Explore Astley, Greater Manchester Plaques in Blue Plaque, English Heritage, National Trust & local plaque schemes
Explore Astley, Greater Manchester plaques & local Astley, Greater Manchester history / heritage content through street plaque schemes (including Blue plaques, English Heritage & National Trust) plus Walkfo’s millions of audio plaques in Walkfo’s Audio Travel Guide to Astley, Greater Manchester.
About Astley, Greater Manchester
Astley’s name is Old English, indicating Anglo-Saxon settlement. It means either “east (of) Leigh”, or ēastlēah the “eastern wood or clearing” Throughout the Middle Ages, Astley constituted a township within the parish of Leigh and hundred of West Derby. The Industrial Revolution introduced the factory system when the village’s cotton mill was built in 1833. Coal mining became an important industry in the mid-20th century.
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plaques Walkfo has converted physical plaques into audio files triggered by GPS on a phone when you pass close by on foot, bike, bus or car. You hear Astley, Greater Manchester history information & more at the places where they happened, with up-to-date content created by our AI, sourced from trusted history resources such as Wikipedia, local Astley, Greater Manchester plaque schemes, English Heritage & National Trust. Walkfo improves on existing Astley, Greater Manchester’s physical Astley, Greater Manchester plaque schemes with additional, more detailed information than the writing on the physical plaque. With millions of audio places / virtual plaques created across the whole of the UK, you can explore Astley, Greater Manchester the same way you might explore a museum or art gallery with information audio headset.
Astley, Greater Manchester plaques & short history overview
“The Walkfo AI has curated content for millions of history locations across the UK, with 69 unique history facts in Astley, Greater Manchester plus 1 street plaques from official plaque schemes to form an interactive Astley, Greater Manchester history map for you to explore.”