Information AboutBolton |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT BOLTON | |
| bolton | |
| towns in greater manchester | |
| west pennine moorsbolton | |
| towns in greater manchester | |
| west pennine moors | |
| towns in greater manchester | |
Bolton is a large town in 2007 . Historically part of Lancashire , Bolton rose to prominence during the 19th century as a Mill Town centred on Textile Manufacture and Cotton Spinning . At its zenith it was one of the largest and most productive centres of cotton manufacture in the world. HISTORY Toponymy The town's name, (in full, ''Bolton-le-Moors'') has been recorded over the years with many derivations of spelling including Bothelton, Boulton and Bolton-super-Moras. However, the exact origins are not totally clear from historical records. A Town Of Many Names . ''Bolton Evening News'', 2007 . A final suggestion is from the words "boul" and "town", where boul means a monument or central feature, though the boul itself is unidentified. A further possibility is that "bol" derives from the Norse for farm and "ton" from the Norse for town. Early history Evidence of a 2007 . The town was given a Charter to hold a market in Churchgate in 1251 by King 2007 . Civil war During the English Civil War, Bolton supported Parliament and the Puritan cause, unlike most of the rest of Lancashire. The town was twice attacked unsuccessfully until the third assault on 2007 . Textile manufacture The town's position on the west of the Pennines provides a damp climate. It is this feature which probably led to Flemish weavers, fleeing the Huguenot persecutions in the 17th century, to eventually settle here, as moisture-laden air allows for the spinning of cotton with little breakage. The cotton industry was to provide the catalyst for the town's expansion between the 14th and 19th centuries. Large, steam-powered textile mills eventually dominated the town's skyline, providing the major employment and defining the rhythm of the working week, so much so that an annual shut-down for maintenance in late June became the Bolton Holidays. There were also some large iron foundries in the town as well as other engineering works, many connected with the cotton industry. Bolton was 2007 . GOVERNANCE Civic history Until the early 19th Century , Great Bolton and Little Bolton were two of the eighteen Township s of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Bolton Le Moors . These two townships were separated by the River Croal , with Little Bolton on the north side of the river and Great Bolton on the south side. Great Bolton township . ''A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 5 (1911), pp. 243-51''. URL accessed 8 June 2007. Little Bolton township . ''A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 5 (1911), pp. 251-55''. URL accessed 8 June 2007. The parish of Bolton-le-Moors . ''A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 5 (1911), pp. 235-43''. URL accessed 8 June 2007. In 1838, Great Bolton, most of Little Bolton and the Haulgh area from , 2007 . Bolton County Borough . URL accessed 6 July 2007. In 1889, Bolton was granted , 2007 . Bolton County Borough . URL accessed 6 July 2007. The county borough was abolished in 1974 and became a constituent part of the , 2007 . Bolton Metropolitan Borough . URL accessed 6 July 2007. Parliamentary history Under the 2007 . The 2007 . In 1983, Bolton East was abolished and two new constituencies were created, 2007 . GEOGRAPHY DEMOGRAPHY Township populations These Census population figures are for the former townships of Great Bolton and Little Bolton. County Borough population These Census population figures are for the former County Borough of Bolton.
Metropolitan Borough population These Census population figures are for the whole Metropolitan Borough Of Bolton , which includes the Unparished Area s of Bolton (the former county borough), Farnworth , Kearsley , Little Lever and South Turton , plus the Civil Parish es of Blackrod , Horwich and Westhoughton . According to the 2001 UK Census, UK Census 2001 - Bolton (Local Authority) . URL accessed 12 May 2007 . of the 261,037 people living in Bolton Metropolitan Borough, the following ethnicities have been recorded: ECONOMY In recent times, the town has swapped much of its heavy industrial machinery for service-based activities including a large number of data processing and call centres and also hi-tech electronics and IT companies. It is a mecca for shoppers from all over the north of England and further afield, not only to the Victorian splendour of the town centre but to newly-developed Middlebrook retail park, home to Bolton Wanderers , the Bolton Arena, leisure facilities, shops, pubs, restaurants and sundry other businesses. The town retains a variety of more traditional industries, employing people in, amongst other things, aerospace, paper-manufacturing, packaging, textiles, transportation, steel foundries and building materials. The area of Horwich around Middlebrook has been designated by Bolton Council as the `Bolton Economic Development Zone', and is currently seeing much building work, predominantly office space for law firms and business headquarters. Tourism plays an important part of the local economy, with visitor attractions such as Hall i' th' Wood (the home of inventor Samuel Crompton), Smithills Country Park and Smithills Hall , Rivington , Last Drop Village, Barrow Bridge mill village, Bolton Steam Museum and the civic museums in the town centre. Residents and visitors alike can make use of the facilities at Leverhulme, Moss Bank and Queen's parks. Bolton is the birthplace of the Reebok brand. The company's European headquarters are located in the town. Bolton is also the home of the family bakery, Warburton's , who began their business in 1876 on Blackburn Road in Bolton. As well as this Bolton is home to MBDA 's main production facility in Horwich . 2007 . TRANSPORT Given its proximity to Manchester, Bolton is well served in terms of both the local road network and national routes. The A6 , a major north-south Trunk Road , passes through Hunger Hill and Westhoughton. The A666 (sometimes referred to as `The Devil's Highway' because of the numeric designation) is a 4-lane Dual Carriageway which acts as a spur from the large M61 / M60 Motorway interchange, carrying traffic to and from the town centre. The M61 itself has 3 dedicated junctions serving the borough. Bolton is served by the National Express coach network. Bolton is located on the Manchester loop of the West Coast Mainline and as such is served by Virgin West Coast trains passing through Manchester Picadilly station. There are regular commuter services between most of the local stations and Manchester. The Bolton metropolitan area is served by the following railway stations:
EDUCATION Bolton is home to a leading independent day school, Bolton School , whose Boys' Division originated in around 1516. It was endowed by Robert Lever in 1641 and again by William Hesketh Lever (later Lord Leverhulme ) in 1898, allowing it to be rebuilt alongside a new Girls' Division on its current site in Chorley New Road. Bolton also has its own modern university, the University Of Bolton . Formerly Bolton Institute of Higher Education, it finally gained university status in 2005 and has seen much building work and growth since. The town also contains a host of primary and secondary schools such as Canon Slade School , Thornleigh Salesian College , Mount St Joseph School, St James's School and Turton High School Media Arts College (motto: ''Integrity and Honour''), although some are in special measures. Bolton also has a community college which provides further education to many in the borough and has many sites throughout, as well as Bolton Sixth Form College, which comprises North and South campuses. Harper Green School is also located in Bolton. Harper Green is home to the Alan Ball Sports Hall, as well as the Peter Kay Drama Complex. Peter Kay also filmed a music video at Harper Green with the Scottish band Texas . The Bolton Teaching and Learning Centre serves schools as a central point for online materials. Bolton Teaching and Learning Centre . URL accessed 18 June 2007 . The Bolton Steam Museum is located here and has several restored working steam engines. SPORTS Bolton has a 2007 . Bolton Wanderers qualified for the UEFA Cup by finishing sixth in the Premiership in 2004/05 , but were knocked out by Olympique De Marseille after a 2-1 defeat. In 2005/06 Bolton finished eighth in the Premiership. Bolton finished 6th in 06/07, however 'Big Sam' (Allardyce) has now left as manager to Newcastle, being replaced by 'Little Sam', Sammy Lee , the former Liverpool FC and England footballer. Indoor facilities for sports training and major racket sports tournaments are provided courtesy of the newly-built Bolton Arena at Middlebrook , which was used for some of the events in the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games . Bolton is also home to one of the North West's largest Field Hockey Clubs ( Bolton Hockey Club ) The oldest football club in 2007 . Speedway racing, then known as Dirt Track racing, was staged at Raikes Park in the pioneer days - 1928 - but the venue was short lived. CULTURE AND SOCIETY According to a survey of the 2003 Bolton is one of the more deprived boroughs in England according to the Indices of Deprivation 2000. Indices of Deprivation 2000 . URL accessed 18 June 2007 . It is the 28th most deprived in England in terms of numbers of people who are income deprived. A third of the borough's population lives in seven wards which are amongst the 10% most deprived in England. Despite this, Bolton is currently experiencing much attention and is experiencing an influx of people, leading to property prices increasing faster than most other parts of the UK. The borough already contains traditional and also increasingly affluent areas including Heaton, Horwich, Harwood and Smithills. On 13 February 2003 , Bolton was granted Fairtrade Town status. Bolton's oldest public house is Ye Olde Man And Scythe , dating from 1251 - one of the oldest remaining public houses in England. Arts Bolton has an acclaimed theatre called 2007 . named after the prince consort, Prince Albert, who opened the building on June 5 1873 . Visual arts are also represented in Bolton via Bolton Museum and Art Gallery which boasts a fine collection of both local and international art. Welcome to Bolton Museum and Archive Service . URL accessed 18 June 2007 . in 1994, Le Mans Crescent.]] Le Mans Crescent, (currently home to the library, museum, art gallery, aquarium, police station, magistrates' court and town hall) is to be at the centre of a new Cultural Quarter. This area will no longer house the police station and magistrates' court; instead the library and museum are to be extended into these sections of the building, along with other new cultural projects. These works are to take place during a large-scale expansion and improvement project, which is set to more than double the size of the current town centre and improve its appearance, infrastructure and amenities. MEDIA Local radio is provided by Tower FM , a station which broadcasts across Bolton and Bury . Nightlife information is covered by The CaM Guide (The company originated from Bolton) The town's local daily newspaper is The Bolton News , formerly known as the Bolton Evening News . There are weekly free papers, such as the Bolton Journal and Bolton Council's free monthly newspaper, Bolton Scene. The town falls under the Granada ITV television region, and North West BBC region, both served by the Winter Hill Transmitter in Belmont, just to the north-west of the town. CULTURAL REFERENCES The industrial village of Barrow Bridge became Millbank in Benjamin Disraeli 's novel '' Coningsby ''. Bolton is referenced in the famous Monty Python's Flying Circus '' Dead Parrot '' sketch, in which it is the location of the shopkeeper's brother's pet shop. The shopkeeper's brother (played by Michael Palin ), incorrectly describes the town as Ipswich . On being challenged by Mr Praline (played by John Cleese ), Palin's character defends himself, claiming (wrongly) that Ipswich is a Palindrome of Bolton. Cleese's character retorts, ''"It's not a palindrome. The palindrome of Bolton would be Notlob. It don't work."'' As a consequence, Bolton is sometimes humorously nicknamed, "Notlob". '' Spring And Port Wine '' by Bolton playwright, Bill Naughton was filmed and set in Bolton. '' The Family Way '' based on Naughton's play '' All In Good Time '' was also filmed and set in Bolton. More famously Peter Kay is from Bolton and much of his comedy TV series '' That Peter Kay Thing '' and '' Phoenix Nights '' are set in the town. The latter was filmed at St Gregorys Social Club in Farnworth , and an episode of the former was set at Bolton West Services on the M61 . Many Bolton buildings have also stood in for other towns and cities. Bolton Town Hall stood in for an East European bank in the 1980s film '' Sleepers '' and Le Mans Crescent has featured as an upmarket London street in the Jeremy Brett version of Sherlock Holmes . Although not identified, much of the 1990s series '' Cops '' was filmed in Bolton. NOTABLE PEOPLE Bolton has produced a fair share of well-known Actor s, Comedian s, Musician s, Professional Sports personalities, Engineer s, Inventor s, Politician s, Author s and other celebrities. They have all made a mark in different periods of time, whether local, national or international level. For a list of these famous people from Bolton and the outlying areas, see List Of Famous Boltonians . TWIN TOWNS REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS
|
|
|