Buildings and structures in Bolton

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 25. Chapters: Railway stations in Bolton, Schools in Bolton, List of mills in Bolton, Bolton School, List of schools in Bolton, University of Bolton, St Peter's Church, Bolton, Bolton Interchange, Daisy Hill railway station, Bolton Union Mill, Bolton, Reebok Stadium, Burnden Park, Lostock railway station, Kearsley Power Station, Smithills Hall, Westhoughton railway station, Turton High School Media Arts College, Octagon Theatre, Bolton, Bolton Steam Museum, Blackrod railway station, Grundy Hill, Horwich Parkway railway station, Ye Olde Man & Scythe, Cheetham Close, Hall i' th' Wood railway station, Kearsley railway station, Bolton Arena, Bromley Cross railway station, Bolton Sixth Form College, Lostock Hall Gatehouse, Westhoughton Mill, Moses Gate railway station, Farnworth railway station, Bolton College, Bolton Museum, Bolton TIC, Bolton Incinerator, 10 Firwood Fold, 15 Firwood Fold. Excerpt: This list of mills in Bolton, lists textile factories that have existed in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. From the Industrial Revolution until the 20th century, Bolton was a major centre of textile manufacture, particularly cotton spinning. During this period, Bolton was dominated by large rectangular brick-built factories, many of which still remain today as warehouses or converted for residential or retail use. In 2009 there were 108 mills that had been identified. Astley BridgeBradshawBreightmetBromley CrossCromptonFarnworth- see aboveGreat Lever- see aboveHalliwellHarper GreenHeaton and LostockHultonKearsleyLittle Lever and Darcy LeverRumworthSmithillsTonge with the HaulghTwo TownsWesthoughton with Chew Moor Bolton School is an independent day school in Bolton, in the North-West of England in the British public school tradition. It comprises a co-educational Nursery and Infant School (Beech House) and single sex Junior and Senior Schools (with Sixth Forms). With almost 2,400 pupils it is one of the largest independent day schools in the country. Bolton School main entranceEstablished as Bolton Grammar School, it is not known exactly when the Boys' School was founded, though it is recorded as being a going concern as early as 1516. In 1524 William Haigh of Wigan left land worth 33s 4d towards the maintenance of a schoolmaster to teach grammar in Bolton. In 1644 it was endowed by Robert Lever and so began a long and close relationship with the Lever name. In 1899, the school moved from its site next to the Parish Church in Bolton to its current site on Chorley New Road. The Girls' School was established in 1877 as Bolton Girls' Day School and was quickly renamed Bolton High School for Girls. In 1913, Sir William Hesketh Lever, the first Viscount Leverhulme, gave a generous joint endowment to the Bolton Grammar School and the Bolton High School for Girls on condition that the two should be equal partners known as Bolton School (Boys' and Girls' Division