Greater Manchester (140 pages found in this category)


Bradford Colliery Brickworks

Bradford Colliery Brickworks operated on the site of the Bradford Colliery in Bradford, Greater Manchester, then in the historic county of Lancashire, England,

Bridgewater Collieries

Coal mining company on the Lancashire Coalfield with headquarters in Walkden near Manchester.

Burning wells

Phenomenon known in the area around Wigan in Lancashire from at least the 17th century.

Capitol Theatre, Manchester

Former cinema in Didsbury, Manchester, used as television studios by ITV contractor ABC from 1956 to 1968.

Carrington Moss

Large area of peat bog near Carrington in Greater Manchester, England. Originally an area of grouse moorland, it was reclaimed in the latter half of the 19th century for farming and the disposal of Manchester's waste.

Chaddock Pit

Pit sunk in about 1820 by the Bridgewater Trustees that was connected to the Bridgewater Canal at Boothstown Basin by an underground canal.

Chanters Colliery

Former colliery in Hindsford, Atherton where coal was mined from 1854 until 1966.

Chat Moss

Large area of peat bog that makes up 30 per cent of the City of Salford, in Greater Manchester, England.

Chowbent Chapel

Active Unitarian place of worship in Atherton, Greater Manchester that was built in 1721.

Cleworth Hall Colliery

Cleworth Hall Colliery on the Lancashire Coalfield operated between 1880 and 1963 in Tyldesley, Lancashire, England.