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Westhoughton is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. It includes the town of Westhoughton and the settlements of Wingates, White Horse, Four Gates, Chequerbent, Hunger Hill, Snydale, Hart Common, Marsh Brook, Daisy Hill and Dobb Brow.
Farmer cutting off the cow's head – picture in the Waggon and Horses pub. Westhoughton (/ w ɛ s t ˈ h ɔː t ən / west-HAW-tən) is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, [1] 4 miles (6 km) southwest of Bolton, 5 miles (8 km) east of Wigan and 13 miles (21 km) northwest of Manchester.
The Metropolitan Borough of Bolton (/ ˈ b oʊ l t ən / ⓘ BOHL-tən) 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 298,903 in 2022, making ...
Four Lane Ends. Part of the hundred of Salford, until the 19th century, Over Hulton was a township in the parish of Deane. [1] [11] In 1837 Over Hulton along with neighbouring townships (or civil parishes) became part of the Bolton Poor Law Union which took responsibility for the administration and funding of the Poor Law in that area. [12]
South Turton is an unparished area in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, and includes the settlements of Bradshaw, Bromley Cross, Harwood, Dunscar, Eagley, and Egerton, and the surrounding countryside.
This is a list of settlements in Greater Manchester by population based on the results of the 2011 census.The next United Kingdom census will take place in 2021.In 2011, there were 61 built-up area subdivisions with 5,000 or more inhabitants in Greater Manchester, shown in the table below.
The school, closed in 1995, is now used as a church. The old petrol station is disused. The rest of the amenities have been converted in to houses. The neighbouring hamlet of Marsh Brook reduced in stature, is incorporated into Hart Common. Westhoughton Greyhound Track used to stand at Marsh Brook, but was demolished in 2014. The Weavers Way ...
A terrace of four houses, No. 6 at the left being added later in the 18th century, in red sandstone with a stone-flagged roof. There are two storeys, and each house has one bay. The original houses have mullioned windows, and in No. 6 the windows are casements. The doorways are in architraves. [19] II: 6–10 and 12A Park Row