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Glimpse history through old images of Bolton, in Greater Manchester, England, UK. The former mill town of Bolton was traditionally in the county of Lancashire. It has ancient roots, with local Saxon archeological findings and several Norman deeds in museum archives. It became a market town in 1251, when King Henry III granted a charter… Continue reading Old Images of Bolton, North West England

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Sounds slightly vulgar! Doffcocker is a suburb of Bolton lying some 3.5 miles from the centre just short of open moorland on the Chorley Old Road. One proffered explanation of the name is that an early visitor was obliged to "Doff", i.e. remove, his "Cockers" i.e. stockings before crossing the local stream. Hmmm. A more plausible explanation is the the name comes from two anglo-saxon words meaning "dark" and "water", describing the same stream where the early tourist supposedly had his…

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