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Rochdale history
Etymology
The town is recorded as Recedham in the Domesday Book and Rachetham in 1193 . Variations of Rechedham continue into the thirteenth century when the first element’s termination is dropped as Rachedam became Racheham . The Doomsday Book’s rendering of the name led Eilert Ekwall to suggest a derivation from reced, an obscure Old English element meaning “hall” This etymology is described as “highly problematic” and not accepted .
Early history
Castleton is named after a Saxon castle that may have been destroyed by Danes during the 10th and 11th century . Rochdale appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Recedham and was described as laying within the hundred of Salford and the county of Cheshire .
Industrial Revolution
The manufacture of woollen cloth, particularly baize, kerseys and flannels, was important from the reign of Henry VIII . By the mid-1800s the woollen trade was declining and cotton trade took advantage of technological developments in spinning and weaving growing in importance . Rochdale rose to prominence during the 19th century as a major mill town and centre for textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution .
Post-industrial
The first seven series of the BBC school drama Waterloo Road were set in Rochdale between 2006 and 2012 . Most of the out-of-school scenes in the series were filmed around the area . The final scenes to be shot at the Hilltop Primary site were filmed in November 2011 . In April 2012, filming on the eighth series began on location at the former Greenock Academy in Greenock, Scotland .
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