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Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Busk is a locality and former hamlet in the town of Chadderton in Greater Manchester, England. It is located to the east of Chadderton town centre, on the town's eastern border with Oldham, contiguous with the Westwood area of that town.The hamlet lay on what is now a cycle path at the southern end of Busk Road, Oldham.Due to widespread redevelopment in the 1960s and 1970s, little remains of the original settlement. The Britannia Inn at the heart of the community still stands but has been closed for several years, while playing fields now occupy the site of the nearby Busk Mill which stood from 1847 until its closure in 1931.Busk Council School, whichh had its origins in a Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School, opened in a group of adjoining cottages in August 1862. Following the success of the school a piece of land was then offered in Busk Street and a new church and school was opened in June 1872.The Infants' school closed in December 1924, the Board of Education considering the premises to be 'unsuitable for continued recognition and incapable of improvement'. It was replaced by Mills Hill Council School.The Mixed school continued until 31 March 1926 when the pupils were transferred to North Chadderton Council School.Busk Street Wesleyan Methodist Church continued to serve the area until its closure around 1957.1932 saw the formation of the Busk Congregational Prize Band, the forerunner of the Chadderton And District Band which in the 1950s became the official band of the Chadderton Urban District Council.The placename Busk survives in the immediately adjoining streets to the west and south of the original hamlet, known as Busk Estate."@en }

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