Geography (345 pages found in this category)


Borley Rectory

Reputedly “the most haunted house in England”, described as such by psychic researcher Harry Price. Demolished in 1944.

Bradford Colliery

Bradford Colliery was a coal mine in Bradford, Manchester, England.

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,

Bretton Hall

Country house on the north slope of the valley of the River Dearne in West Bretton near Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.

Bridgewater Collieries

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

Built-up area

Categorisation of UK census data that corresponds more closely to the traditional towns, villages and cities that people associate with where they live than do the administrative boundaries.

Burmantofts Pottery

Major producer of decorated tiles and architectural ceramics in Yorkshire.

Burning wells

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

Burnley Coalfield

Most northerly portion of the Lancashire Coalfield, surrounding Burnley, Nelson, Blackburn and Accrington.

Calder and Hebble Navigation

Constructed between 1758 and 1834, the navigation makes the River Calder navigable between Sowerby Bridge and Wakefield in the West Riding of Yorkshire.