Cheetham Close
Cheetham Close, a hill in the West Pennine Moors above Turton in Lancashire, is the site of an ancient stone circle.
Noon Hill
Area of the West Pennine Moors in North West England. At its summit is a Bronze Age burial mound.
Winter Hill Trespass
1896 protest organised when the landowner Colonel Ainsworth closed a track leading to Winter Hill, denying the right of access to the local population.
Atherton Urban District
Atherton Urban District was from 1894 to 1974 a local government district in Lancashire, England.
Municipal Borough of Leigh
Local government district in Lancashire, England, created in 1899 and abolished in 1974.
Tyldesley Urban District
Tyldesley cum Shakerley Urban District and its successor, Tyldesley Urban District. was from 1894 to 1974 a local government district in Lancashire, England. In 1974 the urban district was abolished and its former area was transfered to the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester.
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.
Rivington Reservoirs
The Rivington Reservoir Chain, or Rivington Pike Scheme, was built for Liverpool Corporation Waterworks between 1850 and 1857 by Thomas Hawksley.
Bank Hall Colliery
Coal mine near the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in Burnley, Lancashire., the town’s largest and deepest pit.
Burnley Coalfield
Most northerly portion of the Lancashire Coalfield, surrounding Burnley, Nelson, Blackburn and Accrington.