Weavers' Cottages, Broad Lane, Rochdale
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Weavers' Cottages, Broad Lane, Rochdale
Image: © michael ely Taken: 25 Nov 2005
Three-storey cottages with fenestration typical of these west Pennine homes dating from when weaving was carried out on hand looms before the advent of mechanisation and the mills.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.598184
Longitude
-2.143507