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Timeline

 * 1212 – First official record of Failsworth in King John's Great Inquest of Service.
 * 1212 – North-western portion of land held by the Lord of the Manor of Prestwick.
 * 1212 – South-eastern portion of land held by the Lords of the Manor of Manchester.
 * Mid-13th century – Richard and Robert de Byron acquired both portions of land.
 * 1320 – First record of a named place in Failsworth: Wrigley Head named in the Survey of the Manor of Manchester.
 * 1600–1699 – Population mostly involved in working the land and supported by the production of cloth.
 * 1660 – 43 names registered in the town.
 * 1663 – 50 recorded families in Failsworth.
 * 1673 – Earliest record of a place of worship at Dob Lane Chapel.
 * 1700–1799 – Most of the population involved in the production on linen cloth. Some farming.
 * 1735 – Manchester, Oldham and Austerlands Turnpike Trust created to improve the road from Manchester to Austerlands.
 * 1774 – 242 families recorded in Failsworth. Population 1,400.
 * 1793 – First Failsworth Pole erected.
 * 1796 – Earliest day school recorded, Pole Lane School.
 * 1801 – Population 2,622.
 * 1803 – Main Turnpike Road widened to 60 feet from Manchester to Dob Lane End.
 * 1804 – Rochdale Canal opened on 21 December.
 * 1825 – First cotton mill built in Failsworth.
 * 1839 – Firs Mill built by Henry Walmsley.
 * 1844 – Failsworth constituted a new parish, St. John's.
 * 1850 – Second Failsworth Pole erected.
 * 1851 – Population 4,433.
 * 1859 – Failsworth Industrial Society officially registered on 22 July.
 * 1863 – First Local Government Board established with nine members.
 * 1878 – Horse-drawn trams from Manchester to Hollinwood.
 * 1880 – New rail line between Oldham and Manchester opened.
 * 1881 – Failsworth acquired its first railway station in April.
 * 1889 – Third Failsworth Pole erected.
 * 1894 – Local Board changed to Failsworth Urban District Council.
 * 1901 – Population 14,152.
 * 1901 – Electric trams replaced horse-powered trams.
 * 1903 – Proposed amalgamation with Manchester.
 * 1904 – Amalgamation with Manchester deferred.
 * 1924 – Fourth Failsworth Pole erected.
 * 1937 – The Roxy cinema presented its first feature on 20 December.
 * 1946 – Failsworth Urban District Council proceeded with housing clearance programme.
 * 1946 – Last tram runs in Oldham.
 * 1958 – Fifth and present Failsworth Pole erected.
 * 1973 – Failsworth officially twinned with the town of Landsberg am Lech, Germany.
 * 1974 – Failsworth becomes part of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham.
 * 1991 – Population 20,999.
 * 1993 – 200th anniversary of the first Failsworth Pole.
 * 2000 – Opening of the M60 Motorway link.