BURY LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY - Bury Architecture

Bury

The Gate House,
Bridge Hall Lane,
Bury.

Salse’s Farmhouse, Pimhole. Built
in 1650 by Quakers, then subsequently
owned by St. Thomas’s Church.

Cottages built in 1826 on Rochdale
Old Road, Fairfield, Bury.

The George and Dragon
public house, Fairfield.
Note the turreted top on
the right.

32 Wilson Street,
Bury. Built in 1869
by John Barret, who
is believed to have
owned East Street
Paper Mill.

Boothfields, Bury, a
typical row of late
19th century houses

The Rock in April 2005.
Originally this part of the
thoroughfare near the
Parish Church was
named Rock Street.

St. Paul’s Vicarage; now
called Shelley House.

The ‘new’ Blackford Bridge
from an unusual angle. This
was rebuilt in 1904.

A montage of the
Old Blackford
Bridge.

This imposing building on
The Rock, which locals
don’t even notice, was
built in 1874 as the
‘Union Club’

229 and 231 Manchester
Road, Bury. Built in 1847
this is where Cecilia and
myself first met!

(Above) The Pack Horse on the Manchester Road/Parkhills Road junction in 2006. Unfortunately recent building work has removed the view of the pack horse and its owner from above the door, which was situated on the corner of the building. The old photograph to the left shows the Pack Horse in 1921.