Blue plaque: The Cotton Tree
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Blue plaque: The Cotton Tree
Image: © Gerald England Taken: 18 Jun 2016
The blue plaque on the Cotton Tree Image reads: TAMESIDE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH THE COTTON TREE PUBLIC HOUSE Opened in 1830 and so named as it coincided with the opening of the cotton mills in the Newton area by the Ashton Brothers Features prominently in the Chartist movement, largely because Joseph Rayner Stephens, Dr. P.M. McDouall and John Bradley were arrested as a result of a meeting held here on 28th July 1839 A popular meeting place for the local Chartists where crowds would meet after dark with firearms and banners to further their cause for political and social reform Unveiled by The Rt. Hon. Jack Cunningham, M.P. on 18th December 1999
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Image Location
Latitude
53.464857
Longitude
-2.078287