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Irwell Valley

  • Bridgewater CanalFrancis Egerton, the 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, owned coal mines in Worsley that supplied fuel for England's Industrial Revolution.
  • WorsleyThe name Worsley first appeared in a Pipe roll from 1195 to 1196 as Werkesleia. This document recorded a claim by Hugh Putrell regarding land near…