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Higher Folds did have a church dedicated to St Gabriel, which was demolished and Richmond Park was built on the land. [3] [4] Another church located near the new development state called Walmsley Park, it was demolished in 1978 and what remains is a handrail and stones that lead to Walmsley [5]
The WN postcode area, also known as the Wigan postcode area, [2] is a group of eight postcode districts in North West England, within three post towns.These cover most of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester (including Wigan itself and Leigh), plus small parts of West Lancashire (including Skelmersdale) and the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens in Merseyside.
Leigh Sports Village is a multi-use sports, [5] retail and housing development in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. The centrepiece of the development is a 12,000-capacity stadium which is home to professional rugby league team Leigh Leopards , Manchester United's Under-21 and Academy teams and Manchester United Women .
Leigh Spinners (Leigh Mill) Bradshaw Gass & Hope: Bedford SJ 674,997 : 1913 : Standing : 112: Notes: Leigh Spinners or Leigh Mill, a double spinning mill, is a Grade II* listed building built for the Horrocks Company close to the Bridgewater Canal. The east mill, boiler house and chimney were built in 1913 to the designs of Bradshaw, Gass ...
The Bolton and Leigh Railway line reached Westleigh in March 1830 and was extended across the Leeds and Liverpool Canal to Kenyon Junction on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Leigh Station on the Bolton and Leigh Railway at Westleigh was opened to passengers in June 1831. [11] The line of the railway is now the route of the A579 road.
The Vought XF5U "Flying Flapjack" was an experimental U.S. Navy fighter aircraft designed by Charles H. Zimmerman for Vought during World War II. This unorthodox design consisted of a flat, somewhat disc-shaped body (resembling a flying flapjack /pancake, hence its nickname) serving as the lifting surface. [ 1 ]
The food is called a flapjack in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, Ireland, and Newfoundland. In other English-speaking countries, the same item is called by different names, such as cereal bar, oat bar or (in Australia and New Zealand) oat slice. In the United States and Canada, "flapjack" is a widely-known but lesser-used term for pancake.
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