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©Margaret Clough
A whole village was built at Howe Bridge in the 1870's, for the miners at the nearby coal mines. There are rows of brick built cottages, with shops and a school. The tall building in the photo was the miners' bath house.
©Margaret Clough
©Margaret Clough
The parish church of St Michael and All Angels on Leigh Road. Note the milestone next to the Old Vicarage. http://www.athertonparish.co.uk/StMichaelsChurch/StMichaelsChurch.htm
©Mike Faherty
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©SMJ
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©Anthony Parkes
Dist:0.4km<br/>The Atherton Cenotaph was constructed in Darley Dale stone, which is unusual for this area. There are four vertical plaques containing the names of the fallen of the First World War on each side of the central column. Four further horizontal plaques containing the names of the fallen of the Second World War are around the base of the structure. The memorial was designed by a resident of Atherton, Mr Arthur John Hope. The Atherton War Memorial was unveiled On Saturday 21st January 1922 in front of a crowd of up to 3,000 people gathered about the monument in Leigh Road to pay tribute to the memory of those who had fallen. Another large crowd, was present on Remembrance Sunday in 1949 when plaques in memory of those Atherton men who gave their lives during the 1939-45 war were unveiled. http://www.athertonians.co.uk/cenotaphsite/history.html - History of Atherton War Memorial
©David Dixon
Dist:0.5km<br/>Plaque on the side of [[[2797507]]]. There are four of these vertical plaques containing the names of the fallen of the First World War, one on each side of the central column. Four further horizontal plaques containing the names of the fallen of the Second World War are around the base of the structure.
©David Dixon
Dist:0.5km<br/>The Atherton Cenotaph was constructed in Darley Dale stone, which is unusual for this area. There are four vertical plaques containing the names of the fallen of the First World War on each side of the central column. Four further horizontal plaques containing the names of the fallen of the Second World War are around the base of the structure. The memorial was designed by a resident of Atherton, Mr Arthur John Hope. The Atherton War Memorial was unveiled On Saturday 21st January 1922 in front of a crowd of up to 3,000 people gathered about the monument in Leigh Road to pay tribute to the memory of those who had fallen. Another large crowd, was present on Remembrance Sunday in 1949 when plaques in memory of those Atherton men who gave their lives during the 1939-45 war were unveiled. http://www.athertonians.co.uk/cenotaphsite/history.html - History of Atherton War Memorial
©David Dixon
Dist:0.5km<br/>The Atherton Cenotaph was constructed in Darley Dale stone, which is unusual for this area. There are four vertical plaques containing the names of the fallen of the First World War on each side of the central column. Four further horizontal plaques containing the names of the fallen of the Second World War are around the base of the structure. The memorial was designed by a resident of Atherton, Mr Arthur John Hope. The Atherton War Memorial was unveiled On Saturday 21st January 1922 in front of a crowd of up to 3,000 people gathered about the monument in Leigh Road to pay tribute to the memory of those who had fallen. Another large crowd, was present on Remembrance Sunday in 1949 when plaques in memory of those Atherton men who gave their lives during the 1939-45 war were unveiled. http://www.athertonians.co.uk/cenotaphsite/history.html - History of Atherton War Memorial
©David Dixon
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©Anthony Parkes
Dist:0.5km<br/>Atherton Cemetery is on Leigh Road between Atherton town centre and Howe Bridge. The first burial at the cemetery was in February 1857. There are two mortuary chapels in the cemetery, the one in this photograph is the Nonconformist capel, the other is Church of England; both remain standing but are no longer in use. http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Atherton/cemetery/index.html - Memorial Inscriptions at Atherton Cemetery
©David Dixon
Dist:0.5km<br/>Atherton Cemetery is on Leigh Road between Atherton town centre and Howe Bridge. The first burial at the cemetery was in February 1857. There are two mortuary chapels in the cemetery. The Nonconformist chapel is the one nearest to the camera; the one behind is Church of England. Both chapels are now disused. http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Atherton/cemetery/index.html - Memorial Inscriptions at Atherton Cemetery
©David Dixon
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