Geography (345 pages found in this category)


Nook Colliery

Coal mine on the Manchester Coalfield after 1866 in Tyldesley, Lancashire, England.

Noon Hill

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

Nostell Colliery

Former colliery on the South Yorkshire Coalfield, about four and a half miles south east of Wakefield, on the Nostell Priory estate.

Ordsall Hall

Large former manor house in the historic parish of Ordsall, Lancashire, England, now part of the City of Salford, in Greater Manchester.

Peelwood Colliery

Peelwood Colliery on the Manchester Coalfield in Shakerley, Tyldesley, Lancashire, began producing coal in 1883.

Peg o’ Nell

Malevolent water spirit of the River Ribble in Lancashire, England.

Pendleton Colliery

Former colliery that operated on the Manchester Coalfield from the late 1820s. It was a major employer but was subject to water ingress, which ultimately bankrupted its owner.

Pendleton fault

Geological fault stretching for about 20 miles (32 km) from Bolton in Greater Manchester in the north along the Irwell Valley through Pendleton and south to Poynton in Cheshire.

Pennington Flash

Lake formed by mining subsidence in Leigh, Greater Manchester, the largest body of open water in Wigan.

Perran Foundry

Cornish foundry established in 1791 to supply steam-engine pumps and heavy machinery to mines, waterworks and ironworks.