]]. Located on Glebe Street, it employed around 200&nbsp;staff and produced a wide range of Warburtons bread products. In August 2012 the building was bought by UDUNK who propose to redevelop the building as commercial units for up to 6 businesses.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/news-features/8/news-headlines/74196/six-businesses-to-earn-a-crust-at-former-bakery-site|title=Six businesses to earn a crust at former bakery site|author=Helen Korn|publisher=[[Oldham Evening Chronicle|oldham-chronicle.co.uk]]|date=12 October 2012|access-date=12 October 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014201309/http://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/news-features/8/news-headlines/74196/six-businesses-to-earn-a-crust-at-former-bakery-site|archive-date=14 October 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Until the early 2020s Shaw and Crompton was home to [[Shop Direct Group]]'s [[Shaw National Distribution Centre]], which was one of the UK's largest warehouse distribution centres.<ref name="Woolworths">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2009/feb/02/woolworths-online-shop-direct|title=Woolworths lives again as online brand|date=2 February 2009|access-date=2 February 2009|publisher=Guardian News and Media|last=Bowers|first=Simon|location=London|work=guardian.co.uk|archive-date=13 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113145958/http://www.theguardian.com/business/2009/feb/02/woolworths-online-shop-direct|url-status=live}}</ref> The company occupied three former cotton mills and state-of-the-art purpose-built storage and sorting facilities on a {{convert|20|acre|ha|1|adj=on}} complex within the town. In 2007, the site became the retail company's only packing and distribution centre for non-bulk items.<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2006/may/09/money|title=Littlewoods sheds 1,200 staff|last1=Tran|first1=Mark|last2=agencies|publisher=Guardian News and Media|date=9 May 2006|access-date=3 April 2007|location=London|work=guardian.co.uk|archive-date=22 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140922071525/http://www.theguardian.com/business/2006/may/09/money|url-status=live}}</ref> At its peak it employed nearly 1,000 staff, making it the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham's largest private employer.<ref>{{citation|url=http://menmedia.co.uk/oldhamadvertiser/news/s/520185_littlewoods_pledges_400_new_jobs_|title=Littlewoods pledges 400 new jobs|publisher=M.E.N. Media|date=22 November 2006|access-date=3 April 2007|work=Oldham Advertiser|archive-date=25 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325021234/http://menmedia.co.uk/oldhamadvertiser/news/s/520185_littlewoods_pledges_400_new_jobs_|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Governance ==
[[File:Shaw and Crompton Emblem.svg|thumb|right|This emblem, introduced in 1987, is found at the parish border markers of Shaw and Crompton, as well as on some street furniture.]]
Crompton was recorded in 1212 as being one of the five parts of the [[thegn]]age estate of Kaskenmoor, which was held on behalf of [[John, King of England|King John]] by [[Roger de Montbegon]] and William de Nevill.<ref name="County of Lanc"/> The other parts of this estate were [[Glodwick]], [[Sholver]], [[Oldham]], and [[Werneth, Greater Manchester|Werneth]], names and places still familiar today.<ref name="Ballard13"/> Crompton would later form a [[township (England)|township]] within the ancient ecclesiastical parish of [[Prestwich-cum-Oldham]], in the [[Salford (hundred)|hundred of Salford]].<ref name="County of Lanc"/> Throughout the [[Middle Ages]], local men acted as [[juror]]s and [[constable]]s for the purposes of upholding law and order in the township.<ref name="Ballard24">{{Harvnb|Ballard|1986|p=24.}}</ref>

Following the [[Poor Law Amendment Act 1834]], Crompton formed part of the Oldham [[Poor Law Union]], an inter-parish unit established to provide [[social security]].<ref name="GM Gazetteer"/> Crompton's first [[local authority]] was a [[Local board of health]] established in 1863;<ref name="GM Gazetteer"/> Established with reference to the [[Local Government Act 1858]], Crompton Local Board of Health was a regulatory body responsible for standards of hygiene and sanitation in the township.<ref name="Ballard73"/> Following the [[Local Government Act 1894]], the area of the Local Board became the [[Crompton Urban District]], a local government district within the [[Administrative counties of England|administrative county]] of Lancashire.<ref name="GM Gazetteer"/><ref>{{citation|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit_page.jsp?u_id=10137007|title=Crompton UD through time. Census tables with data for the Local Government District|author=Great Britain Historical GIS Project|access-date=15 June 2007|year=2004|work=A vision of Britain through time|publisher=University of Portsmouth|archive-date=30 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930201615/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit_page.jsp?u_id=10137007|url-status=live}}</ref> The urban district council was based out of Shaw/Crompton Town Hall, which opened on 28 December 1894.<ref>{{Harvnb|Crompton Urban District Council|1959|p=27.}}</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Stott|1996|p=12.}}</ref>

Under the [[Local Government Act 1972]], the towns [[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|urban district]] status was abolished and the area has, since 1 April 1974, formed part of the [[Metropolitan Borough of Oldham]], a local government district of the [[metropolitan county]] of [[Greater Manchester]].<ref name="GM Gazetteer"/><ref>HMSO. [[Local Government Act 1972]]. 1972 c.70.</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Local Government in England and Wales. A guide to the New System.|year=1974|publisher=[[Her Majesty's Stationery Office]]|location=London|isbn=0-11-750847-0|page=15}}</ref>  A [[civil parish]] of Crompton was formed in April 1987<ref>{{cite web|title=The Oldham (Parish of Crompton) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/2196)|url=http://www.lgbce.org.uk/__documents/lgbce/research/parish-orders-from-x-drive/oldham-parish-of-crompton-order-1986.pdf|publisher=Local Government Boundary Commission for England|access-date=11 June 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203032837/http://www.lgbce.org.uk/__documents/lgbce/research/parish-orders-from-x-drive/oldham-parish-of-crompton-order-1986.pdf|archive-date=3 December 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and renamed to "Shaw and Crompton" in July 1987.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bulletin of Changes of Local Authority Status, Names and Areas, 1st April 1987–31st March 1988 |url=http://www.lgbce.org.uk/__documents/records-and-resources/bulletins-published-by-dclg/change---bulletin-1987-1988.pdf |publisher=Department of the Environment |access-date=11 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203033524/http://www.lgbce.org.uk/__documents/records-and-resources/bulletins-published-by-dclg/change---bulletin-1987-1988.pdf |archive-date=3 December 2013 |df=dmy }}</ref>  The civil parish has its own [[Parish councils in England|parish council]], giving it some limited local government autonomy from that of the wider Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, and including the status as a statutory consultee on local [[planning permission|planning applications]].<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.oldham.gov.uk/council/councillors.htm|title=Know Your Councillors|author=Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council|publisher=oldham.gov.uk|access-date=7 July 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701162235/http://www.oldham.gov.uk/council/councillors.htm <!--Added by H3llBot-->|archive-date=1 July 2007}}</ref> The council comprises 14 locally elected members and is consulted in planning applications that affect the area through the Shaw and Crompton area Committee of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council.<ref name="Shaw and Royton Area">{{citation|url=http://www.oldham.gov.uk/shaw___royton_area_plan_-_april_04b.pdf |title=Shaw and Royton Area Plan |publisher=oldham.gov.uk |author=Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council |date=January 2004 |access-date=21 June 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060725160239/http://www.oldham.gov.uk/shaw___royton_area_plan_-_april_04b.pdf |archive-date=25 July 2006 }}</ref> Shaw and Crompton (Community Forum)[[Community Council]], a separate body, meets at least four times per year and is designed to allow local people to put forward their priorities for the area in which they live, suggest improvements and have their say on how services are run on a local basis.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.oldham.gov.uk/council/community-councils.htm |title=Community Councils|publisher=oldham.gov.uk|author=Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council|access-date=9 June 2009 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080308095208/http://www.oldham.gov.uk/council/community-councils.htm|archive-date=8 March 2008 }}</ref> Shaw and Crompton does not have a [[mayor]], but does have a Chair of Council who performs ceremonial duties, charitable and chairing duties of the council. The Parish Council also has a [[town crier]] who jointly with the Chair performs ceremonial duties in and around the parish area and is a purely ceremonial role. Shaw and Crompton is one of only a few parishes of England that still observes the ancient custom of [[Beating the bounds]].<ref name="Traders9">{{Harvnb|Crompton Urban District Council|1959|p=9.}}</ref><ref name="Ballard63">{{Harvnb|Ballard|1986|p=63.}}</ref> Originally an annual event, it now takes place every seven years.<ref name="Ballard77">{{Harvnb|Ballard|1986|p=77.}}</ref>

In terms of parliamentary representation, Shaw and Crompton after the [[Reform Act 1832]] was represented as part of the [[Oldham (UK Parliament constituency)|Oldham parliamentary borough constituency]], of which the first Members of Parliaments (MPs) were the [[Radicalism (historical)|radicals]] [[William Cobbett]] and [[John Fielden]].<ref name="Vision of Oldham">{{citation|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/entry_page.jsp?text_id=972920&word=NULL|publisher=University of Portsmouth|author=Great Britain Historical GIS Project|title=Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Oldham|access-date=2 November 2007|year=2004|work=A vision of Britain through time|archive-date=14 November 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114181301/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/entry_page.jsp?text_id=972920&word=NULL|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Winston Churchill]] was the MP between 1900 and 1906.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.winstonchurchill.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=710 |title=Churchill and&nbsp;... Politics; All the Elections Churchill Ever Contested|author=The Churchill Centre|publisher=winstonchurchill.org|access-date=9 June 2009 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071209222340/http://www.winstonchurchill.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=710 |archive-date = 9 December 2007}}</ref> Churchill once stayed at [[Crompton Hall]], and letters written by him describe how peaceful and tranquil he thought the area to be.<ref>{{Citation | last =Greer|first=Stuart|title=More housing will make lives a misery|newspaper=[[Oldham Advertiser]]|page=24|date=15 June 2006}}</ref> Constituency boundaries changed during the 20th century; from 1885 to 1918 Shaw and Crompton lay within [[Prestwich (UK Parliament constituency)|Prestwich constituency]], from 1918 to 1950 in [[Royton (UK Parliament constituency)|Royton constituency]], from 1950 until 1983 in [[Heywood and Royton (UK Parliament constituency)|Heywood and Royton constituency]], and from 1983 to 1997 in [[Littleborough and Saddleworth (UK Parliament constituency)|Littleborough and Saddleworth constituency]].<ref name="Traders17">{{Harvnb|Crompton Urban District Council|1959|p=17.}}</ref> Since 1997, Shaw and Crompton has lain within the parliamentary constituency of [[Oldham East and Saddleworth (UK Parliament constituency)|Oldham East and Saddleworth]], and is represented in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] by [[Debbie Abrahams]], a member of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]].<ref>{{citation |title=Oldham East and Saddleworth |publisher=Guardian.co.uk |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/constituency/1206/oldham-east-and-saddleworth |access-date=21 January 2011 |location=London |archive-date=6 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006191100/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/constituency/1206/oldham-east-and-saddleworth |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Geography ==
{{further|Geography of Greater Manchester}}
[[File:ShawPan.jpg|thumb|right|300px|View of Shaw and Crompton from above Pingot Quarry by [[Crompton Moor]]. Shaw is in the foreground with [[Oldham]] over the hill to the left, [[Royton]] is centre-right with [[Manchester]] in the distance.]]
At {{coord|53|34|39|N|2|5|32|W|type:city}} (53.5777°, −2.0928°) Shaw and Crompton lies along the eastern edge of the ancient Lancashire border; [[Saddleworth]] and the [[Pennines]] are close to the east. The larger towns of [[Rochdale]] and Oldham lie to the northwest and south respectively; [[Royton]] is {{convert|1.2|mi|km|1}} west-southwest. There are no [[List of motorways in the United Kingdom|motorways]] in Shaw and Crompton, though a light rail line bisects the town from north to south.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.gmpte.com/content.cfm?subcategory_id=3367920 |title=Park & Ride – Shaw and Crompton rail station |author=[[Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive]] |publisher=gmpte.com |access-date=3 July 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060511190505/http://www.gmpte.com/content.cfm?subcategory_id=3367920 |archive-date=11 May 2006 }}</ref> The town has a [[post office]] under the [[OL postcode area|Oldham post town]]. The territory of the civil parish is given as {{convert|4.5|sqmi|km2|1}}. For purposes of the [[Office for National Statistics]], Shaw and Crompton forms part of the [[Greater Manchester Urban Area]],<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/census2001/ks_urban_north_part_5.pdf |title=Census 2001:Key Statistics for urban areas in the North; Map 3 |author=[[Office for National Statistics]] |publisher=statistics.gov.uk |access-date=9 July 2007 |year=2001 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070109141715/http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/census2001/ks_urban_north_part_5.pdf |archive-date=9 January 2007 }}</ref> with [[Manchester city centre]] itself {{convert|8.7|mi|km|1}} southwest of Shaw and Crompton.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}

Described in [[Samuel Lewis (publisher)|Samuel Lewis]]'s ''A Topographical Dictionary of England'' (1848) as located in "a bleak situation",<ref name="Top of England">{{Harvnb|Lewis|1848|pp=729–733.}}</ref> Shaw and Crompton is in the valley of the [[River Beal]], which runs northward through the town towards the village of [[Newhey]]. The land to the east of the town steadily rises, reaching a height of {{convert|1283|ft|m|0}} at the summit of [[Crompton Moor]]. To the west, the land reaches around {{convert|699|ft|m|0}} at [[High Crompton]] and {{convert|825|ft|m|0}} at Whitfield, and from these highpoints the surface slopes away in all directions.<ref name="Lives143"/> The [[River Irk]] rises on Shaw and Crompton's western boundary with [[Royton]].<ref name="County of Lanc">{{Harvnb|Brownbill|Farrer|1911|pp=108–112.}}</ref> The [[geology]] is represented by [[carboniferous]] [[coal measure]]s.<ref name="Lives143"/> The soils of the town are broadly sterile,<ref name="Top of England"/> the poorest being in the upland [[moorland|moors]].<ref name="Lives143"/> [[Rainfall]] rises steadily from the [[Cheshire Plain]] in a northeasterly direction, and totals are between {{convert|51|in|mm|0}} to {{convert|67|in|mm|0}} a year in Shaw and Crompton, which is well above the UK average of  {{convert|45.4|in|mm|0}} and compares to about {{convert|33|in|mm|0}} a year at [[Ringway, Greater Manchester|Ringway]].<ref name="Lives143"/>
{{Geographic location
|title     = '''Neighbouring towns, villages and places.'''
|Northwest = [[Rochdale]]
|North     = [[Newhey]]
|Northeast = [[Denshaw]]
|West      = [[Thornham, Greater Manchester|Thornham]]
|Centre    = Shaw and Crompton
|East      = [[Delph]]
|Southwest = [[Royton]]
|South     = [[Oldham]]
|Southeast = [[Sholver]]
}}

Shaw and Crompton's [[built environment]] is similar to the [[urban structure]] of most [[List of towns in England|towns in England]], consisting of residential dwellings centred on a [[High Street]] in the [[town centre]], which is the local centre of commerce.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.oldham.gov.uk/shaw_and_crompton_tc_masterplan_oct06.pdf |title=Shaw and Crompton Town Centre Masterplan |author=[[Ordnance Survey]] |publisher=Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council |year=2006 |access-date=3 July 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928030221/http://www.oldham.gov.uk/shaw_and_crompton_tc_masterplan_oct06.pdf |archive-date=28 September 2007 }}</ref> There is a mixture of low-density [[urban areas]], [[suburb]]s, semi-rural and [[rural]] locations in Shaw and Crompton, but overwhelmingly the [[land use]] in the town is residential; industrial areas and [[terraced house]]s give way to suburbs and rural greenery as the land rises out of the town.<ref>{{Citation |title=Many faces of Shaw|newspaper=[[Oldham Evening Chronicle]]|page=22|date=7 May 2008}}</ref> Generally, property in the centre, west, and south of the town is older and smaller in comparison to that found in the east and north.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}

Shaw and Crompton is divided into two [[Ward (politics)|political wards]], named "Shaw" and "Crompton" (to the east and west respectively).<ref>{{citation|url=http://geoplanning.oldham.gov.uk/gis/map.aspx?ACTION=PLANNING |title=Interactive Planning Map |publisher=oldham.gov.uk |author=Oldham Council |access-date=30 July 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080308095128/http://geoplanning.oldham.gov.uk/gis/map.aspx?ACTION=PLANNING |archive-date=8 March 2008 }}</ref>

== Demography ==
{{update|section|date=August 2021}}
{{further|Demographics of Greater Manchester}}
{| id="toc" style="float: right; margin-left: 2em; width: 40%; font-size: 90%;" cellspacing="3"
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!colspan="3"|'''Shaw and Crompton compared'''
|-
|'''[[United Kingdom Census 2001|UK Census 2001]]'''||'''Shaw and Crompton'''||'''[[Metropolitan Borough of Oldham|Oldham (Met. District)]]'''||'''England'''
|-
|Total population||21,721||217,273||49,138,831
|-
|Foreign born||3.2%||8.2%||9.2%
|-
|White||96%||86%||91%
|-
|Asian||2.0%||12%||4.6%
|-
|Black||0.3%||0.6%||2.3%
|-
|Christian||84%||73%||72%
|-
|Muslim||1.7%||11%||3.1%
|-
|Hindu||0.2%||0.1%||1.1%
|-
|No religion||6.8%||8.9%||15%
|-
|Over 65 years old||15%||14%||16%
|-
|Unemployed||2.4%||3.7%||3.3%
|}

According to [[census]] data, in 2001 Shaw and Crompton had a total resident population of 21,721,<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadAreaSearch.do?a=7&c=Shaw+and+Crompton&d=141&i=1001&m=0&enc=1&areaSearchText=Shaw+and+Crompton&areaSearchType=16&extendedList=true&searchAreas=Search |title=Shaw and Crompton CP (Parish) |author=United Kingdom Census 2001 |publisher=neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk |access-date=18 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080305011625/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadAreaSearch.do?a=7&c=Shaw+and+Crompton&d=141&i=1001&m=0&enc=1&areaSearchText=Shaw+and+Crompton&areaSearchType=16&extendedList=true&searchAreas=Search |archive-date=5 March 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> with a [[population density]] of around 4,692 people per square mile (1,811&nbsp;per&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), and an average age of 39.<ref name="Shaw ward">{{citation |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=5941609&c=Shaw&d=14&e=16&g=352796&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=789 |title=Shaw (Ward) |author=United Kingdom Census 2001 |publisher=neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk |access-date=3 April 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080305011632/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=5941609&c=Shaw&d=14&e=16&g=352796&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=789 |archive-date=5 March 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="Crompton ward">{{citation |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=5941621&c=Crompton&d=14&e=16&g=352364&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=789 |title=Crompton (Ward) |author=United Kingdom Census 2001 |publisher=neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk |access-date=3 April 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080305011642/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=5941621&c=Crompton&d=14&e=16&g=352364&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=789 |archive-date=5 March 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>  Around 3% of Shaw and Crompton's population is from a [[Minority group|black and minority ethnic]] background (which includes a small but long established community of [[Bangladesh]]i heritage), the rest broadly being of [[White British|white]] background.<ref name="Shaw and Royton Area"/>

Of the residents in the combined electoral wards of Shaw<ref name="Shaw ward"/> and Crompton<ref name="Crompton ward"/> (which are coterminous with the town) 41.7% were married, 9.2% were [[Cohabitation|cohabiting]] couples, and 9.7% were lone parent families. Forty percent of households were made up of individuals, and 14% had someone living alone at [[pension]]able age.

The [[Ethnic groups of the United Kingdom|ethnicity]] of the town was given as 96% white, 0.5% [[Multiracial|mixed race]], 2.0% Asian, 0.3% black and 0.2% Chinese or other.

The place of birth of the town's residents was 96.8% United Kingdom (including 95.13% from England), 0.6% [[Republic of Ireland]], 0.5% from other [[European Union]] countries, and 2.1% from elsewhere in the world. Religion was recorded as 84% Christian, 1.7% Muslim, 0.2% Hindu, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.1% Jewish and <0.1% Sikh. Some 6.8% were recorded as having no religion, 0.1% had an alternative religion, and 5.6% did not state their religion.

The economic activity of residents aged 16–74 was 45% in full-time employment, 12% in part-time employment, 7% self-employed, 2.4% unemployed, 2% students with jobs, 3% students without jobs, 13% retired, 4% looking after home or family, 7% permanently sick or disabled, and 2% economically inactive for other reasons. This was roughly in line with the national figures. Of the town's residents aged 16–74, 15% had a [[higher education]] qualification or the equivalent, compared with 20% nationwide.

Below is a table outlining population growth of the area since 1901. Earlier records show that the area had a population of 872 in 1714.<ref>{{Harvnb|Stott|1996|p=4.}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width:70%; border:0; text-align:center; line-height:120%;"
|-
!  style="background:#9cc; color:navy; height:17px;"| Year
! style="background:#fff; color:navy;"| 1901
! style="background:#fff; color:navy;"| 1911
! style="background:#fff; color:navy;"| 1921
! style="background:#fff; color:navy;"| 1931
! style="background:#fff; color:navy;"| 1939
! style="background:#fff; color:navy;"| 1951
! style="background:#fff; color:navy;"| 1961
! style="background:#fff; color:navy;"| 1971
! style="background:#fff; color:navy;"| 1991
! style="background:#fff; color:navy;"| 2001
! style="background:#fff; color:navy;"| 2011
! style="background:#fff; color:navy;"| 2021
|- style="text-align:center;"
!  style="background:#9cc; color:navy; height:17px;"| Population
| style="background:#fff; color:black;"| 13,427
| style="background:#fff; color:black;"| 14,750
| style="background:#fff; color:black;"| 14,917
| style="background:#fff; color:black;"| 14,764
| style="background:#fff; color:black;"| 12,796
| style="background:#fff; color:black;"| 12,559
| style="background:#fff; color:black;"| 12,708
| style="background:#fff; color:black;"| 17,026
| style="background:#fff; color:black;"| 21,093
| style="background:#fff; color:black;"| 21,721
| style="background:#fff; color:black;"| 21,065
| style="background:#fff; color:black;"| 20,374
|-
| colspan="15" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%;"|<small>'''Source:'''[[Great Britain Historical GIS|A Vision of Britain through Time]]</small><ref>{{citation|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10137007/cube/TOT_POP|title=Crompton UD: Total Population|access-date=16 February 2014|author=[[Great Britain Historical GIS]]|publisher=visionofbritain.org.uk|archive-date=13 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113145958/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10137007/cube/TOT_POP|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Stott|1996|p=9.}}</ref><ref>{{citation|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/northwestengland/admin/oldham_/E04012153__shaw_and_crompton/|title=Shaw and Crompton (Parish, United Kingdom) with population statistics, charts, map and location|access-date=5 June 2023|publisher=citypopulation.de}}</ref>
|}

== Economy ==
Shaw and Crompton has been a base for distribution companies as a result of the town's good transport links, its supply of large, disused mill properties, and its situation between Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Lancashire, and West Yorkshire.<ref name="Oldham Borough Guide"/>  The [[N Brown Group]],<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.nbrown.co.uk/contact/pdf/shawmap.pdf |publisher=nbrown.co.uk |access-date=16 March 2010 |title=Directions to Fulfilment Logistics Centre |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070818144641/http://www.nbrown.co.uk/contact/pdf/shawmap.pdf |archive-date=18 August 2007 }}</ref> and children's toy distributors Toy Options have distribution centres in the town.

Trent Mill Industrial Estate, on the edge of the town near [[Rushcroft]], takes its name from the mill that was once there. The [[business park]] is home to several small industrial companies. It was partially destroyed by a fire that started in a plastics factory in the early hours of 28 April 2007.<ref>{{citation|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/6602739.stm|title=Firefighters tackle factory blaze|date=28 April 2007|access-date=28 April 2007|work=BBC News|archive-date=15 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815062145/https://secure-uk.imrworldwide.com/cgi-bin/m?rnd=1629008504999&ci=bbc&cg=0&sr=1600x1000&ts=v51.js&cd=24&lg=en-US&je=n&ck=y&tz=0&ct=&hp=&tl=BBC%20NEWS%20%7C%20UK%20%7C%20England%20%7C%20Manchester%20%7C%20Firefighters%20tackle%20factory%20blaze&si=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F2%2Fhi%2Fuk_news%2Fengland%2Fmanchester%2F6602739.stm&rp=|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{citation|url=http://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/NEWSM03.html|title=Inferno wrecks plastics factory|author1=Hooton, Richard|author2=Torr, Martyn|name-list-style=amp|publisher=[[Oldham Evening Chronicle|oldham-chronicle.co.uk]]|date=30 April 2007|access-date=30 April 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070428052839/http://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/NEWSM03.html|archive-date=28 April 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

On 6 August 2007, a {{convert|35000|sqft|m2|0|adj=on}} [[Asda]] supermarket opened on the site of the former Dawn Mill.<ref name="ASDA">{{Citation|title=Green store shooting up|newspaper=[[Oldham Evening Chronicle]]|page=25|date=24 April 2007}}</ref> A derelict row of houses on Eastway was demolished as part of this development. Two houses on Greenfield Lane were also demolished, allowing the existing [[ALDI]] store to expand—possibly to help it to compete with the new ASDA store. The original planning application was put to a public vote in 2005, and included proposals for 316 parking spaces, improved bus facilities, pedestrian routes linked to Market Street, junction improvements to nearby streets, and the relocation of a local tyre-fitting company.<ref>{{citation |title = ASDA Shaw – Your views count | publisher = Dialogue|date=February 2005}}</ref> The supermarket cost £20&nbsp;million to construct, and is the first ASDA store in the United Kingdom to use [[environmentally friendly]] construction techniques, which [[Wal-Mart]] intends to use as a blueprint for all its new ASDA supermarkets.<ref name="ASDA"/> It incorporates a [[Sustainable forestry|sustainable timber]] frame and an [[Energy conservation|energy-saving]] ventilation system, which together have eradicated the need for 500&nbsp;tonnes of steel and 450&nbsp;tonnes of carbon emissions.<ref name="ASDA"/>

== Landmarks ==
[[File:Crompton War Memorial.jpg|right|thumb|Crompton War Memorial]]
[[File:Shaw and Crompton Beacon.jpg|right|upright|thumb|The Shaw and Crompton Beacon]]
[[File:Pingot Quarry Waterfall.jpg|upright|right|thumb|[[Crompton Moor]] features an unnamed [[waterfall]].]]
[[File:BigLamp.jpg|upright|right|thumb|The current Big Lamp. [[Crompton Moor]] can be seen in the background.]]

=== War memorials ===
The main Crompton War Memorial, located on the High Street, consists of a [[Granite|Scottish granite]] plinth surmounted by a large bronze statue flanked by two Rolls of Honour containing the 346&nbsp;names of those from Shaw and Crompton who fought and died in the [[First World War]]. Panels listing the Roll of Honour from the [[Second World War]] were added and unveiled on 12 November 1950 by Councillor H. M. Turner.<ref name="Crompton War Memorial">{{citation |url=http://www.pmsa.org.uk/pmsa-database/4353/ |title=Crompton War Memorial |author=[[Public Monuments and Sculpture Association]] |date=16 June 2003 |publisher=pmsa.cch.kcl.ac.uk |access-date=3 April 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222095305/http://www.pmsa.org.uk/pmsa-database/4353/ |archive-date=22 February 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Commissioned by the Crompton War Memorial Committee, the statue was conceptualised in 1919 by [[Richard Reginald Goulden]], and unveiled on 29 April 1923 by [[Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton|General Sir Ian Hamilton]]. The original cost for the memorial alone was £4,000, but the total cost, including site and layout, was about £6,067.<ref name="Crompton War Memorial"/>

The inscription on the memorial reads:

{{center|''In memory of the men of Crompton who fought and gave their lives to free mankind from the oppression and brutal tyranny of war. 1914–1919.''}}

The symbolic memorial depicts a group in which the central figure is a man defending the future generations, represented by young children, against foreign aggression, represented by a beast. The memorial is also a time capsule. Inside it is a lead casket containing coins, a copy of the local newspaper, three cops of spun cotton, and a length of cloth manufactured in the local area.<ref name="Changing Face16">{{Harvnb|Stott|1996|p=16.}}</ref>

A second, smaller war memorial is located in Jubilee Gardens. It is dedicated to the soldiers who fought in the [[Second Boer War]]. It consists of a plaque built into a stone wall that is located between two large bushes.

Its inscription reads:
{{center|''In memory of the Crompton men who lost their lives in the South African war 1899–1902''}}

It then lists eight men: four who were "killed in action", two who "died of wounds", and two who "died of disease".<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.roll-of-honour.org/Lancashire/ShawBoer.html|title=Crompton South African War Memorial|publisher=roll-of-honour.org|access-date=20 June 2007|archive-date=29 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929061655/http://www.roll-of-honour.org/Lancashire/ShawBoer.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Shaw and Crompton Beacon===
In 1995, to mark the 50th anniversary of the ending of the Second World War, a landmark known as the Shaw and Crompton Beacon was erected in Jubilee Gardens.

The inscription on the plaque below the beacon reads:
{{center|''The Shaw and Crompton beacon<br />erected by the Parish Council in 1995 to<br />commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of<br />the ending of World War Two<br /><small>this plaque was presented by members of the British Legion</small>''}}

=== Crompton Moor ===
Spanning approximately {{convert|160|acre|km2|1}}, and reaching an elevation of {{convert|1282|ft|m|0}}, [[Crompton Moor]] is one of the largest open spaces run by Oldham Countryside Service.<ref name="Fourmost">{{Citation | last =Steve Duthie|title=Moors to life|newspaper=Fourmost magazine|publisher=HKR magazines|page=18|date=August 2007}}</ref> It is a registered [[Commons|common]] of Greater Manchester,<ref>{{citation |url=http://archive.defra.gov.uk/rural/documents/protected/common-land/biosurvey-gmanchester.pdf |title=The Common Lands of Greater Manchester; A Biological Survey |author=Rural Surveys Research Unit |publisher=defra.gov.uk |access-date=13 August 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121031124636/http://archive.defra.gov.uk/rural/documents/protected/common-land/biosurvey-gmanchester.pdf |archive-date=31 October 2012 }}</ref> and, since 2003, a designated [[Site of Biological Importance]].<ref>{{citation|title=Crompton Moor history trail |url=http://www.oldham.gov.uk/crompton-moor-history-trail.pdf |author=Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council |publisher=oldham.gov.uk |access-date=27 July 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928030325/http://www.oldham.gov.uk/crompton-moor-history-trail.pdf |archive-date=28 September 2007 }}</ref>
Brushes Clough and Pingot are former [[coal]] and [[sandstone]] quarries on Crompton Moor.<ref name="Moor1">{{citation|url=http://www.oldham.gov.uk/crompton-moor-walking-trails.pdf |title=Crompton Moor Walking Trails |publisher=oldham.gov.uk |date=16 June 2003 |access-date=20 June 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928030554/http://www.oldham.gov.uk/crompton-moor-walking-trails.pdf |archive-date=28 September 2007 }}</ref> During the 1970s, quarrying was halted, the land was reclaimed, and thousands of [[pine tree]]s were planted. The area has since been used for recreation, including hiking, orienteering, and mountain biking.<ref name="Fourmost"/><ref name="Moor1"/> [[Brushes Clough Reservoir]] was constructed in the 19th century by the [[County Borough of Oldham|Oldham County Borough Council]],<ref name="Traders19">{{Harvnb|Crompton Urban District Council|1959|p=19.}}</ref> using stone quarried from this site. The area is now managed by [[United Utilities]].<ref name="Moor1"/>

Since the 1960s an unnamed waterfall (provisionally called Crompton Waterfall) cascades off [[Crompton Moor]] into the now unused Pingot Quarry forming the [[Old Brook]], a [[tributary]] of the [[River Beal]].<ref name="Fourmost"/><ref name="Moor1"/><ref name="Moor2">{{citation|url=http://www.oldham.gov.uk/crompton-moor-history-trail.pdf |title=Crompton Moor History Trail |publisher=oldham.gov.uk |date=16 June 2003 |access-date=20 June 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928030325/http://www.oldham.gov.uk/crompton-moor-history-trail.pdf |archive-date=28 September 2007 }}</ref>

=== Big Lamp ===
The Big Lamp is a local landmark. Originally, it was a six-sided gas-powered public street lamp standing {{convert|20|ft|m|0}} high at the original cross-road junction of Manchester Road, Oldham Road, High Street, and Church Road. This was demolished on 17 June 1925, when electric lighting was introduced.<ref name="Changing Face14">{{Harvnb|Stott|1996|p=14.}}</ref> During the 1970s, the junction was redeveloped to accommodate the new Crompton Way bypass. A large [[roundabout]] was built, and a scaled-down replica of the original Big Lamp was erected in its centre. The new Big Lamp is electrically powered and stands about {{convert|6|ft|m|0}} high.<ref name="Changing Face14"/>

== Transport ==
[[File:Shaw and Crompton Metrolink stop.jpg|thumb|right|[[Shaw & Crompton tram stop]], on its opening day]]
[[Public transport]] in Shaw and Crompton is co-ordinated by [[Transport for Greater Manchester]].<ref name="OldhamBusMap">{{citation |title=Network Maps: Oldham|url=http://www.gmpte.com/pdfmaps/network/oldham.pdf|access-date=28 July 2008|publisher=gmpte.com
|author=[[Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive]]|date=30 April 2008|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080515194922/http://www.gmpte.com/pdfmaps/network/oldham.pdf|archive-date=15 May 2008 }}</ref> Shaw and Crompton had a railway line and station between 1863 and 2009, opened initially for haulage, but later used for passenger and commuter journeys.<ref name="Changing Face56"/> Shaw & Crompton railway station was used by passenger trains running between Rochdale and Manchester on the [[Oldham Loop Line]]. After initially being rejected in the early 2000s, plans to turn the line into part of the light-rail [[Manchester Metrolink|Metrolink]] system were accepted by the government on 6 July 2006.<ref name="Metrolink01">{{citation |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/5152948.stm |title=Metrolink extension is announced |date=6 July 2006 |access-date=3 April 2007 |work=BBC News |archive-date=11 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111165204/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/5152948.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> Shaw and Crompton railway station closed on 3 October 2009, so that it could be converted from use with [[heavy rail]] to Metrolink.<ref>{{citation|url=http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1150326_signalman_reaches_end_of_line|publisher=M.E.N. Media|work=[[Manchester Evening News]]|access-date=5 October 2009|date=1 October 2009|title=Signalman reaches end of line|last=Kirby|first=Dean|archive-date=4 August 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120804220337/http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1150326_signalman_reaches_end_of_line|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{citation|url=http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1069009_end_of_era_as_loop_line_is_replaced|publisher=M.E.N. Media|work=Manchester Evening News|access-date=5 October 2009|date=26 September 2008|title=End of era as loop line is replaced|archive-date=14 January 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130114072105/http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1069009_end_of_era_as_loop_line_is_replaced|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{citation|url=http://www.gmpte.com/content.cfm?subcategory_id=6029065 |title=What Happens Next |publisher=gmpte.com |author=[[Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive]] |access-date=20 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081116115640/http://www.gmpte.com/content.cfm?subcategory_id=6029065 |archive-date=16 November 2008 }}</ref> [[Shaw & Crompton tram stop]] opened on 16 December 2012.<ref name=shawopen>{{cite news|last=Kirby |first=Dean |title=Shaw and Crompton Metrolink trams start this Sunday |url=http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1595998_shaw-and-crompton-metrolink-trams-start-this-sunday |access-date=12 December 2012 |publisher=M.E.N. Media |work=Manchester Evening News |date=12 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121215171525/http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1595998_shaw-and-crompton-metrolink-trams-start-this-sunday |archive-date=15 December 2012 }}</ref><ref name=boost>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-20746824|date=16 December 2012|access-date=16 December 2012|title=Metrolink stations 'to boost two Greater Manchester areas'|work=BBC News|archive-date=19 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121219043757/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-20746824|url-status=live}}</ref>

Historically the town was served by two electric [[Tram#Electric|tram]] routes operated by Oldham Corporation. The first ran from Higginshaw and opened on 15 November 1904 it was almost immediately extended to Chadderton Road, [[Oldham]]. The second line from [[Royton]] opened on 13 April 1905. By January 1921 both lines shared a terminus at Wrens Nest and the Royton line had been extended to [[Hollinwood, Greater Manchester|Hollinwood]]. In the same year, the routes were assigned numbers; Hollinwood to Shaw route was No.8 and the route to Chadderton Road was No.9. There were plans to extend the lines to the railway station and High Crompton but these never materialised. Route 9 was closed on 11 June 1935 and route 8 was closed on 2 December 1939, both were replaced by buses.<ref name="Ballard55"/>

The bus company [[First Greater Manchester]] operates services [[Greater Manchester bus route 58|58]], 59, 181, 182, 408 and 428, which provides frequent services to Oldham and [[Rochdale Interchange|Rochdale]], with buses also running to [[Chadderton]], [[Manchester]], [[Middleton, Greater Manchester|Middleton]], [[Royton]] and [[Stalybridge]].<ref name="OldhamBusMap"/> [[Rosso (bus company)|Rosso]] runs the 435 between Buckstones and Rochdale. There is also two Shaw Circular routes 403 and 404 which are run by First, serving the smaller roads of Shaw and Crompton.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.tfgm.com/journey_planning/RouteMaps/403.pdf|title=403/404 timetable|publisher=[[Transport for Greater Manchester]]|access-date=14 March 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221233023/http://www.tfgm.com/journey_planning/RouteMaps/403.pdf|archive-date=21 February 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Shaw and Crompton is located south of junction 21 of the [[M62 motorway]].<ref name="OldhamBusMap"/>

== Education ==
{{See also|List of schools in Oldham}}

There had been private cottage schools in the area from a very early time, but Crompton's first public school was founded in 1791.<ref name="Stott15">{{Harvnb|Stott|1996|p=15.}}</ref> In 1838, the Shaw [[National Society for Promoting Religious Education|National School]] was built.<ref name="Stott15"/> The construction of [[church schools]] followed, including Shaw Methodist School in 1842, St Mary's, in 1847 and St James' 1851.<ref name="Stott15"/> Shaw and Crompton is now served by a variety of schools, including some with religious affiliations. All the schools in the town perform either at or above the national average for test results. [[Crompton House Church of England School|Crompton House CE School]], a secondary school for 11- to 16-year-olds, also has a [[sixth form college]] of [[further education]] for 16- to 18-year-olds on the same site.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.crompton-house.oldham.sch.uk/|title=Crompton House School|publisher=crompton-house.oldham.sch.uk|access-date=26 July 2007|archive-date=9 August 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070809221301/http://www.crompton-house.oldham.sch.uk/|url-status=live}}</ref>

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{| class="wikitable"
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! School !! Type/Status !! Ofsted !! Website
|-
! Beal Vale Primary School
| Primary school || [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/105672 105672] || [http://www.beal-vale.oldham.sch.uk/ website]
|-
! Buckstones Primary School
| Primary school || [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/105671 105671] || [http://www.buckstones.oldham.sch.uk/ website]
|-
! [[Crompton House Church of England Academy]]
| Secondary school || [https://web.archive.org/web/20121024201556/http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/105740 105740] || [http://www.crompton-house.oldham.sch.uk/ website]
|-
! Crompton Primary School
| Primary school || [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/133286 133286] || [http://www.crompton.oldham.sch.uk/ website]
|-
! St George's CofE School
| Primary school || [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/105717 105717] || [https://archive.today/20130415031221/http://www.stgeorgesprimarysch.ik.org/ website]
|-
! St James CofE School
| Primary school || [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/105710 105710] || [http://www.st-james.oldham.sch.uk/ website]
|-
! Farrowdale House
| Independent school|| [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/105747 105747] || [http://www.farrowdale.co.uk/ website]
|-
! Rushcroft Primary School
| Primary school || [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/105659 105659] || [http://www.rushcroft.oldham.sch.uk/ website]
|-
! St Joseph's R.C. Primary
| Primary school || [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/105719 105719] || [http://www.st-josephs.oldham.sch.uk/ website]
|-
! St Mary's CofE Primary School
| Primary school || [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/105711 105711] || [http://www.stmaryscecrompton.oldham.sch.uk/ website]
|}
</div>

== Religion ==
{{See also|List of churches in Greater Manchester}}
[[File:StJames Shaw and Crompton.jpg|right|upright|thumb|East Crompton, St James Church. Established 1847, this is one of Shaw and Crompton's [[parish church]]es, in the [[Anglican Diocese of Manchester|Diocese of Manchester]].]]
The township of Crompton was originally within the parish of [[Prestwich-cum-Oldham]] in the [[Diocese of Lichfield]], until 1541, when, owing to the [[English Reformation]], this diocese was divided and Crompton became part of the [[Diocese of Chester]]. This in turn was divided in 1847, when the present [[Anglican Diocese of Manchester|Diocese of Manchester]] was created.<ref name="Shaw Church7">{{Harvnb|Allen|1985|p=7.}}</ref>

The exact date of the establishment of a place of worship in Crompton is uncertain. Although Shaw Chapel is certain to have been in existence since the early 16th century, it has been put that "Shaw Chapel is even more ancient than Oldham Old Church", as evidenced by the ancient [[toponymy]] of the area.<ref name="Magee3"/><ref name="Shaw Church2">{{Harvnb|Allen|1985|p=2.}}</ref> Shaw Chapel was anciently known as St Patrick's Chapel-on-the-Moor, and during the reign of [[James I of England]], "it was situate in the midst of the common called Shaw Moor, not a single habitation being near it".<ref name="Shaw Church3">{{Harvnb|Allen|1985|p=3.}}</ref> It is thought to have been constructed following an increase in wealth produced by the localisation of the woollen trade during a very bleak period,<ref name="Shaw Church3"/> although, in 1552 it was noted that it had no endowment, and its ornaments were in poor condition.<ref name="Past45900"/> It was rebuilt in 1739 and enlarged in 1798, and rebuilt again in 1870. It is now known as the Church of Holy Trinity.<ref name="Past45900">{{PastScape|mnumber=45900 |access-date=24 July 2008}}</ref>

Shaw and Crompton has three [[Church of England]] [[Parish|ecclesiastic parishes]]: Shaw, High Crompton, and East Crompton.<ref name="Ballard53"/> In addition to [[Church of England|the established church]], a variety of [[List of Reformed churches|Reformed denominations]], particularly [[English Dissenters|Nonconformism]] and [[Methodism]], have been practiced in Shaw and Crompton. [[Presbyterianism|Presbyterian]] ministers were recorded preaching at Shaw Chapel in as early as the 1650s.<ref name="Ballard55">{{Harvnb|Stott|1996|p=55.}}</ref> The [[Religious Society of Friends]] held [[conventicle]]s in Whitfield in 1660s and 1670s.<ref name="Ballard55"/>

The following is a table of churches presently in Shaw and Crompton, as of 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|title=CHURCHES and PLACES of WORSHIP – Shaw & Crompton Parish Council|url=https://www.shawandcromptonparishcouncil.co.uk/churches/|access-date=2021-08-16|language=en-GB|archive-date=16 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816082544/https://www.shawandcromptonparishcouncil.co.uk/churches/|url-status=live}}</ref>

<div style="font-size: 95%">
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Church !! [[Christian denomination|Denomination]] !! Completed !! Website
|-
! East Crompton, St James
| Church of England || {{center| 1847 }} || [https://web.archive.org/web/20080306130218/http://www.ecsj.org.uk/welcome.htm www.ecsj.org.uk]
|-
! East Crompton, St Saviours Crompton Fold
| Church of England || {{center| 1908 }} || [https://web.archive.org/web/20080306130218/http://www.ecsj.org.uk/welcome.htm www.ecsj.org.uk]
|-
! Hope Church
| Christian Non-denominational || {{center| 2018 }} || [https://www.hopechurchshaw.org.uk/ www.hopechurchshaw.org.uk]
|-
! Shaw, Holy Trinity
| Church of England || {{center| 1871 }} || {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130127011714/http://www.holytrinityshaw.co.uk/ www.holytrinityshaw.co.uk]}}
|-
! St Mary's High Crompton
| Church of England ||  {{center| 1872 }} || http://www.holytrinityshaw.co.uk/
|-
! Shore Edge Methodist
| [[Methodism|Methodist]] || {{center| 1873 }} || https://www.shawroytonmethodist.org.uk/churches/circuit-churches/shore-edge.html
|-
! St Andrew's Methodist
| Methodist || {{center| – }} || https://www.shawroytonmethodist.org.uk/churches/circuit-churches/st-andrews.html
|-
! St Paul's Shaw Methodist
| Methodist || {{center| 1863 }} || [https://web.archive.org/web/20140516213526/http://stpaulsshaw.org.uk/ www.stpaulsshaw.org.uk]
|-
! Shaw United Reformed Church
| [[Nonconformist (Protestantism)|Non-conformist]] || {{center| 1885}} || [https://web.archive.org/web/20091027050701/http://uk.geocities.com/shawchurch/index.html  Shaw & Heyside United Reformed Church]
|-
! St Joseph Roman Catholic Church
| [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] || {{center| 1870 }} || https://www.st-josephs.oldham.sch.uk/church
|-
! Salvation Army Church
| [[Salvation Army]] || {{center| 1896 }} || https://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/
|}
</div>
Most of the above churches participate in Shaw's annual [[Pentecost|Whit Walks]] event, when congregations, choirs, and brass bands parade through the streets from their respective churches before taking part in one large, communal, inter-church service. The town centre is also home to a small [[mosque]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}

== Community facilities ==
[[File:Cromptonswimmingpool.jpg|thumb|right|Crompton Pool, near the town centre, was a public [[swimming pool]] built in 1899, under the supervision of Crompton Urban District Council.]]
Shaw and Crompton has communal areas and public facilities, including public parks, sporting establishments, and playing fields. [[Public house]]s in the centre of the town include The Shay Wake (a [[mill town]]-themed [[J D Wetherspoon]] pub, named after the Shaw [[Wakes week]]),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/news-features/8/news/64313/45-new-jobs-as-pub-opens-doors|publisher=oldham-chronicle.co.uk|work=[[Oldham Evening Chronicle]]|title=45 new jobs as pub opens doors|date=9 December 2011|last=Korn|first=Helen|access-date=12 December 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113145958/http://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/news-features/8/news/64313/45-new-jobs-as-pub-opens-doors|archive-date=13 January 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The Blue Bell, Coach and Horses, and The Pineapple.<ref name="Shaw pubs">{{Harvnb|Magee|1988|pp=1–47.}}</ref> Outlying public houses include the Royal Oak at Cowlishaw, and the Park Inn at Buckstones Road.<ref name="Shaw pubs"/>

Crompton Library is a purpose-built [[library]] housing over 36,000 items including books, CDs, and DVDs that can be borrowed by anyone who lives in the Oldham borough.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.oldham.gov.uk/community/libraries/libraries-in-oldham/crompton-library.htm |title=Oldham Libraries; Crompton Library |publisher=oldham.gov.uk |access-date=3 April 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061209213153/http://www.oldham.gov.uk/community/libraries/libraries-in-oldham/crompton-library.htm |archive-date=9 December 2006 }}</ref> It has communal Internet facilities. The library was built in the early 1990s after the original 1907 building, which exists now as [[apartment]]s on Beal Lane, became too small.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}

There are three main public parks in Shaw and Crompton. Dunwood Park lies alongside the Oldham and Rochdale Metrolink Line and has a children's play area, [[bowling green]], and over a mile of wooded pathways along the base of a forested hillside.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.dunwoodpark.co.uk/Home.htm|title=Dunwood Park|publisher=dunwoodpark.co.uk|access-date=25 July 2007|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071011141817/http://www.dunwoodpark.co.uk/Home.htm |archive-date = 11 October 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> The land that forms Dunwood Park was presented to Crompton Urban District Council by Captain Abram Crompton [[Justice of the Peace|JP]] on 22 June 1911, and opened as a park by him on 14 September 1912.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.shawcam.co.uk/dunwoodpark.htm|title=Dunwood Park|publisher=shawcam.co.uk|access-date=25 July 2007|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070630005546/http://www.shawcam.co.uk/dunwoodpark.htm |archive-date = 30 June 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was redeveloped with a new park and bowling green for its 2012 centenary after winning a £1 million grant from the [[National Lottery (United Kingdom)|National Lottery]].<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.saddleworthnews.com/?p=970#Manchester|title=£1m Boost For Dunwood Park|publisher=saddleworthnews.com|year=2007|access-date=31 March 2010|archive-date=15 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315162241/http://www.saddleworthnews.com/?p=970#Manchester|url-status=live}}</ref> High Crompton Park is in [[High Crompton]] and is home to a [[tennis court]], bowling green, children's play area, and gardens. Jubilee Gardens are found in the centre of Shaw and Crompton town centre, behind the Crompton War Memorial. Shaw and Crompton has large areas of land reserved for sporting and communal events; these are located off George Street, Edward Road, and Rushcroft Road respectively.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}

Shaw Market is open retailers and customers every Thursday and is held on Market Street, which is closed to traffic for the event.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.funforall.co.uk/markets_north_west_england.htm#Manchester|title=Markets North West England; Greater Manchester|publisher=funforall.co.uk|year=2007|access-date=26 July 2007|archive-date=9 August 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070809011451/http://funforall.co.uk/markets_north_west_england.htm#Manchester|url-status=live}}</ref> Westway, the original location of the market, is now used for car parking but used for fun fairs and events. Crompton Pool was a swimming pool built in 1899 on Farrow Street in the town centre<ref name="Traders9"/><ref>{{citation|url=http://www.oldham.gov.uk/shaw___royton_area_plan_-_april_04b.pdf |title=Shaw and Royton Area Plan |publisher=oldham.gov.uk |date=January 2004 |access-date=20 June 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060725160239/http://www.oldham.gov.uk/shaw___royton_area_plan_-_april_04b.pdf |archive-date=25 July 2006 }}</ref> and served the community until its closure in July 2014 and subsequent demolition in February 2016.<ref>{{cite news|author=Akbor, Ruhubia|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/crompton-pool-now-shut-says-7361073|title=Doomed Crompton Pool now shut for good, says council|date=2 July 2014|work=Manchester Evening News|access-date=10 March 2016|archive-date=11 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311023632/http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/crompton-pool-now-shut-says-7361073|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Kenderdine, Lucy|url=http://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/news-features/8/news-headlines/96714/deep-end-of-an-era|title=Deep end of an era|date=15 February 2016|work=Oldham Evening Chronicle|access-date=10 March 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311074211/http://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/news-features/8/news-headlines/96714/deep-end-of-an-era|archive-date=11 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>  [[Crompton C.C.|Crompton Cricket Club]], is located on Glebe Street.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bugby|first=Tony|date=2017-12-28|title=Crompton Cricket Club looks ahead to debut season in Lancashire League|url=https://www.shawandroytoncorrespondent.co.uk/crompton-cricket-club-looks-ahead-to-debut-season-in-lancashire-league/|access-date=2021-08-16|website=Shaw, Crompton and Royton Correspondent|language=en-GB|archive-date=16 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816081041/https://www.shawandroytoncorrespondent.co.uk/crompton-cricket-club-looks-ahead-to-debut-season-in-lancashire-league/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Playhouse 2 is a 156-seat theatre in the heart of Shaw and Crompton town centre, which used to be an Odeon cinema. It has been the home of the Crompton Stage Society, an amateur theatre company, since 1966. A wide variety of entertainment, professional as well as amateur, is produced each year.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.playhouse2.com/|title=Playhouse2|publisher=playhouse2.com|access-date=27 July 2007|archive-date=19 July 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070719223630/http://www.playhouse2.com/|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Public services ==
[[Home Office]] policing in Shaw and Crompton is provided by the [[Greater Manchester Police]]. The force's "(Q) Division" have their headquarters for policing the [[Metropolitan Borough of Oldham]] at central Oldham, which is now the nearest police station. [[Public transport]] is co-ordinated by [[Transport for Greater Manchester]]. [[Fire service in the United Kingdom|Statutory emergency fire and rescue service]] is provided by the [[Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service]].{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}

There are no hospitals in Shaw and Crompton—the nearest are in the larger settlements of Oldham and Rochdale—but some local health care is provided by Crompton Health Centre which is Shaw and Crompton's NHS surgery. It has been subject to a development scheme intended to improve [[National Health Service (England)|NHS]] facilities in the town.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.oldham.nhs.uk/lift/liftdev/crompton.htm|title=First Schemes to be Developed – Crompton|author=NHS|publisher=oldham.nhs.uk|date=17 November 2005|access-date=25 April 2007|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070929002104/http://www.oldham.nhs.uk/lift/liftdev/crompton.htm |archive-date = 29 September 2007|url-status=dead|author-link= National Health Service (England)}}</ref> The [[North West Ambulance Service]] provides emergency patient transport in the area. Other forms of [[health care]] are provided for locally by several small specialist clinics and surgeries.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Our locations|url=https://www.nwas.nhs.uk/about/locations/|access-date=2021-08-16|website=NWAS - North West Ambulance Service|language=en-GB|archive-date=10 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410071229/https://www.nwas.nhs.uk/about/locations/|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Waste management]] is co-ordinated by the [[local authority]] via the [[Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority]].<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.gmwda.gov.uk/|title=Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority (GMWDA)|publisher=gmwda.gov.uk|author=[[Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority]]|year=2008|access-date=8 February 2008|archive-date=7 February 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080207001553/http://www.gmwda.gov.uk/|url-status=live}}</ref> Locally produced [[inert waste]] for disposal is sent to [[landfill]] at the Beal Valley.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.oldham.gov.uk/minerals-waste.htm |title=Minerals and Waste development planning |author=Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council |publisher=oldham.gov.uk |access-date=8 February 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080422200621/http://www.oldham.gov.uk/minerals-waste.htm |archive-date=22 April 2008 }}</ref> Shaw and Crompton's [[distribution network operator]] for electricity is [[United Utilities]];<ref name="UU">{{citation|url=http://www.unitedutilities.com/?OBH=4188&ID=1442|title=Oldham|publisher=unitedutilities.com|author=[[United Utilities]]|date=17 April 2007|access-date=8 February 2008|archive-date=22 April 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080422180100/http://www.unitedutilities.com/?OBH=4188&ID=1442|url-status=live}}</ref> there are no [[power station]]s in the town. United Utilities also manages Shaw and Crompton's [[drinking water|drinking]] and [[waste water]];<ref name="UU"/> water supplies are sourced from several local reservoirs, including [[Dovestones Reservoir|Dovestones]] and [[Chew Reservoir, Greater Manchester|Chew]].<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.unitedutilities.com/?OBH=445&ID=3526|title=Dove Stone Reservoirs|publisher=unitedutilities.com|author=[[United Utilities]]|date=17 April 2007|access-date=8 February 2008|archive-date=22 April 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080422180115/http://www.unitedutilities.com/?OBH=445&ID=3526|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Notable people ==
{{See also|List of people from Oldham}}
People from Shaw and Crompton are called Gawbies or Cromptonians.<ref name="Shaw Church79">{{Harvnb|Allen|1985|p=79.}}</ref><ref name="Shaw Church107">{{Harvnb|Allen|1985|p=107.}}</ref> [[Philip Gilbert Hamerton]], an acclaimed etcher, painter, and [[art critic]] was born in the area in 1834.<ref name="Shaw Church107"/> The town is the home of Oldham-born actress [[Shobna Gulati]],<ref name="coming">{{citation|url=http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1006070_coming_soon__shaw_tv.html|title=Coming soon – Shaw TV!|publisher=M.E.N. Media|last=Greer|first=Stuart|date=3 May 2007|access-date=20 June 2007|work=Manchester Evening News|archive-date=21 April 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130421023804/http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1006070_coming_soon__shaw_tv.html|url-status=live}}</ref> former [[Oldham Athletic A.F.C.|Oldham Athletic]] player and manager [[Andy Ritchie (English footballer)|Andy Ritchie]],<ref name="coming"/> and is the hometown of Kevin O'Toole, a founding member of dance act [[N-Trance]]. Shaw and Crompton was the birthplace of [[Nicola White]],<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/other-sport/olympic-star-nicola-white-i-nearly-689350|title=Olympic star Nicola White: I nearly gave up hockey|date=10 Jan 2013|work=Manchester Evening News|publisher=M.E.N. Media|last1=|first1=|access-date=28 August 2016|archive-date=29 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160829010210/http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/other-sport/olympic-star-nicola-white-i-nearly-689350|url-status=live}}</ref> a [[Team GB]]-gold medalist in [[Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|women's field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics]]. [[Tommy Cannon]] and [[Bobby Ball]] live locally.<ref name="coming"/> [[Hull F.C.]] superstar, [[Marc Sneyd]] grew up locally.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Smith|first=Peter|date=16 April 2019|title=Hull FC delight as Marc Sneyd sticks around until 2022|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/hull-fc/hull-fc-delight-as-marc-sneyd-sticks-around-until-2022-1-9716066|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707133625/https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/hull-fc/hull-fc-delight-as-marc-sneyd-sticks-around-until-2022-1-9716066|archive-date=7 July 2019|access-date=16 August 2021|website=Yorkshire Post|language=en}}</ref> Local "legend" Josh Horton was also born, and lived in Shaw before moving to Liverpool. He is known locally for his larger-than-life ego, and grey hair. 

== References ==

=== Notes ===
{{reflist|colwidth=30em}}

=== Bibliography ===
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* {{citation |last=Allen |first=George|orig-year=1907 |title= Shaw Church in By-gone Days |publisher= Coultas & Volans|location= York |year=1985}}
* {{citation|title=The Cotton Industry|last=Aspin|first=Chris|publisher=Shire|year=1981|isbn=0-85263-545-1|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/cottonindustry0000aspi}}
* {{citation | last=Ballard |first=Elsie |title=A Chronicle of Crompton |publisher=Burnage Press| location= Royton | year = 1986 |oclc=59029894 |edition= 2nd | orig-year=1967 }}
* {{citation | last2 =Farrer| first2 =William |last1=Brownbill|first1=John|title=A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 5|publisher=Victoria County History|year=1911|isbn=978-0-7129-1055-2}}
* {{citation |author=Crompton Urban District Council|year=1959|title=Crompton Urban District: Official Guide and Traders' Directory|publisher= Jones & Brooks}}
* {{citation |last1=Gurr |first1=Duncan |last2= Hunt |first2=Julian |year=1998 |title=The Cotton Mills of Oldham |publisher= Oldham Education & Leisure |isbn=0-902809-46-6}}
* {{citation |last= Hanyes |first=Hannah |year=2004 |title=Rochdale Photographic Memories |publisher= Francis Frith Collection |isbn= 1-85937-846-3}}
* {{citation |last1=Hunt |first1=Julian | last2= Stott |first2=Frances |year=1988 |title=Looking Back at Crompton |publisher=Oldham Education & Leisure |isbn= 0-902809-17-2}} <!---No page numbers--->
* {{citation |last=Lewis|first=Samuel|title=A Topographical Dictionary of England|publisher=Institute of Historical Research|year=1848|isbn=978-0-8063-1508-9|author-link=Samuel Lewis (publisher)}}
* {{citation |title=A History of Crompton and Shaw Pubs|last=Magee|first=Rob|publisher=Neil Richardson|year=1988|isbn=1-85216-030-6}}
* {{citation |title=The Lives of the People of Crompton, Lancashire 1580–1700 |last=Rathbone |first=Peter | publisher= Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society |year=2000}}
* {{citation |title=Walking the South Pennines|last=Sellers |first=Gladys |year=1991|isbn=978-1-85284-041-9 |publisher=Cicerone Press}}
* {{citation |last=Stott |first=Frances |year=1996 |title= The Changing Face of Crompton |publisher= Oldham Education & Leisure |isbn= 0-902809-38-5}}
* {{citation |first=Jeffrey|last=Wells|title=The Oldham Loop part one: Manchester Victoria to Shaw and Crompton|publisher=Foxline |year=2002|isbn=978-1-870119-68-9}}
{{refend}}

== External links ==
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{{Spoken Wikipedia|Shaw and Crompton.ogg|date=2007-08-27}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181543/http://www.genuki.org.uk:8080/big/eng/LAN/Crompton/ Information about Crompton] at [[GENUKI]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060517232521/http://web.onetel.com/~rgcrompton/origins/1200info1.html Crompton: from the Normans to the Tudors], a comprehensive historical reference site
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120511001330/http://www.dunwoodpark.com/ Archive of Dunwood Park's website] at the [[Wayback Machine]]

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