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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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364:. 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.
635:. 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 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
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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
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273:of Leigh. The townships existed before the parish.
565:on the Liverpool to Manchester Line via Leigh and
206:weaving and mining from small coal pits near the
141:, that merged in 1875 to form the town of Leigh.
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949:The Industrial Archaeology Of North-West England
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1062:Geography of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan
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681:A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 3
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675:Farrer, William; Brownbill, J, eds. (1907),
214:border were the chief occupations until the
371:estate with facilities for 7,000 people at
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896:National Heritage List for England
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985:Dictionary of English Place-Names
921:, St Thomas Leigh, archived from
585:St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church
280:Bedford became part of the Leigh
262:Historically, Bedford was in the
891:"Bedford St Joseph RC (1068480)"
543:London and North Western Railway
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244:London and North Western Railway
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530:joins it at Butts Bridge. The
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965:Leigh Borough Council (1953),
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1067:Areas of Greater Manchester
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532:A580 "East Lancashire" Road
278:Poor Law Amendment Act 1834
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850:Leigh Borough Council 1953
317:Municipal Borough of Leigh
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1072:Leigh, Greater Manchester
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345:Astley and Bedford Mosses
321:Local Government Act 1972
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129:is one of three ancient
1005:, Triangle Publishing,
978:, Leigh Borough Council
969:, Leigh Borough Council
307:township, became Leigh
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1001:Sweeney, D.J. (1996),
947:Ashmore, Owen (1982),
645:List of mills in Wigan
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72: • Abolished
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315:in 1899 becoming the
294:Leigh Union workhouse
271:ecclesiastical parish
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967:Leigh Official Guide
362:Manchester Coalfield
86:Leigh Urban District
60: • Created
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793:, workhouses.org.uk
522:The main road from
1038:53.4939°N 2.4996°W
615:St Joseph's Church
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547:Tyldesley Loopline
325:Greater Manchester
250:where there was a
127:Greater Manchester
46:St Thomas's Church
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143:Historically
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608:fathers of
598:Reformation
545:opened the
341:Glaze Brook
240:Howe Bridge
184:manor house
133:, Bedford,
65:Middle Ages
1056:Categories
1026:53°29′38″N
987:, Oxford,
929:10 January
656:References
596:after the
567:Pennington
551:Manchester
528:Warrington
524:Manchester
452:Pennington
298:Atherleigh
290:workhouses
264:West Derby
258:Governance
176:Warrington
147:Lancashire
135:Pennington
1029:2°29′59″W
902:27 August
838:Lunn 1958
797:16 August
776:Lunn 1958
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752:Lunn 1958
740:Lunn 1958
728:Lunn 1958
716:Lunn 1958
704:Lunn 1958
687:26 August
677:"Bedford"
625:St Thomas
621:in 1855.
590:Recusants
559:Tyldesley
518:Transport
504:Chat Moss
499:Glazebury
432:Tyldesley
422:Westleigh
354:sandstone
349:Chat Moss
335:Geography
254:in 1886.
236:Fletchers
212:Tyldesley
139:Westleigh
131:townships
639:See also
610:Culcheth
577:Religion
494:Culcheth
427:Atherton
305:Atherton
252:disaster
229:Huguenot
198:Industry
158:Toponymy
99:Township
463:Bedford
360:of the
286:Winwick
267:hundred
204:fustian
153:History
119:Bedford
52:History
35:Bedford
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606:Jesuit
555:Eccles
474:Astley
288:. The
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549:from
172:manor
166:Manor
123:Leigh
1007:ISBN
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602:Mass
557:and
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225:silk
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