GREATER MANCHESTER Atik 0
A GUIDE TO THE IN DUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY OF GREATER MANCHESTER ocAATIoN Ab Robina McNeil and Michael Nevell Atik0 0 A GUIDE TO THE INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY OF GREATER MANCHESTER By Robina McNeil and Michael Nevell. With contributions by Jim Carr, Arthur Clarke, David George, Mike Haddon, Roger Holden, Brian Lamb, David Lewis, Norman Redhead, Steve Little and Steve Stockley. Dedicated to the memory of Professor Owen Ashmore, North West England's first and foremost Indus- trial Archaeologist, and to the memory of Bill Thompson past Chairman of the Manchester Region Industrial Archaeology Society and past President of the Association for Industrial Archaeology. CON T EN TS Introduction 1 Oldham 29 Tameside 54 Museums and 6 Manchester 7 Rochdale 35 Trafford 61 attractions Bolton 16 Salford 42 Wigan 65 Map: Greater 36-7 Bury 24 Stockport 48 Further Reading 72 Manchester Each gazetteer record has a letter and number that relates to the location map at the beginning of each district and index. Each record also gives a site's name followed by a location. This is often quite general, for reasons of space, but a National Grid Reference is given to aid accurate location. The abbreviation LB after some entries refers to a site's Listed Building status. The symbol next to the National Grid Reference of each site gives an indication of the ease of viewing: • Site can be viewed from a road, footpath or other public route that passes through or near the site. This does not imply there is permission to wander anywhere at will. ❑ Site is on private property and permission must be sought for access.
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