Rochdale

[ roch-deyl ]

noun

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

Rochdale

/ ˈrɒtʃˌdeɪl /

noun

1. a town in NW England, in Rochdale unitary authority, Greater Manchester: former centre of the textile industry. Pop: 95 769 (2001)
2. a unitary authority in NW England, in Greater Manchester. Pop: 206 600 (2003 est). Area: 159 sq km (61 sq miles)

Example Sentences

Last month, former prison officer Richard Goss was jailed for four years after admitting to smuggling drugs, needles, and mobile phones into HMP Buckley Hall in Rochdale.

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The NCA serves more than a million people across Salford, Oldham, Rochdale and Bury, as well as providing more specialist services to patients from Greater Manchester and beyond.

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Then in April 1995, Lindsay's body was found a mile out of the town centre in the Rochdale Canal by two council workers clearing debris from the waterway.

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Rochdale Borough Council said it had agreed to sell the building to Mr DePree for a "nominal fee" if he could come up with a viable business plan, and had renewed and extended the agreement several times.

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A council spokesman said Mr DePree "had not been able to produce a viable proposal, despite having had seven years to do so, and having been given advice and support from the council and Rochdale Development Agency throughout that period".

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