IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Crompton Way, BOLTON, BL2 3AF
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Crompton Way, BL2 3AF by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (38 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image
Details
Distance
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Firwood Fold
A surviving example of a fold, a local name for a group of cottages originally around a farm - a small village really.
Image: © Margaret Clough
Taken: 6 Feb 2006
0.02 miles
4
Samuel Crompton's birthplace, Firwood Fold
Samuel Crompton invented the Spinning Mule. He was born in this cottage (the thatched one) on 3rd December 1753.
Image: © Margaret Clough
Taken: 6 Feb 2006
0.02 miles
7
Samuel Crompton's Birthplace
https://flic.kr/p/21b89wH
Image: © James Johnstone
Taken: 14 Oct 2017
0.09 miles
8
Firwood Fold
A surviving hamlet of early industrial cottages, which contains the birthplace of Samuel Crompton, inventor of the spinning mule.
Image: © Bill Boaden
Taken: 28 Dec 2011
0.09 miles
9
Firwood Fold
A small hamlet in Bolton consisting of former farmworkers' dwellings and outbuildings. It is a Conservation Area and the birthplace on 3rd. December 1753 of Samuel Crompton, the inventor of the Spinning Mule. The Mule revolutionised the cotton spinning industry not only in Lancashire, but also worldwide. Samuel was born in the thatched house with the tall brick chimney on the right.
Image: © philandju
Taken: 7 Feb 2018
0.09 miles
10
Firwood Fold
A small hamlet in Bolton consisting of about 20 cottages dating from the 16th to 18th centuries. It is a Conservation Area and the birthplace of Samuel Crompton (1753 - 1827), inventor of the Spinning Mule which revolutionised the cotton spinning industry.
Image: © philandju
Taken: 7 Feb 2018
0.11 miles