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Ellenbrook, Greater Manchester history

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Etymology

Ellenbrook is situated by the Ellen Brook which becomes the Stirrup Brook in Boothstown. The origin of the first element of the name is unknown, but the second element is certainly from Old English broc, a brook or stream.

Church

Ellenbrook was a chapelry in the parish of Eccles. The exact origins of the chapelry are uncertain. The old chapel was demolished and St. Mary’s Church was rebuilt in brick in 1725. The church is built in the Norman style and is a Grade II Listed building.

Industrial Revolution

The Duke of Bridgewater owned small shallow collieries at Crookes Meadow, Grundy Common and Clays before 1770. In the 1830s a horse-drawn tramway connected Bridgewater Collieries’ pits north of Ellenbrook at New Manchester with the Bridgewater Canal. In 1861 the London and North Western Railway revived powers to build a railway from Eccles to Wigan through Ellenbrook.

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

Municipal Borough of Farnworth Municipal Borough of Farnworth was an unparished area of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester. A local board of health had been established for Farnworth in 1863, which was reconstituted as an urban district in 1899 and granted a charter of incorporation in 1939.

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.

Walkden South Walkden South is an area and electoral ward of Salford, England. It is represented in Westminster by Barbara Keeley MP for Worsley and Eccles South.

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.

St Paul’s Church, Peel St Paul’s is an active Anglican parish church in Little Hulton, Greater Manchester. It is part of the Diocese of Manchester and is a Grade II listed building.

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