Everything about River Beal totally explained
The
Beal is a small river in
Greater Manchester,
England, and is a tributary of the
River Roch. It rises in the Beal Valley in
green space between
Sholver and
Royton, before continuing northwards through,
Shaw and Crompton,
Newhey,
Milnrow and
Belfield.
Course
From its source at Beal Valley, it flows north through
Shaw and Crompton in the
Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, where
Old Brook and "Pencil Brook" are tributaries,. It continues north through
Newhey and
Milnrow in the
Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, then joins the
River Roch.
In part, the river forms a boundary between
Oldham on one side and
Royton and Shaw and Crompton on the other.
History
The name Beal is believed to come from the
Brythonic word "Bel" meaning "raging torrent".
An early reference is in 1212, when the Beal valley was recorded as part of the
thegnage estate of Kaskenmoor, held on behalf of
King John by
Roger de Montbegon and
William de Nevill.
Built in 1892 on the bank of the Beal, Ellenroad Cotton Mill made fine cotton yarn by mule spinning.
During operation of a bleaching and dying works, discharge to the river of used dyes and waste would cause it to change colour from one day to another.
In the late 1990s,
Littlewoods PLC changed the course of the river slightly to allow development of their
Shaw National Distribution Warehouse Centre.
In an incident in 2005,
raw sewage was discharged to the river, killing thousands of fish and raising health fears among local residents.
Tributaries
Gallery
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Image:River Beal Meek Street.JPG|Infancy in Higginshaw
image:RiverBeal001.JPG|Jubilee, Shaw
Image:Bentgate Downstream.JPG|Looking downstream from Bentgate, Newhey
Image:18 River Beal at M62.JPG|Between the M62 and A640 culverts
Image:Ashes Lane View.JPG|View from Ashes Lane, Milnrow
Image:Firgrove View.JPG|Upstream from Firgrove
Image:Beal and Roch Confluence.JPG|Confluence with River Roch
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