Charles Hindley's House, Fairfield Square
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Charles Hindley's House, Fairfield Square
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 24 Oct 2016
This late eighteenth century house in Fairfield Square is a Grade II listed building (Historic England List Entry Number:1163732 http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=1163732&resourceID=5 Heritage Gateway). The blue plaque reads: "CHARLES HINDLEY 1796-1857 Charles Hindley was born into a Moravian mill owning family and became active in the movement for factory reform, particularly the reduction of the working day. He was MP for Ashton from 1835 until his death” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Hindley_(politician) Wikipedia biography for Charles Hindley
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Image Location
Latitude
53.475665
Longitude
-2.149421