Rochdale Detectives have been operating in Rochdale and the North West for almost 20 years.
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Rochdale rose to prominence during the 19th century as a major mill town and centre for textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution.
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Rochdale is a large market town in Greater Manchester.
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Rochdale lies amongst the foothills of the Pennines on the River Roch.
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Rochdale is 5.3 miles north-west of Oldham and 9.8 miles north-east of the city of Manchester.
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Rochdale is surrounded by several smaller settlements which together form the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale.
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Rochdale has a population of 206,500.
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Historically a part of Lancashire, Rochdale's recorded history begins with an entry in the Domesday Book of 1086.
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By 1251, Rochdale had become important enough to have been granted a Royal charter.
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Subsequently, Rochdale flourished into a centre of northern England's woollen trade.
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Rochdale was a boomtown of the Industrial Revolution, and amongst the first ever industrialised towns.
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Rochdale is a predominantly residential town.
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Rochdale is the birthplace of the Co-operative Movement.
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Rochdale stands about 150 feet above sea leve.
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Blackstone Edge, Saddleworth Moor and the South Pennines are close to Rochdale.
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Rochdale is bound by smaller towns, including Whitworth, Littleborough, Milnrow, Royton, Heywood and Shaw and Crompton.
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Rochdale experiences a temperate maritime climate, like much of the British Isles.
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