Gordon Harvey 31 December 1858 – 6 November 1922 Alexander Gordon Cummins Harvey was a Rochdale cotton manufacturer,merchant and Liberal politician.[…]
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Category: Littleborough
The geographical area of Littleborough in the Pennines Township, part of The Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale.
Jessie Fothergill Blue Plaque
Jessie Fothergill Blue Plaque Jessie Fothergill 1851-1891 Novelist who captured the lives of working people in the local cotton mills in[…]
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Enid Stacy Blue Plaque
Enid Stacy Blue Plaque Enid Stacy 1868-1903 International and local speaker and writer on the welfare of working people and women’s[…]
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The Royal Oak Blue Plaque
Royal Oak Blue Plaque Royal Oak Blue Plaque is now “Black” for some reason? Royal Oak P.H. Late 18th century.[…]
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Gordon Harvey Blue Plaque
Gordon Harvey Blue Plaque Gordon Harvey 1858-1922 MP for Rochdale 1906-1918, political idealist, enlightened mill owner, local benefactor and pioneer environmentalist[…]
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Littleborough Toll House Blue Plaque
Littleborough Toll House Blue Plaque Toll House C. 1824 Summary of tolls on the Blackstone Edge Turnpike Road from the[…]
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The Falcon Inn Blue Plaque
The Falcon Inn Blue Plaque The Falcon Inn P.H, 18-20 Church Street, Littleborough Early 19th Century From 1657 the inn[…]
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