Rivington
Village in the Borough of Chorley, to the northwest of Bolton, on the fringe of the West Pennine Moors.
Trafford Ecology Park
Designated Site of Biological Importance and Local Nature Reserve in Trafford, Greater Manchester.
Bridgewater Collieries
Coal mining company on the Lancashire Coalfield with headquarters in Walkden near Manchester.
Cottonopolis
The nickname given to Manchester, the world’s first industrial city, a metropolis centred on cotton trading.
Hulme Hall
Former half-timbered manor house on the banks of the River Irwell in Manchester, demolished in about 1840.
Chaddock Pit
Pit sunk in about 1820 by the Bridgewater Trustees that was connected to the Bridgewater Canal at Boothstown Basin by an underground canal.
Boggart Hole Clough
Large woodland area and country park in Greater Manchester, what remains of an ancient woodland.
Hob Moor
A local nature reserve and ancient common in York
Worsley Navigable Levels
Extensive network of underground canals that drained the Duke of Bridgewater’s coal pits emerge into the open at the Delph in Worsley, Greater Manchester.
Ellesmere Colliery
Ellesmere Colliery in Walkden, on the Lancashire Coalfield, was sunk in 1865 by the Bridgewater Trustees. Production ended in 1923.