Photographs of old Egerton

Here are ten of the unused images which were collected while conducting research for our recent publication about Egerton, but were not included in the book.

Egerton Athletic Football Club 1913-14
Building in background thought to be Old School or Old Globe.

Egerton Co-operative - illustration from 1920 accounts report
Plans for this building were approved in 1889

Dimple Row in May 1963.
Houses in the process of being left vacant as
tenants remove, prior to demolition.

Horse drawn carriage - Tonge Moor & Egerton

Higher Dunscar House in 1940

Egerton from Turton Heights in 1965
Showing closest Whittle Hill Farm (left), New Butterworth Farm (centre),
further back Cox Green Rd
Old Swan (left), Old School (centre) and Old Globe (right)

Left: Henry Ashworth of The Oaks
Right: Edmund Ashworth of Egerton Hall
Cotton Manufacturers at Egerton Mill from 1829

Egerton Mill (later known as Deakins Park)

Deakins Limited, Egerton - from a 1920s letter head

Egerton Conservative Club during demolition in 1963.
Opened in 1901, later became a recreation club and reading room