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Ainsworth Road, MANCHESTER, M26 4EY

Entrance to a housing estate built in the late 1980s/early 1990s. Greenbank Road is on the path of the old railway line. (Black Lane Halt shown on the 1940s OS map).

Heading north.

The remains of the bridge where Ainsworth Road used to cross the (now dismantled) Liverpool and Bury (later Lancashire and Yorkshire) Railway. There is no other visible sign of the former railway with housing having been built on both sides of Ainsworth Road. The other side of the bridge, which would have been on the left in this photograph, was removed in the early 1990s; replaced by Image] which gives access to the housing estate built at that time. The Liverpool and Bury Railway was formed in 1845. In 1847, it was incorporated into the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and from 1922, until nationalisation, was part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. The line between Bolton and Bury was closed in 1970 and part of the route is now a footpath although it has been built over in other places, such as here. http://www.lyrs.org.uk/the_railway/ - The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Society http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancashire_and_Yorkshire_Railway - L&YR article on Wikipedia

This church on Ainsworth Road, opposite the junction with Turks Road, was built in 1901 as St Paul's Methodist Church. It was renamed Wesley Methodist Church in 1962, after a reorganisation where several former Methodist churches were amalgamated. Update: The church was demolished in 2013; see Image]

This church on Ainsworth Road, opposite the junction with Turks Road, was built in 1901 as St Paul's Methodist Church. It was renamed Wesley Methodist Church in 1962, after a reorganisation where several former Methodist churches were amalgamated. This photograph was taken during demolition of the church in April 2013. See Image] for a photograph taken whilst the church was still open.

The corner of Station Close and Ainsworth Road. The road name (presumably for the old Ainsworth Road Station which stood close to here) and the side of the bridge behind the building are the only visible reminders that a branch of the Liverpool and Bury (later Lancashire and Yorkshire) Railway used to cross here. The Liverpool and Bury Railway was formed in 1845. In 1847, it was incorporated into the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and from 1922, until nationalisation, was part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. The line between Bolton and Bury was closed in 1970 and part of the route is now a footpath although it has been built over in other places, such as here. (http://menmedia.co.uk/heywoodadvertiser/news/s/390183_rail_decision_spells_gloom_for_lines_future - Heywood Advertiser). http://www.lyrs.org.uk/the_railway/ - The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Society http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancashire_and_Yorkshire_Railway - L&YR article on Wikipedia