Thomas Tyldesley


Supporter of Charles I and a Royalist commander during the English Civil War.

Barton Swing Aqueduct

Aqueduct in Barton upon Irwell, Greater Manchester, England carrying the Bridgewater Canal across the Manchester Ship Canal, opened in 1894.

Barton Aqueduct

Aqueduct, designed by James Brindley and opened on 17 July 1761, which carried the Bridgewater Canal over the River Irwell at Barton-upon-Irwell, in the historic county of Lancashire, England.

New Lester Colliery

Colliery on the Manchester Coalfield opened after 1872 by James and William Roscoe in Tyldesley, Lancashire, England.

Combermere Colliery

Combermere Colliery was sunk by the Tyldesley Coal Company on the Manchester Coalfield after 1867 in Shakerley, Tyldesley in Lancashire, England.

Chat Moss


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

Peelwood Colliery

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

Ordsall Hall


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

Stretford Public Hall

Public hall built in 1878 by the Manchester’s first multi-millionaire John Rylands.

Nico Ditch

Linear earthwork between Ashton-under-Lyne and Stretford in Greater Manchester, England.