Summary
Compiled to mark the 50th anniversary of the Turton Local History Society in 2024, A Turton Timeline presents a chronological record of events in the Turton district, from the Bronze Age to the present day. It includes both significant historical events and smaller, everyday happenings that reflect local life over time. The content is mainly drawn from TLHS publications, along with other local history sources. The book is illustrated with 110 colour images.
Details
| Publication Number | 40 |
| Title | A Turton Timeline |
| Author | G Melia |
| Year Published | 2025 |
| Number of Pages | 121 |
| ISBN Number | 9781904974406 |
| Amazon ASIN | 1904974406 (view on Amazon) |
| Price & Availability | See publications list |
Cover Photo
Contents
Bronze Age Onwards
Medieval Onwards
16th Century
17th Century
18th Century
19th Century
20th Century
21st Century
References
Publication List
Appendix 1: TLHS Committee Members
Appendix 2: TLHS Newsletter No. 1
Appendix 3: A Short History of TLHS
Illustrations
Druids circle on Chetham Close
Agricola
Wayoh Bridge Roman fort LIDAR
Archaeological dig at Edgworth
Saxon kings of Northumberland
Saxon cross fragments at Bolton
Saxon kings’ genealogy
Roger de Poitou coat of arms
Grelley coat of arms
Gregson’s Latham genealogy 1869
Hospitallers coat of arms
Turton family genealogy
Local families’ coats of arms
Sir Lees Knowles coat of arms
Entwistle Hall in 2023
Wayoh Fold in 2019
Humphrey Chetham
Humphrey Chetham coat of arms
Quarlton Fold datestone
Execution of the Earl of Derby
Bradshaw Hall
Bolton in the mid-18th century
Old Bradshaw Chapel
Yates map of Turton c1780
Landscape Egerton
19th century print of Turton Tower
John Horrocks (1768 – 1804)
James Holland, executed for theft
Market place, Deansgate, Bolton
Bradshaw c.1900
Bradshaw Brow c.1900
Signatures of Turton people
Thomas Slater (1758 – 1838)
Thomas Hardcastle (1766 – 1839)
Entwistle Reservoir
Lea Gate, Harwood c.1900
Entwistle Viaduct
Turton Station
Bradshaw Mills
Chadwick mauchline ware
Thomas Barlow receipt 1877
St Annes School, Turton
Bradshaw Church
Harwood Lodge
Wayoh Reservoir
Holly Bank in Entwistle
Egerton Cooperative Society
Blair Hospital, Bromley Cross
Bradshaw Valley c.1900
Eagley Mills Prize Band
Old Bank on Station Road
Hough Lane c.1900
Edgworth Bottoms c.1902
Entwistle Viaduct
Chapeltown High Street c.1900
Eagley Mills clock
Bradshaw girl
Samuel Scowcroft’s shop
Tram at Dunscar Bridge
Turton Bottoms
Walk Mill
Know Mill Printworks
Opening of Conservative Club
Eagley Cricket Club events c.1907
Parade at Turton Tower 1909
St. Anne’s Vicarage
Train accident 1905
Hilltop House, Belmont
Edgworth’s Village Institute
Dog & Grouse auction notice
Bradshaw Brow c.1910
Royal visit chocolate tin 1913
Soldiers at Edgworth in 1914
Harwood Cricket Club medal 1915
Hobb Lane School children 1918
Soldiers on Station Road in 1914
Belmont postcard
Waddicor’s of Edgworth advert
Birtenshaw Wesleyan
Bradshaw parish magazine
Edgworth Wesleyan Programme
Newspaper adverts 1930s
Stitch-mi-Lane, Harwood
Blacksmiths at Wayoh Fold
Longworth Mill
Crowthorn School fund raising
Edgworth YHA
Crowthorn staff in 1937
Queen Elizabeth at Turton 1948
Turton Council steamroller in 1951
Cox Green Quarry steam engine
Bradshaw to Harwood photograph
The Volunteer pub, Bromley Cross
Carding machines at Eagley Mill
Flooding at Vale Mill cottages
Wayoh reservoir 2022 dry spell
Jumbles before reservoir
Crowthorn School badge
1964 flooding at Dunscar Bridge
Harwood Shopping Precinct
Affetside
Turton Council offices
Turton Water Wheel in 1975
Eagley Sunday School banner
Edgworth Gazette & Herald
Slaters Croft c.1900
Turton Scene
Harwood Parish Magazine
Birtenshaw ‘Stand on the Land’
Turton masonic lodge coin
Surnames Included
Ainsworth, Appleton, Arkwright, Ashworth, Asshaw, Atkinson, Baguley, Barker, Barlow, Baron, Barton, Bateson, Bentley, Berry, Bevis, Birchwood, Blackley, Blair, Bland, Bodmer, Bradshaw, Brandwood, Briggs, Brodie, Bromiley, Brooke, Brooks, Brown, Brownlow, Bury, Chadwick, Charter, Cheetham, Chetham, Clarke, Clegg, Cochrane, Collinge, Cort, Crompton, Crosse, Darbyshire, Dawson, Deacon, Deakin, Dearden, Dewhurst, D'Ewias, Dickinson, Duckworth, Egerton, Entwistle, Fairbairn, Fairclough, Faldworthings, Felgate, Field, Fildes, Fish, Flitcroft, Frere, Gardiner, Garnett, Gascoyne, Goodwin, Greaves, Green, Greene, Greenhalgh, Greg, Grelley, Hamer, Hampton, Hardcastle, Hargreaves, Harpur, Harrington, Harrison, Harwood, Haslam, Haworth, Haydock, Heathcote, Henderson, Hesketh, Heywood, Hick, Higson, Hoare, Holden, Holding, Holland, Holt, Horrocks, Howarth, Hulme, Hulse, Hulton, Hutchinson, Ireland, Isherwood, Kay, Kenyon, Knowles, Lacy, Laithwaite, Langshaw, Lathom, Leigh, Lever, Lille, Livesey, Lomax, Longworth, Lord, Macadam, Maden, Mainwaring, Makant, Martin, Maycock, Mcdonald, Melia, Millington, Mosley, Nelson, Neville, Newbould, Nightingale, Novelli, Nuttall, Ormrod, Orrell, Osbaldeston, Parker, Pilkington, Pilling, Platt, Pomfret, Popplewell, Radcliffe, Ramsden, Rigby, Rishton, Ritter von trapp, Robinson, Rostron, Roxbury, Rycroft, Salmsbury, Samlesbury, Scoles, Scowcroft, Sharpe, Sharples, Shaw, Sheldrake, Slade, Slater, Smith, Spencer, Starkie, Swift, Tarbock, Thomasson, Thompson, Thornley, Thweat, Toothill, Trafford, Turton, Tyldesley, Waddicor, Wakefield, Walch, Walker, Walmsley, Walsh, Warburton, Ward, Whitehead, Whowell, Willis, Winder, Wood, Woodrow, Worthington, Wright, Yates
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