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and his hand was reportedly preserved there after his execution. The house, dating to the fourteenth century, has now completely collapsed and remaining stones have been cleared.
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chapel and congregation in the whole district. By the nineteenth century Park Lane was only one of nine non-conformist chapels in the heavily recusant area.
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was the seat of the Gerard family beginning in the thirteenth century or earlier. It was a "safe house" for the English Roman Catholic martyr and saint
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This article is about the suburb of Ashton-in-Makerfield, Greater Manchester, England. For the railway station, see
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parish of Our Lady of Good Counsel was founded in 1896. In 1902 the foundation stone of the church was laid by the
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Park Lane Chapel in Wigan Road was built in 1697, though its congregation was founded in 1662. It is the oldest
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in the 12th century. A third explanation is that the name is derived from
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Bryn railway station

Bryn is located in Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester
OS grid reference
SD565005
Metropolitan borough
Wigan
Metropolitan county
Greater Manchester
Region
North West
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
WN4
Dialling code
Police
Greater Manchester
Fire
Greater Manchester
Ambulance
North West
UK Parliament
Makerfield
UK
England
Greater Manchester

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