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Rumworth is an area of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England. Historically a part of Lancashire, it is about 3.5 mi west of Bolton town centre and is bounded by Heaton to the north, Over Hulton to the south, Middle Hulton to the southeast, and Lostock to the west. Rumworth was township in the Parish of Deane. Until the 19th-century, Rumworth was part of the hundred of Salford in Lancashire and centre of the which once covered roughly half of the present Metropolitan Borough of Bolton. St Mary's Church on which the parish was centred was in the township of Rumworth.

Toponymy
According to Eilert Ekwall, the name Rumworth probably means the spacious worth or enclosure. It was recorded as Rumhworth in 1242, Rumworth in 1278, Rumwrth in 1292 and Romeworthe in 1346.

Manor
Rumworth was joined with Lostock as the third part of a knight's fee in 1212, held of the lords of Manchester. Later the Andertons of Lostock claimed a manor in Rumworth where there were fourteen oxgangs of land. The manor was bought by the Hulton family of Hulton and it descended in this family. Sir Charles Tempest, the heir of the Andertons, had a large estate in the township. Contributors to the land tax in 1789 were Henry Blundell, who paid the largest share, Blackburne, and William Hulton.

Township


In the Middle Ages, Rumworth became one of the townships in the Salford Hundred of Lancashire; at first part of the ancient parish of Eccles, and from 1541 part of the parish of Deane. Under provisions of the Poor Relief Act 1662, the township became a separate autonomous local authority. Following the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834, the township became part of the Bolton Poor Law Union on 1 February 1837 which took responsibility for funding the Poor Law within that Union area. After the Poor Law Amendment Act was passed in 1866, Rumworth was given the status of civil parish. and became part of Bolton Rural Sanitary Authority in 1870. The population in the area increased in the 19th century as a result of the coal mines and erection of a cotton-mill and of weaving sheds. In 1872, Rumworth was divided into two parts; the eastern portion was incorporated in the Municipal Borough of Bolton as the Rumworth ward, and the western part remained in Bolton Rural Sanitary Authority. In 1894, the western portion became one of the civil parishes in Bolton Rural District, and its name was changed to 'Deane'. In 1898, the Rural District Council was abolished, and the former civil parish of Deane became part of the County Borough of Bolton as part of the Deane-cum-Lostock ward.

Electoral ward
The eastern portion continued as the Rumworth ward and the western portion as part of the Deane-cum-Lostock ward in the County Borough of Bolton. Following provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, the county borough and surrounding local authorities were abolished and they formed part of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton.

Hulton and Rumworth ward (1973–1980), Deane cum Lostock ward (1973–1980)

Daubhill ward (1980–2004), Deane cum Heaton ward (1980–2004)

Rumworth ward (2004–Present)

The population of the Rumworth ward at the 2011 census was 16,250.

Geography
The township of Rumworth measured about 2½ miles from east to west and average breadth was a little over a mile, its area was 1244 acre. The Church Brook flows down Deane Clough to join the River Croal which forms the northern boundary. To the west of the township is the Rumworth Lodge Reservoir. The Bolton to Wigan road passes Deane Church and to the east the Bolton to Leigh passes through Daubhill.

Demography
In 1872, part of the township was incorporated with Bolton; the remainder was added in 1898. Below are the township and ward population figures.

Transport
The Rumworth area is located northeast of junction 5 of the M61 motorway. The main roads which run through the Rumworth area are the A58 (Beaumont Road), the A676 (Wigan Road), the A579 (St Helens Road), and the A6145 road (Hulton Lane).

The nearest railway station is located at the Bolton Interchange in the town centre. There had been a nearer one, the Rumworth and Daubhill railway station, which was opened in 1885, but closed to passengers in 1952, and closed completely in 1965.