Matthew Murray was an engineer born in Newcastle on Tyne who became known for improving steam engines and building the first commercially successful steam locomotive.
Maud Foster Windmill
Seven-storey, five-sail tower mill close to the Maud Foster Drain, from which she is named, in Skirbeck, Boston, Lincolnshire.
Milton Court
17th-century country house in Dorking, Surrey, now converted to office accommodation.
Mining disasters in Lancashire
Mining disasters in Lancashire in which five or more people were killed occurred most frequently in the 1850s, 1860s and 1870s.
Minsden Chapel
Grade II listed ruined 14th-century chapel near Preston, Hertfordshire, reputedly haunted.
Model village
Type of mostly self-contained community, built from the late 18th century onwards by landowners and industrialists to house their workers.
Morleys Hall
Morleys Hall, a moated hall converted into two houses on the edge of Astley Moss in Astley, Greater Manchester, England, was largely rebuilt in the 19th century on the site of a medieval timber house.
Mosley Common
Suburb of Tyldesley in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester.
Municipal Borough of Leigh
Local government district in Lancashire, England, created in 1899 and abolished in 1974.
Municipal Borough of Stretford
Created in 1894 and granted a charter of incorporation in 1933, becoming a municipal borough. Abolished in 1974, the area it controlled is now part of the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford in Greater Manchester.