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Kearsley
Kearsley ( ) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. The population at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census was 14,212. Within the Historic County of Lancashire, it lies northwest of Manchester, southwest of Bury, Greater Manchester, Bury and south of Bolton. It is bounded to the west by Walkden, the east by Whitefield, Greater Manchester, Whitefield, the north by Farnworth and the south by Clifton, Greater Manchester, Clifton. Kearsley was a Township (England), township in the ancient ecclesiastical parish of Deane, Greater Manchester, Deane, in the Salford (hundred), Hundred of Salford. Kearsley Urban District was a local government authority from 1894 until 1974. In 1933, part of Clifton, Greater Manchester, Clifton was added to Kearsley Urban District. Part of Outwood, Greater Manchester, Outwood, Radcliffe, Greater Manchester, Radcliffe became part of Kearsley in line with the 1933 Lancashire Review. History Kearsley lay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kearsley Mill - Stoneclough
Kearsley ( ) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. The population at the 2011 census was 14,212. Within the Historic County of Lancashire, it lies northwest of Manchester, southwest of Bury and south of Bolton. It is bounded to the west by Walkden, the east by Whitefield, the north by Farnworth and the south by Clifton. Kearsley was a township in the ancient ecclesiastical parish of Deane, in the Hundred of Salford. Kearsley Urban District was a local government authority from 1894 until 1974. In 1933, part of Clifton was added to Kearsley Urban District. Part of Outwood, Radcliffe became part of Kearsley in line with the 1933 Lancashire Review. History Kearsley lay within the historic county boundaries of Lancashire and was industrialised by 1752 when James Brindley solved drainage problems at the Wet Earth Colliery on the borders of Kearsley and Clifton. In 1780, a mill was built at the point where the River Croal meets ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kearsley Urban District
Kearsley was, from 1865 to 1974, a local government district centred on the town of Kearsley in the administrative county of Lancashire, England. History Kearsley was a township in the civil and ecclesiastical parish of Deane in the Salford Hundred of Lancashire. The township became part of the Bolton Poor Law Union on 1 February 1837 which took responsibility for funding the Poor Law within that Union area. In 1865, a local board of health was adopted for the township of Kearsley. The following year, Kearsley was also given the status of a civil parish. After the Public Health Act 1875 was passed by Parliament in that year, Kearsley Local Board assumed extra duties as an urban sanitary district, although the Local Board's title did not change. Following the implementation of the Local Government Act 1894, Kearsley Local Board was replaced by an elected urban district council of twelve members. Kearsley Urban District Council originally had just two electoral wards: East and We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M61 Motorway
The M61 is a motorway in North West England between Manchester and Preston, Lancashire, Preston, linking the M60 motorway, M60 Manchester orbital motorway with the M6 motorway, M6 motorway. It runs from the A580 near Wardley, Greater Manchester, Wardley and heads northwest past Bolton, Greater Manchester, Bolton, Horwich and Chorley to join the M6 near Bamber Bridge, just north of the junction between the M6 and M65 motorway, M65. It runs parallel to the A6 road (England), A6, to its northeast, for the entirety of its length, essentially Bypass (road), bypassing the towns and villages the A6 runs through between Manchester and Preston. History The Horwich to Worsley section began on Wednesday 1 January 1969, costing £12.4million, to open by the end of December 1970, built by the Alfred McAlpine and Leonard Fairclough & Son consortium. Services The M61 has one service station: Rivington services (formerly Anderton Services and Bolton West services), located between junctions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kearsley Power Station
Kearsley Power Station was a coal-fired power station in Stoneclough, near Kearsley, Bolton, England. It was designed in 1927 by Dr H. F. Parshall for the Lancashire Electric Power Company. The original installation was known as Kearsley 'A', comprising two British Thomson-Houston (B.T.H.) turbo-alternators rated at 32.25 megawatts each powered by steam supplied from eight Babcock & Wilcox boilers of 75,000 lb/hr. Further extensions became Kearsley 'B' (1936/38), with two more B.T.H. turbo-alternators each capable of producing 51.6 megawatts. Finally Kearsley 'C' (1949) was completed with two more B.T.H. machines rated at 52 megawatts each. The station closed in 1980 when only 'B' station remained operational. The 5 cooling towers were demolished during the week of 14 May 1985. History The power station opened in 1929 by the Earl of Derby, was to become highly regarded within the industry due to its excellent record of thermal efficiency. The power station went on to set new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kearsley Railway Station
Kearsley railway station serves the town of Kearsley and the outlying villages of Stoneclough, Prestolee and Ringley in Greater Manchester, England. It was originally named Stoneclough. It lies on the Manchester-Preston Line north of , though only local services run by Northern Trains stop here. The station was staffed until the early 1990s, however the arson attacking of the station building just below platform level saw an end to this arrangement. In the spring of 2015, the station's pedestrian rail crossing was replaced by a footbridge and the platforms rebuilt as part of modernisation work to electrify the line and raise line speeds to 100 mph. Facilities The station is unstaffed, however, there is a ticket machine on the Bolton-bound platform that allows passengers to pay for a ticket by card. Passengers wishing to pay by cash can use these machines to obtain a ‘Promise to Pay’ ticket. There are simple waiting shelters on each platform, with train running ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropolitan Borough Of Bolton
The Metropolitan Borough of Bolton ( ) is a metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England, named after its largest town, Bolton, but covering a larger area which includes Blackrod, Farnworth, Horwich, Kearsley, Westhoughton, and part of the West Pennine Moors. It had a population of in , making it the third-most populous district in Greater Manchester. The borough is in the historic county of Lancashire, and was created in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, covering the area of seven former local government districts and part of an eighth; being seven Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland), urban districts from the administrative counties of England, administrative county of Lancashire, and the County Borough of Bolton. The metropolitan districts of Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Bury, City of Salford, Salford and Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Wigan lie to the east, south and west respectively; and the unitary authority#England, unitary authority of Blackburn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outwood, Greater Manchester
Outwood is a suburban area in the metropolitan borough of Bury, in the county of Greater Manchester, England. It neighbours the market town Radcliffe that is connected to the suburb via Outwood Road. Until 1974 it was in Lancashire. History Outwood was an area in the township of Pilkington in the ancient parish of Prestwich-cum-Oldham in the historic county of Lancashire. It was once called Outwood of Pilkington and is marked as Outwoods on the Yates Map of 1787 and on the later Greenwood and Hennet maps. Under the Local Government Act 1894, Outwood was established as a civil parish and became part of the Bury Rural District in the administrative county of Lancashire, England. In 1933, Outwood civil parish was abolished and its former area was divided between Kearsley Kearsley ( ) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. The population at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census was 14,212. Within the Historic County of Lancashi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farnworth
Farnworth is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, southeast of Bolton, 4 miles south-west of Bury (7 km), and northwest of Manchester. Within the historic county of Lancashire, Farnworth lies on the River Irwell and River Croal. At the 2011 Census, it had a population of 26,939. History Toponymy Farnworth derives from the Old English ''fearn'', fern and ''worth'' an enclosure. Farnworth was recorded as Farneworth and Farnewrth in 1278 and 1279 and Ffornword in a land survey of 1282. Middle Ages Farnworth was originally a hamlet in Barton. In the 13th century it was held by the Lords of Barton and Manchester. By 1320 Adam Lever, Richard Hulton and Richard Redford held the manor as tenants. Later the manor was acquired by the Hultons of Over Hulton. In 1666 there were 91 hearths in Farnworth liable to pay tax. The commons were enclosed in 1798. There was a watermill on the River Croal. Industrial Revolution The town expand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolton South And Walkden (UK Parliament Constituency)
Bolton South and Walkden is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Created as a result of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election. Since 2024, it has been represented by Labour's Yasmin Qureshi Yasmin Qureshi (born 5 July 1963) is a Pakistan-born British politician and barrister. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolton South and Walkden since 2024, previously representing Bolton South East from 2010 to 2024. A member ..., who was MP for the predecessor seat of Bolton South East from 2010 to 2024. Boundaries The constituency is defined as comprising the following as they existed on 1 December 2020: *The Metropolitan Borough of Bolton wards of Farnworth, Great Lever, Harper Green, Kearsley, and Rumworth. *The City of Salford wards of Little Hulton, Walkden North, and Walkden South. The Bolton Borough wards were formerly part of Bolton South East and the Salford C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a ceremonial county in North West England. It borders Lancashire to the north, Derbyshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Cheshire to the south, and Merseyside to the west. Its largest settlement is the city of Manchester. The county has an area of and is highly urbanised, with a population of 2.9 million. The majority of the county's settlements are part of the Greater Manchester Built-up Area, which extends into Cheshire and Merseyside and is the List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, second most populous urban area in the UK. The city of Manchester is the largest settlement. Other large settlements are Altrincham, Bolton, Rochdale, Sale, Greater Manchester, Sale, Salford, Stockport and Wigan. Greater Manchester contains ten metropolitan boroughs: Manchester, City of Salford, Salford, Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Bolton, Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Bury, Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Oldham, Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Rochdale, Metropol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clifton, Greater Manchester
Clifton is a suburb of Swinton, in the Salford district, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies along the edge of Irwell Valley in the north of the City of Salford. Historically in Lancashire, it was a centre for coal mining, and once formed part of the Municipal Borough of Swinton and Pendlebury. History Clifton is derived from the Old English ''clif'' and ''tun'', and means the "settlement near a cliff, slope or riverbank". Clifton was mentioned in the Pipe Roll of 1183–84. Coal mining Clifton Hall Colliery was west of Lumns Lane, on the site now occupied by a domestic refuse and recycling site run by the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority. The colliery was operating by 1820, and its tramway is shown on a parliamentary plan from 1830 and an 1845 map. It closed in 1929. On 18 June 1885, an underground explosion at the colliery killed 178 men and boys. The inquest and the official report concluded that explosion was caused by firedamp igniting on contact wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radcliffe, Greater Manchester
Radcliffe is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England. It lies in the Irwell Valley northwest of Manchester and southwest of Bury, Greater Manchester, Bury and is contiguous with Whitefield, Greater Manchester, Whitefield to the south. The disused Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal bisects the town. Evidence of Mesolithic, Roman Britain, Roman and England in the High Middle Ages#Normans, Norman activity has been found in Radcliffe and its surroundings. A Roman road passes through the area, along the border between Radcliffe and Bury. Radcliffe appears in an entry of the Domesday Book as "Radeclive" and in the High Middle Ages formed a small parish and township centred on the Parish Church of St Mary, Radcliffe, Church of St Mary and the manorial Radcliffe Tower, both of which are Grade I listed buildings in Greater Manchester, Grade I listed buildings. Plentiful Coal mining in the United Kingdom, coal in the area facilitated the Industrial R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
