03/03/2021
There are many Historical Industrial villages that can be visited around the country – Port Sunlight in Liverpool, Bournville in the Midlands, Saltaire in Yorkshire and New Lanark in Scotland. However these are the ones that have survived and have been turned into tourist attractions, but there are many more that have been lost by modern progress and development. This website will look at those in Northern England that have been forgotten. Evidence remains of what these leading industrialist built for their workers- houses, schools and community buildings may remain, even some factories.
https://lostindustrialvillages.com/lancashire/ashton-under-lyne/
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