Green’s tramroad

Mineral railway that connected Yew Tree Colliery in Tyldesley to the Bridgewater Canal at Astley.

Haigh Foundry

Ironworks and foundry in Haigh near Wigan that was notable for the manufacture of steam engines.

Haydock Collieries

Haydock Collieries comprised several pits, some started in the 18th century, on land owned by the Leghs of Lyme around Haydock on the Lancashire Coalfield in north-west England.

Lever Park, Rivington

Grade II listed country park between Rivington ‌in Lancashire and Horwich in Greater Manchester.

Manchester Mummy

Mummified body of Hannah Beswick (1688–1758, a wealthy woman with a pathological fear of premature burial.

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.

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.

Noon Hill

Area of the West Pennine Moors in North West England. At its summit is a Bronze Age burial mound.