The Good Estate Agent Leigh covers Howe Bridge and the surrounding areas, we have extensive experience in the local area.
Whether you live in Leigh, Warrington, Wigan or Bolton, all of our team live and work in your area!
Howe Bridge is a suburb of Atherton, Greater Manchester, England. The settlement was built as a model pit village by the owners of Atherton Collieries.
About Howe Bridge
Historically within Lancashire, it is situated to the south west of Atherton town centre on the B5215, the old turnpike road from Bolton to Leigh.
John Fletcher of Bolton, a member of a family with mining interests, came to Atherton in 1768 to sink two shafts. Ralph Fletcher was part-owner in the Ladyshore Colliery. The pits developed and Fletcher, Burrows and Company’s Atherton Collieries was formed in 1870, owning all the coalmines in the town. Howe Bridge Colliery employed 460 men in 1954. In 1908 the Howe Bridge Mines Rescue Station opened on Lovers Lane. It was the first mines rescue station in Lancashire.
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