Woodhouses is an area in Failsworth, in the Oldham district of Greater Manchester (which was part of Lancashire until 1974), England. It is about miles from Manchester city centre. In 2021 it had a population of 1094. Woodhouses Conservation Area includes most of the village and was designated in 1975.
Amenities Woodhouses has a church called Woodhouses Mission Church, a school called Woodhouses Voluntary Controlled Primary, 3 pubs and a golf club.
History The name "Woodhouses" probably means 'an enclosure surrounded by woods'. Woodhouses was formerly in the parish of Ashton-under-Lyne. On 31 December 1894 Woodhouses became a civil parish in its own right with a population of 677 in 1951. On 1 April 1954 the parish was abolished and merged with Failsworth and Oldham.
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