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The area was rural and a small settlement grew at Butts where the road to
Warrington branched from the Leigh to Manchester road. Several inns were built near the junction and in 1641 there was a shop selling "cheese, gunpowder, hops, tobacco and a variety of other goods". A corn mill was built by the
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promoted the development of industry and rapid increases in population during the 19th century. Bedford
Brewery was founded in 1823. Corn mills powered by steam were built at the canal basin by Butts Bridge in 1831 to process wheat imported from the prairies of America through the
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and
Southworth served from the late-17th century. In 1778, before the relaxation of the penal laws against recusants, a chapel was built and public worship resumed. The chapel, from which Chapel Street was named, was replaced on the same site by
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where the elevation of the land is barely 50 feet above mean sea-level. The land rises gently to 125 feet on the northern boundary. The township had an area of 2,826 acres, and lay partly on the new red
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Bedford means the "ford of Beda", which crossed
Pennington Brook, probably near Beaston Bridge on Warrington Road. It was recorded as Beneford in 1200–21 and Bedeford in 1200 and 1296.
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immigrant, opened a silk weaving shed in
Brewery Lane in 1859. After 1845 the Bedford Foundry made agricultural machinery and fire ranges in premises near the canal.
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In 1875, the Leigh Local Board of Health was established, covering
Bedford, Pennington and Westleigh. In 1894 the area of the Local Board, together with part of the
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and was occupied by tenants of the
Kighleys who were absentee landlords. In 1301 half of the manor was held by the Kighleys, a quarter by the Sales who lived at the
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353:. There is alluvium in the ground crossed by the Glaze Brook and its tributaries. The soil is largely clay and the land consisted of meadow and pasture.
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served the town. The railway crossed the town on a viaduct which has since been largely demolished. The station and the railway closed in May 1969.
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Hopecarr Hall and the rest by John
Waverton of Brick House. Thomas Shuttleworth lived at Sandypool which was taken from the Kighley share.
624:. A mission church dedicated to All Saints was built on Manchester Road and consecrated on 29 October 1938 by the Bishop of Manchester.
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The mile-long Holden Road was constructed at a cost of £53,000 in 1923. In 1952 Leigh
Borough Council began building a large
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The township was crossed by four brooks from the north, west and east which united to the south of
Bedford Hall to form the
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to Bedford Basin which the company built to facilitate the transport of coal. After the
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to Leigh crosses the township from east to west and a road leading south to
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in secret at Hopecarr, the home of the Sales or Hall House where the
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in Pennington, Culcheth, Tyldesley and Lowton were replaced by the
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line was built in the north of the township, John Speakman sank
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mill in Duke Street in 1833 and Richard le Mare, a French
805:, Greater Manchester County Record Office, archived from
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One of three townships that merged to form Leigh, England
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with Runcorn red sandstone facings, it was designed by
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forming part of the township's south western boundary.
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built a private railway linking their collieries at
262:of Leigh. The townships existed before the parish.
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554:on the Liverpool to Manchester Line via Leigh and
195:weaving and mining from small coal pits near the
130:, that merged in 1875 to form the town of Leigh.
938:The Industrial Archaeology Of North-West England
1051:Geography of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan
670:A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 3
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664:Farrer, William; Brownbill, J, eds. (1907),
203:border were the chief occupations until the
360:estate with facilities for 7,000 people at
308:. In 1974 the borough was abolished by the
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316:to be combined with others to form the
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639:List of mining disasters in Lancashire
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885:National Heritage List for England
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974:Dictionary of English Place-Names
910:, St Thomas Leigh, archived from
574:St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church
269:Bedford became part of the Leigh
251:Historically, Bedford was in the
880:"Bedford St Joseph RC (1068480)"
532:London and North Western Railway
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233:London and North Western Railway
940:, Manchester University Press,
558:. The station originally named
519:joins it at Butts Bridge. The
992:A Lancashire Triangle Part One
954:Leigh Borough Council (1953),
300:, which was granted honorific
212:. Bickham and Pownall built a
71: • Succeeded by
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318:Metropolitan Borough of Wigan
802:Greater Manchester Gazetteer
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171:never assumed the role of a
1056:Areas of Greater Manchester
521:A580 "East Lancashire" Road
267:Poor Law Amendment Act 1834
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839:Leigh Borough Council 1953
306:Municipal Borough of Leigh
163:, held by the Botelers of
1061:Leigh, Greater Manchester
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334:Astley and Bedford Mosses
310:Local Government Act 1972
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581:in Leigh adhered to the
336:are a surviving part of
118:is one of three ancient
994:, Triangle Publishing,
967:, Leigh Borough Council
958:, Leigh Borough Council
296:township, became Leigh
265:Under the terms of the
990:Sweeney, D.J. (1996),
936:Ashmore, Owen (1982),
634:List of mills in Wigan
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61: • Abolished
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304:in 1899 becoming the
283:Leigh Union workhouse
260:ecclesiastical parish
972:Mills, A.D. (1998),
956:Leigh Official Guide
351:Manchester Coalfield
75:Leigh Urban District
49: • Created
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963:Lunn, John (1958),
782:, workhouses.org.uk
511:The main road from
1027:53.4939°N 2.4996°W
604:St Joseph's Church
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536:Tyldesley Loopline
314:Greater Manchester
239:where there was a
116:Greater Manchester
35:St Thomas's Church
907:St Thomas History
525:Bridgewater Canal
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210:Port of Liverpool
205:Bridgewater Canal
134:, Bedford was in
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912:the original
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863:Ashmore 1982
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851:Sweeney 1996
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132:Historically
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597:fathers of
587:Reformation
534:opened the
330:Glaze Brook
229:Howe Bridge
173:manor house
122:, Bedford,
54:Middle Ages
1045:Categories
1015:53°29′38″N
976:, Oxford,
918:10 January
645:References
585:after the
556:Pennington
540:Manchester
517:Warrington
513:Manchester
441:Pennington
287:Atherleigh
279:workhouses
253:West Derby
247:Governance
165:Warrington
136:Lancashire
124:Pennington
1018:2°29′59″W
891:27 August
827:Lunn 1958
786:16 August
765:Lunn 1958
753:Lunn 1958
741:Lunn 1958
729:Lunn 1958
717:Lunn 1958
705:Lunn 1958
693:Lunn 1958
676:26 August
666:"Bedford"
614:St Thomas
610:in 1855.
579:Recusants
548:Tyldesley
507:Transport
493:Chat Moss
488:Glazebury
421:Tyldesley
411:Westleigh
343:sandstone
338:Chat Moss
324:Geography
243:in 1886.
225:Fletchers
201:Tyldesley
128:Westleigh
120:townships
628:See also
599:Culcheth
566:Religion
483:Culcheth
416:Atherton
294:Atherton
241:disaster
218:Huguenot
187:Industry
147:Toponymy
88:Township
452:Bedford
349:of the
275:Winwick
256:hundred
193:fustian
142:History
108:Bedford
41:History
24:Bedford
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813:3 June
595:Jesuit
544:Eccles
463:Astley
277:. The
197:Astley
177:moated
84:Status
779:Leigh
538:from
161:manor
155:Manor
112:Leigh
996:ISBN
978:ISBN
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920:2013
893:2010
815:2010
788:2009
678:2010
591:Mass
546:and
542:via
214:silk
199:and
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