Balderstone is a district and an electoral ward of the wider Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale in the county of Greater Manchester, England.Area: Balderstone (Ward). Retrieved 1 August 2010. According to the 2001 census the ward had a population of 9,699. As at the 2011 census the ward was called Balderstone and Kirkholt with a population of 10,422.
Education
School Description Ofsted Website St Mary's C.E. Primary School, Balderstone Primary school website Balderstone Technology College Secondary school
Religion St Mary's Church on Oldham Road is an Anglican church.. Retrieved 1 August 2010. It is one of three churches in the South Rochdale Team Ministry of Christ the King; the other two are St Luke's Church, Deeplish and St Peter's Church, Newbold.The South Rochdale Team Ministry of Christ the King. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
Notable person John Ellis was born in Balderstone and became one of the United Kingdom's executioners. He hanged, or assisted in hanging, over 200 people between 1901 and 1924.
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