Former complex of six cotton spinning mills, known locally as Caleb Wright's, on either side of Union Street in Tyldesley.
Battle of Howe Bridge
Riot that took place on 28 January 1881 against the background of an acrimonious strike by 50,000 miners from pits on the Lancashire coalfield, characterised by mobs of miners picketing working pits.
Bedford Colliery
Colliery in Leigh sunk by John Speakman at Wood End Farm in the northeast part of Bedford in 1875
Bedford Colliery explosion
Explosion of firedamp on Friday 13 August 1886 which caused the deaths of 38 miners at Bedford No. 2 Pit in Leigh, on the Lancashire Coalfield.
Bentley Grange
Shaft mounds and earthworks south of Bentley Grange Farm are the remains of a medieval iron mining site between Emley and West Bretton in West Yorkshire.
Blackjack Cars
Blackjack Cars, founded by Richard Oakes in 1996, is a manufacturer of three-wheeled kit cars based in Helston, Cornwall, England.
Boids
Computational model of flocking produced by the computer graphics expert Craig Reynolds in 1986.
Bolton and Leigh Railway
Lancashire's first public railway, promoted as a mineral line in connection with William Hulton's coal pits to the west of his estate at Over Hulton.
Bond Bug
The Bond Bug is a small British two-seat, three-wheeled automobile, built from 1970 to 1974 by the Reliant Motor Company. Based on a modified version of the Reliant Robin chassis, with mechanical components from the Reliant Regal, its distinctive feature is its bright tangerine wedge-shaped body.
Boothstown Mines Rescue Station
Mines rescue station serving the collieries of the Lancashire and Cheshire Coal Owners on the Lancashire Coalfield, opened in 1933.