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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Tyldesley

  

Tyldesley Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Tyldesley

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Tyldesley history

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Toponymy

Tyldesley, meaning “Tilwald’s clearing”, is derived from the Old English (OE) personal name Tīlwald and leăh a “wood, clearing”, suggesting that what is now open land was once covered with forest. The name was recorded as Tildesleiha in 1210.

Earliest history

The remains of a Roman road serving camps at Coccium (Wigan) and Mamucium (Manchester) passed through the area. In 1947, two urns containing about 550 Roman bronze coins, minted between AD 259 and AD 278, were found near the old Tyldesley–Worsley border.

Manor houses

Astley Hall has been associated with Astley since the death of Tyldesley in 1301. The Tyldesleys had a “reputation for lawlessness and who had frequent disputes with neighbours” Hugh the Pious endowed Cockersand Abbey with land in Shakerley before his death in 1226. Chaddock Hall was home to a family of yeomen farmers.

Banks Estate

In the early 18th century Tyldesley was a collection of cottages and farms scattered across the township with no church or inn. Thomas Johnson, a Bolton merchant bought the Banks Estate in 1728, land from the Stanleys of Garrett Hall in 1742 and Davenports in the west of the township in 1752.

Industrial Revolution

Until the Industrial Revolution, Tyldesley was rural, agriculture and cottage spinning and weaving, mainly muslin and fustian, were the chief occupations before 1800. Silk weaving became an important cottage industry after 1827 when silk was brought from Manchester. Coal mining became the dominant industry after the railway was completed in 1864.

Tyldesley culture & places

Tyldesley’s wealth as an industrial town resulted in outlets for entertainment of its population. Three cinemas were built in the town, the Theatre Royal in John Street opened in 1909, the Carlton on Johnson Street in 1911, and the Majestic in Castle Street in 1923. A public library was built in 1908 with the aid of an Andrew Carnegie grant.

Tyldesley landmarks

Tyldesley’s landscape was dominated by factory chimneys and pit headgear. St George’s Church is one of the few structures in the town built of stone, with a spire rising to 150 feet (46 m) in height.

Tyldesley geography / climate

Tyldesley and Shakerley cover 2,490-acre (1,010 ha) of land. The banks are a sandstone escarpment with the scarp slope facing south and the gentler dip to the north. The underlying rocks are the coal measures of the Manchester Coalfield covered with boulder clay. The main road through the town centre is the A577 which runs on the high ground.

You can visit Tyldesley places with Walkfo Tyldesley to hear history at Tyldesley’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Tyldesley has 80 places to visit in our interactive Tyldesley map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Tyldesley, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Tyldesley places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Tyldesley & the surrounding areas.

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80 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Tyldesley tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Tyldesley

  

Best Tyldesley places to visit

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Tyldesley has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Tyldesley’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Tyldesley’s information audio spots:

Mather Lane Mill Mather Lane Mills was a complex of cotton mills built by the Bridgewater Canal in Bedford, Leigh in Lancashire . The No 2 mill and its former warehouse are grade II listed buildings .

Howe Bridge Colliery Howe Bridge Colliery was part of Fletcher, Burrows and Company’s collieries at Howe Bridge in Atherton, Greater Manchester, then in the historic county of Lancashire .

Leigh Spinners Leigh Spinners or Leigh Mill is a Grade II* listed double cotton spinning mill in Bedford, Leigh, Greater Manchester . The mill was built in the 1930s .

St Mary the Virgin’s Church, Ellenbrook St Mary the Virgin’s Church or Ellenbrook Chapel is an active Anglican church in Ellenbrook, Worsley, Greater Manchester. The church was granted Grade II listed status in 1966. It is in the Eccles deanery, archdeaconry of Salford and diocese of Manchester.

Boothstown and Ellenbrook (ward) The ward was created in 2004 following recommendations made by the Boundary Committee for England. It is represented in Westminster by Barbara Keeley MP for Worsley and Eccles South. The 2011 Census recorded a population of 9,532.

New Manchester New Manchester or The City was an isolated mining community on the Manchester Coalfield. It lies west of a boundary stone at Ellenbrook which marks the ancient boundary of the Hundreds of Salford and West Derby. The Roman road from Manchester to Wigan and the Tyldesley Loopline passed south of the village.

St John’s Church, Mosley Common St John’s Church is an active church built in 1886. It is part of Leigh deanery in the archdeaconry of Salford, diocese of Manchester.

Garrett Hall Garrett Hall or The Garrett is a former manor house in Tyldesley, Greater Manchester. The hall was designated a grade II listed building in 1987.

Great Boys Colliery Great Boys Colliery was a coal mine operating on the Manchester Coalfield in the second half of the 19th century. It was sunk on Great Boys farm, which in 1778 was described as a “messuage with eight Cheshire acres of land” The offices and lamproom for the pit occupied the building that is now the Colliers Arms public house, on Sale Lane.

Little Hulton (ward) Little Hulton (ward) is an electoral ward of Salford, England. It is represented in Westminster by Barbara Keeley MP for Worsley and Eccles South.

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