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Walkden history
Walkden or Walkeden derives from the Old English denu, a valley, belonging to a man possibly called Wealca (fuller) A Roman road crossed the area roughly on the line of the present A6 road through Walkden and Little Hulton.
Industry
Walkden’s industrial history links are mainly to coal mining, but also to cotton mills. There were many shafts for small collieries sunk to the shallow coal seams of the Worsley Four Foot mine. Named shafts were, Speakman’s, Edge Fold, Lloyd’s and Hey’s Field before 1770, Turnpike Lime, Barlow Fold, Scowcroft’s, and Crippin’s Croft before 1780, Pin Fold, Parr Fold and Tub Engine before 1790 and Grundy’s Field.
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With 69 travel places to explore on our Walkden travel map, Walkfo is a personalised tour guide to tell you about the places in Walkden as you travel by foot, bike, car or bus. No need for a physical travel guide book or distractions by phone screens, as our geo-cached travel content is automatically triggered on our Walkden map when you get close to a travel location (or for more detailed Walkden history from Walkfo).
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