Model villages

Howe Bridge

Oct 10, 2020Daisy GraceModel villages, Settlements in Greater Manchester

A suburb of Atherton in Greater Manchester, built as a model mining village in the 1870s by the Fletchers

New Bolsover

Dec 21, 2018Daisy GraceCoal mining, Model villages, Settlements in Derbyshire

New Bolsover is a model village adjoining the town of Bolsover in Derbyshire, built by the local colliery company to house its workers.

Creswell Model Village

Dec 21, 2018Daisy GraceModel villages, Settlements in Derbyshire

Creswell Model Village is an arts and crafts style model industrial settlement in Creswell in the parish of Elmton-with-Creswell in the Bolsover district in northeast Derbyshire.

Akroydon

Jul 28, 2018Daisy GraceModel villages, Settlements in Yorkshire

Akroydon was a model village developed near Edward Akroyd’s Bankfield mansion in Haley Hill, Halifax in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The houses are in blocks of six to ten around the park in streets named after cathedral cities

Copley

Jul 26, 2018Daisy GraceModel villages, Settlements in Yorkshire

Copley was a built as a model village by Colonel Edward Akroyd in the Calder Valley to the south of Halifax in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England.

Model village

Jul 26, 2018Daisy GraceModel villages

A model village is a type of mostly self-contained community, built from the late 18th century onwards by landowners and industrialists to house their workers.

Barrow Bridge

Jun 21, 2018Daisy GraceModel villages, Settlements in Greater Manchester

Barrow Bridge is a model village started by John and Robert Lord who built a cotton mill next to the Dean Brook in the north-west outskirts of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England.