Burnden is a district in the town of
Bolton in
Greater Manchester,
England. It is located about southeast of Bolton town centre.
Historically a part of
Lancashire, Burnden derives its name from two
Old English
Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anglo ...
words. The first part ''"burn"'' means a stream or a brook and is more popularly used in the
Scottish Lowlands
The Lowlands ( sco, Lallans or ; gd, a' Ghalldachd, , place of the foreigners, ) is a cultural and historical region of Scotland. Culturally, the Lowlands and the Highlands diverged from the Late Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowl ...
. The second part ''"dene"'' or ''"denu"'' means a valley. Combined, they mean a brook flowing through a valley.
Burnden Brook was a small tributary of the
River Croal, but has since been
culvert
A culvert is a structure that channels water past an obstacle or to a subterranean waterway. Typically embedded so as to be surrounded by soil, a culvert may be made from a pipe, reinforced concrete or other material. In the United Kingdom ...
ed and now runs beneath Manchester Road.
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In the late 18th century, Burnden was the site of the Burnden Poorhouse which was used by many townships of the parishes of Bolton le Moors and Deane to house their paupers.][
For just over a hundred years Burnden was the site of Burnden Park, the home of ]Bolton Wanderers
Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in . The club played at Burnden Park for 102 years from 1895 after moving from their original home at Pike's ...
. The area was described as a ghost town after the stadium, the Normid superstore and the greyhound track closed in quick succession in the late 1990s.
References
External links
Burnden and Rose Hill
{{Areas of Bolton
Areas of Bolton