Delph 2081673 206828017 2008-04-20T04:43:54Z SmackBot 433328 Date the maintenance tags or general fixes {{otheruses}} {{infobox UK place| |country = England |latitude= 53.568814 |longitude= -2.023407 |official_name= Delph |population= 2,000{{Fact|date=March 2007}} |civil_parish= [[Saddleworth]] |metropolitan_borough= [[Metropolitan Borough of Oldham|Oldham]] |metropolitan_county= [[Greater Manchester]] |region= North West England |constituency_westminster= [[Oldham East and Saddleworth (UK Parliament constituency)|Oldham East and Saddleworth]] |post_town= OLDHAM |postcode_district = OL3 |postcode_area= OL |dial_code= 01457 |os_grid_reference= SD984080 |static_image=[[Image:Delph.jpg|240px]] |static_image_caption=<small>A view of Delph</small> |london_distance = {{convert|164|mi|km|abbr=on}} [[Boxing the compass|SSE]] }} '''Delph''' is a village in the [[Saddleworth]] civil parish of the [[Metropolitan Borough of Oldham]], in [[Greater Manchester]], [[England]]. It lies amongst the [[Pennines]] on the [[River Tame, Greater Manchester|River Tame]] below the village of [[Denshaw]], {{convert|4.0|mi|km|1|lk=on}} east-northeast of [[Oldham]], and {{convert|1.8|mi|km|1}} north-northwest of [[Uppermill]]. It has a population of around 2,000.{{Fact|date=April 2008}} The centre of the village has barely changed from the 19th century, when a number of small textile mills provided employment for the local community. The etymology of Delph is derived from the [[Old English language|Old English]] word 'Delf', meaning a quarry and refers to the [[bakestone]] quarries which lay at the lower end of the [[Castleshaw|Castleshaw Valley]] just north of the village.{{Fact|date=February 2007}} Bakestones were quarried as tiles up to three quarters of an inch thick and used to bake [[oatcakes]] and muffins. The industry was in existence well before 1330 and only died out in 1930.{{Fact|date=February 2007}} The village is home to one of the Saddleworth [[Whit Friday]] [[brass band]] contests, with in the region of seventy-five bands from across the UK and beyond marching down the main street at five minute intervals on the evening of the contest which often continues into the early hours. The main street running through the centre of Delph was used in some of the external shots of the 2001 feature film ''[[The Parole Officer]]'', starring [[Steve Coogan]], [[Om Puri]] and [[Jenny Agutter]]. Delph was also used in the filming of the [[Whit Friday]] scene in the 1996 film ''[[Brassed Off]]''. ==References== <references /> ==External links== * [http://www.delphband.com www.delphband.com] * [http://www.delph.org.uk/ www.delph.org.uk] {{Settlements of Saddleworth}} [[Category:Villages in Greater Manchester]] [[Category:Geography of Oldham]] {{Manchester-geo-stub}}