Baretrees, Greater Manchester

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Baretrees
Baretrees is located in Greater Manchester
Baretrees
Baretrees
 Baretrees shown within Greater Manchester
OS grid reference SD908058
Metropolitan borough Oldham
Metropolitan county Greater Manchester
Region North West
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town OLDHAM
Postcode district OL9
Dialling code 0161
Police Greater Manchester
Fire Greater Manchester
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK Parliament Oldham West and Royton
List of places
UK
England
Greater Manchester

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Baretrees (or Bare Trees) is an area of Chadderton in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. It takes its name from a former hamlet in the north east of the town.[1]

A local primary school, Bare Trees, bears the locality's name on nearby Holly Grove.[2]

Bare Trees also has an active residents association.[3]

One of the fifteen deceased of the Peterloo Massacre, Thomas Buckley, was from the hamlet of Bare Trees.[4]

Transport

Baretreees is served by bus service 159 operated by Manchester Community Transport, providing links to Oldham town centre via Boundary Park and to Middleton via Chadderton town centre, Woodhouses, Failsworth and New Moston.[5]

References

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  4. Marlow, Joyce (1969), The Peterloo Massacre, Rapp & Whiting, ISBN 0-85391-122-3
  5. http://www.manct.org/mct-awarded-new-bus-services/%7C MCT Bus Services - retrieved 21 July 2013