Places (316 pages found in this category)


Bedford Colliery

Colliery in Leigh sunk by John Speakman at Wood End Farm in the northeast part of Bedford in 1875

Bedford Hall

Late-medieval house in Bedford, Leigh near the edge of Chat Moss.

Bedford, Leigh

Suburb of Leigh in Greater Manchester, one of the three ancient townships that merged in 1875 to form the town of Leigh.

Beeston Castle

Former royal castle built in the 1220s by Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester, (1170–1232), on his return from the Fifth Crusade.

Belle Vue Zoological Gardens

Large zoo, amusement park, exhibition hall complex and speedway stadium in Belle Vue, Manchester, England, opened in 1836.

Belmont Hall

18th-century country house one mile northwest of the village of Great Budworth, Cheshire, England. It has been in the possession of the Leigh family for more than 200 years.

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.

Blackstone Edge

Gritstone escarpment in the South Pennines rising to 1,549 feet (472 m) above sea level

Boggart Hole Clough

Large woodland area and country park in Greater Manchester, what remains of an ancient woodland.

Boothstown Mines Rescue Station

Mines rescue station serving the collieries of the Lancashire and Cheshire Coal Owners on the Lancashire Coalfield, opened in 1933.