New Manchester

[1] The route of the Roman road from Manchester to Wigan and the Tyldesley Loopline passed south of the village.

The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway's Manchester to Southport line passed to the north.

The community was in existence by 1803 in houses provided by the Duke of Bridgewater who owned the mining rights.

The men who came to work in the pits named the streets after places in their hometown, Manchester, Shude Hill, Gatley Row and City Road, the only road into the village.

[2] The tramway was extended to link several pits to Bridgewater Canal at Boothstown Basin.