Long:-2.260 Lat:53.607 The mural in Bircle church hall was painted by the local potter Harry Johnston.

In the 1881 census a 64-year-old named Susannah Allport, a Bonnet Maker (Milliner) from Salamanca was in residence.

1825 – Bury Select Vestry recommended that the town needed to build a new workhouse or improve the existing one.

1852 – The Bury Board of Guardians gave notice that they were prepared to receive plans and specifications for a new Union workhouse capable of support 400 inmates with suitable outbuildings, yards and conveniences.

1877 – On 9 June the foundation stone for a new 32 bed infectious diseases hospital at the Jericho site was made by Alderman John Duckworth, chairman of the Bury Board of Guardians.

1903–1905 – A new 126 bed infirmary with a maternity ward and staff accommodation was erected on the Jericho site.

1948 – The Jericho Institution became part of the National Health Service and was renamed Fairfield General Hospital.

During the industrial age, the valley became a centre of cotton production, dependent on running water.

As early as 1580, Queen Elizabeth I granted John Blackwall the right to mine coal in the Cheesden Valley.

Flints from the Mesolithic period have been found in the Cheesden Valley and Knowl Moor areas.

All were discovered on high ground close to a water source, and all are small and suitable for use as arrowheads and similar objects.

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