Boat & Horses (1), Broadway, Chadderton near Oldham
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Boat & Horses (1), Broadway, Chadderton near Oldham
Image: © P L Chadwick Taken: 3 Sep 2012
There has been a pub here since the early years of the 19th century, when it was popular with the boatmen working on the adjacent Rochdale Canal. It had some changes of name before settling on the present one. At one time it was used as a morgue because of the number of drownings in the canal. Eventually, due to problems with the foundations, the original pub was demolished. The present pub is completely new and dates from the 1990's. It benefits from being next door to a Travelodge hotel. The pub is a J W Lees house. They are an independent family owned brewery based at Middleton in the north of Manchester, and were established in 1828. Image Image Image
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Image Location
Latitude
53.527785
Longitude
-2.159561