Denshaw
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![Dowry Reservoir, pictured here in 1967, was built in the late 19th century at the height of the Industrial Revolution.](/Images/godic/202501/08/Dowry_Reservoir5851.jpg")
![Denshaw's War Memorial is situated in the village churchyard.](/Images/godic/202501/08/Denshaw_War_Memorial5851.jpg")
Denshaw is a village in Saddleworth—a civil parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies by the source of the River Tame, high amongst the Pennines above the village of Delph, 4.6 miles (7.4 km) northeast of Oldham, and 3.3 miles (5.3 km) north-northwest of Uppermill. It has a population of around 500.