Ellenbrook, Greater Manchester
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 Ellenbrook Chapel of St Mary the Virgin |
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| Ellenbrook shown within Greater Manchester | |
| OS grid reference | SD726016 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MANCHESTER |
| Postcode district | M28 |
| Dialling code | 0161 |
| Police | Greater Manchester |
| Fire | Greater Manchester |
| Ambulance | North West |
| EU Parliament | North West England |
| UK Parliament | |
Ellenbrook is a suburban village in Worsley, City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England. Historically a part of Lancashire, it is close to Worsley and Walkden, by the East Lancashire Road.
The origin of the first element of the name is unknown, but the second element is certainly from Old English broc, a brook or stream. Ellenbrook is situated by the Ellen Brook which becomes the Stirrup Brook in Boothstown.
An ancient stone marked the boundary between the Hundreds of Salford and West Derby, the boundary of Eccles and Leigh ecclesiastical parishes, Tyldesley, Worsley and Little Hulton townships and the metropolitan districts of Wigan and Salford.
Historically Ellenbrook was a chapelry in the parish of Eccles. Though its exact origins are uncertain between 1272 and 1295 the Rector of Eccles granted a licence to Richard de Worsley to have a chantry chapel provided 6d (2½p) was paid annually as oblations. It was an outlying chapel within the parish of Eccles, the nearest churches being at Eccles, Leigh and Deane in Bolton.
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