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Greenfield is one of numerous Saddleworth villages with historic affinity to the County of Yorkshire.
Located in beautiful Chew Valley surrounded by dramatic rolling hills historically on the boundary between Yorkshire and Lancashire Greenfield has a rich history. Set in a rural landscape yet only 12 miles from Manchester, once in the Parish of Rochdale, now administered from Oldham, yet still, officially in the county of Yorkshire it's a great place to live and a special place to visit.
These pages will take a nostalgic look back over the village's history over the last 150 years!
 
Chew Valley Road looking from the Clarence end.
Early 1900s.
 
Frenches Greenfield - note old Railway carriages crossing bridge at turn of last century! And a pram outside the Wellington pub! Some things never change.
Greenfield is a characterful and historic village nestling on the foothills of the Pennines, 5 miles east of Oldham with Huddersfield to the east about 14 miles away.
Many of these great pictures were loaned to me by Kate Davis ( nee Wood)who has saved them over the years. Her parents Ken and June Wood along with her brother John and Kate ran A & J Butterworths haulage firm from just off Chew Valley Road. The business was set up in 1912 and survived until a few years ago. The famous dark red lorries were well known to Greenfield folk.
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Until 1974 the Administrative centre for Saddleworth was Wakefield. Following that year's boundary changes, Saddleworth became part of Oldham Metropolitan Borough.
Greenfield Cricket Club in 1960.
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