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The construction of a major roads routed through the village facilitated Whitefield's expansion into a mill town by the mid-19th century. Whitefield became a local government district in 1866, and was governed by a local board of health until 1894, when the area of the local board became an urban district. [1]
By Brad Marshall @bradmarshBT News Reporter. Share. IN 1973, a Whitefield council worker had been giving the old town hall one final spring clean when he stumbled upon a most interesting find. Hidden amongst the documents, bric-a-brac and paraphernalia of local government was a singular, 79-year-old photograph of the town’s very first ...
Feb 17, 2018 · From rural village to hotspot: Whitefield is Manchester’s new Northern Quarter. Whitefield is evolving and changing from being a rural village famous for its handloom weaving in the early 18th century into Manchester’s latest hotspot for fine dining restaurants and cocktail bars. Viva went to find out more.
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There are several theories for the origin of the place name, discussed in two local history publications. One, published in John Wilson's A History of Whitefield (1979), is that the name is derived from the Flemish weavers who used to lay out their fabrics to bleach in the sun (a process known as tentering). Although Wilson doubts this, believing i...
Early history
In Elizabethan times, Whitefield was mostly moorland and until the 19th century existed, along with the districts of Ringley, Unsworth and Outwood, as part of the Manor of Pilkington. In the 15th century the Pilkington family who, during the Wars of the Roses, supported the House of York, owned much of the land around the parish. Thomas Pilkington was at this time lord of many estates in Lancashire including the Manor of Bury. In 1485, King Richard III was killed in the Battle of Bosworth. Th...
Whitefield lies on the west side of the conjunction of the M60 and M66 motorways, and south of the River Irwell. The larger towns of Bury and Middletonlie to the north and east respectively. Localities within Whitefield include Besses o' th' Barn, Hillock, Lily Hill, Park Lane, Stand and to the south of the M60 motorway and separated by it from the...
In 1906 the following textile bleaching, dyeing and finishing businesses existed in Whitefield: John Brierley (at Spring Clough); W.E. Buckley & Co Ltd (Hollins Vale); R.& A. Chambers Ltd (Spring Waters); Thomas L. Livesey Ltd (Hollins Vale); Mark Fletcher & Sons Ltd (Moss Lane Mills, having been founded in Little Lever in 1854); William Hampson (B...
Stand All Saints' Church (Church of England) is a 'Waterloo Church', having been built to give thanks for Napoleon's defeat at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815,is located just outside the town centre. The site was given by the Earl of Derby and the first stone laid by the Thomas Egerton, 2nd Earl of Wilton on 3 August 1822. It was consecrated on 8 Se...
Besses o' th' Barn Band, and subsequently its associated boys' band, has existed in the area since at least 1818, at which time it had converted from a string band to a reed band. Its founders were John, James and Joseph Clegg – three brothers who were manufacturers of cotton products at Besses o' th' Barn – and for this reason it was for a time kn...
The first step towards modern Whitefield was made when Bury Old Road was constructed in 1755. Soon cottages were built on either side of the road, for it was the only road between Manchester and Bury. By 1792 the population of Whitefield was 2,780 though there were only a dozen tenements at Besses o' th' Barn.
Jan 29, 2024 · Bury Council is holding a public consultation on the draft Whitefield Town Centre Plan through 16 February. Prepared by masterplanner Planit, the town centre plan seeks to improve the connectivity in Whitefield, celebrate the community’s history, and make the town greener. This re-envisioned Whitefield is described as a “Town of Hearts ...
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Jan 17, 2021 · Whitefield, the former mill town south of Bury, ... "Prestwich became a popular place when all the new restaurants opened, but Whitefield was not quite doing that," said Mr Slattery.
