Shaw

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Shaw

Total population

10,045

Coordinates53.58°, -2.09°

Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Shaw is a ward and part of the built-up area in the civil parish of Shaw and Crompton, in the Oldham district, in the county of Greater Manchester, England. It is about 9 miles from Manchester city centre. In 2021 the built-up area of Shaw and Crompton had a population of 18,245. In 2021 the ward had a population of 10,045. Until 1974 it was in Lancashire.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Darren Wharton

British keyboardist, singer and songwriter

Marsha Thomason

British actress (born 1976)

Roger Fenton

British photographer (1819–1869)

Vini Reilly

British musician

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Kieran Lee

British footballer (born 1988)

Jim Ratcliffe

British chemical engineer turned financier and industrialist

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Roy Fuller

British writer (1912–1991)

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Trevor Hardy

British serial killer (beast of Manchester)

Michael Atherton

broadcaster, journalist, and retired England international cricketer (born 1968)

Ashton Lever

British antiquarian; (1729-1788)

Johnny Saint

British professional wrestler

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Alf Clarke

English footballer (1926-1971)

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Arthur Worsley

ventriloquist (1920-2001)

Benjamin Brierley

British writer

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Charles Broadhurst

English footballer

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Don Travis

Footballer (1924-2002)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in England

• Milnrow
  2.2 mi away · pop. 9,227
• Chadderton
  2.9 mi away · pop. 37,614
• Audenshaw
  7.5 mi away
• Denton
  8.6 mi away
• Hadfield
  9.4 mi away
• Meltham
  10 mi away
• Eccles
  11.9 mi away
• Kearsley
  12 mi away · pop. 14,212
• Elland
  12.8 mi away
• Walkden
  13.1 mi away
• Sale
  14.1 mi away
• Poynton
  15.9 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Shaw

Pygmalion

George Bernard Shaw · 1912

Midwinter

John Buchan · 1923

His Secretary Mistress

Chantelle Shaw · 2006

Arms and the Man

George Bernard Shaw · 1898

Heartbreak House

George Bernard Shaw · 1919

The Ultimate Risk

Chantelle Shaw · 2011

Di Cesare's pregnant mistress

Chantelle Shaw · 2008

John Bull's Other Island

George Bernard Shaw · 1909

Search results from Open Library.

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