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Bury is a town in Greater Manchester in the north west of England, located between Rochdale and Bolton, at the foothills of the Western Pennines. The town name of Bury, previously known as Buri and Byri, comes from a Saxon word said to mean “a stronghold�.
A market town, Bury was first mentioned as a parish in AD 962.
Originally in the county of Lancashire, Bury merged with neighbouring areas of Radcliffe, Prestwich, Whitefield, Tottington and Ramsbottom to form the Metropolitan Borough of Bury in the early 1970s.
With the industrial revolution, Bury grew in importance and concurrently its population expanded in size. This was particularly apparent following the town’s linkage to the national canal network by the Manchester, Bolton and Bury canal in the early 19th century.
Then Bury’s railways opened, which linked the town’s Bolton Street station with Manchester, Radcliffe, Rawtenstall and Accrington.
The 18th century saw a revolution in the textile industry. John Kay, born at Walmersley in Bury, developed the "Flying Shuttle". This development sped up the process of weaving and mechanised the industry. This led to the founding of numerous cotton mills, paper making factories, calico printing and light engineering establishments in Bury.
In the post-war period, the cotton industry fell into decline in both Bury, neighbouring areas and generally nationwide.
Bury’s old shopping area that had built up around Princess Street and Union Street was knocked down in the late 1960s, and was consequently replaced by a concrete precinct. This quickly outdated development was itself replaced by the more modern Millgate centre in the late 1990s.
Bury remains famous for its traditional Lancashire market where you can buy its nationally renowned Bury Black Pudding. Until recently, tripe could also be purchased regularly.
The town’s importance has become entwined with Manchester, as Bury is currently becoming a significant commuter town for the city.
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British Antique Furniture Restorers' Association
Tel: 01305 854822 - Head Office, The Old Rectory, Warmwell, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 8HQ
Dulwich Picture Gallery
Tel: 020 86935254 - Gallery Road, Dulwich Village, London, SE21 7AD
Fan Museum
Tel: 020 83051441 - 12 Grooms Hill, Greenwich, London, SE10 8ER
Leighton House Museum
Tel: 020 76023316 - 12 Holland Park, London, W14 8LZ
Horniman Museum and Gardens
Tel: 020 86991872 - 100 London Road,, Forest Hill, London, SE23 3PQ
Cobham Bus Museum
Tel: 01932 868665 - Cobham Bus Museum, Redhill Road, Cobham, Surrey, KT11 1EF
Local History Room
Tel: 020 85476738 - North Kingston Centre, Richmond Road, Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey, KT2 5PE
Hertford Museum
Tel: 01992 582686 - Hertford Museum, 18 Bull Plain, Hertford, Hertfordshire, SG14 1DT
Colchester Castle Museum
Tel: 01206 282939 - Castle Park, Colchester, Essex, CO1 1TJ
Norfolk Nelson Museum
Tel: 01493 850698 - 26 South Qy, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 2RG
Sainsbury Centre for Visual Art
Tel: 01603 593199 - University Of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 7TJ
Beecroft Art Gallery
Tel: 01702 347418 - Station Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, SS0 7RA
Cowper and Newton Museum
Tel: 01234 711516 - Orchard Side, Market Place, Olney, Buckinghamshire, MK46 4AJ
Gilbert White's House and Oates Museum
Tel: 01420 511275 - The Wakes, High Street, Selborne, Hampshire, GU34 3JH
Oxfordshire Record Office
Tel: 01865 398200 - St. Luke's Church, Temple Road, Cowley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 2EX
Anne of Cleves House
Tel: 01273 474610 - 52 Southover High Street, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 1JA
Museum of Sussex Archaeology
Tel: 01273 486290 - Barbican House, 169 High Street, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 1YE
Steyning Museum
Tel: 01903 813333 - The Museum, Church Street, Steyning, West Sussex, BN44 3YB
Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art Gallery
Tel: 01892 554171 - Civic Centre, Mount Pleasant, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 1JN
Ilfracombe Museum
Tel: 01271 863541 - Wilder Road, Ifracombe, Devon, EX34 8AF
Torquay Museum
Tel: 01803 293975 - 529 Babbacombe Road, Torquay, Devon, TQ1 1HG
Dewey Museum
Tel: 01985 216022 - Three Horseshoes Mall, Warminster, Wiltshire, BA12 9BT
Longleat House
Tel: 01985 844400 - Warminster, Wiltshire, BA12 7NW
Mission Gallery
Tel: 01792 652016 - Gloucester Place, Maritime Quarter, Swansea, Swansea, SA1 1TW
Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales
Tel: 01970 632800 - Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 3BU
Shrewsbury Castle
Tel: 01743 358516 - Castle Street, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 2AT
Boscobel House and The Royal Oak
Tel: 01902 850244 - Brewood, Bishops Wood, Staffordshire, ST19 9AR
Leicestershire Environmental Resource Centre
Tel: 0116 2671950 - 216 Birstall Road, Birstall, Leicestershire, LE4 4DG
Great Central Railway, Leicestershire
Tel: 01509 230726 - Great Central Station, Great Central Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 1RW
Burbage Library
Tel: 0116 2678000 - Burbage Library, Church Street, Burbage, Hinckley, Leicestershire, LE10 2DA
British Horological Institute
Tel: 01636 813795 - Upton Hall, Upton, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG23 5TE
Castle Donington Library
Delven Lane, Castle Donington, Derbyshire, DE74 2LJ
Newark Air Museum
Tel: 01636 707170 - Newark Air Museum, Winthorpe Showground, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG24 2NY
Eureka! The Museum For Children
Tel: 01422 330069 - Eureka! The Museum For Children, Discovery Road, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX1 2NE
Thwaite Mills Watermill
Tel: 0113 2762887 - Thwaite Lane, Stourton, Leeds, Yorkshire, LS10 1RP
Fire Police Museum Sheffield
Tel: 0114 2491999 - Old Fire Station, West Bar, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S3 8PT
Ecclesfield (Community) Library
High Street, Ecclesfield, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S35 9UA
Alnwick Castle
Tel: 01665 510777 - Alnwick Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 1NQ
Durham Heritage Centre and Museum
Tel: 0191 3845589 - St Mary-le-Bow, North Bailey, Durham, County Durham, DH1 3ET
Ford Green Hall
Tel: 01782 233195 - Ford Green Road, Smallthorne, Stoke On Trent, Staffordshire, ST6 1NG
Greenfield Valley Museum
Tel: 01352 715159 - Greenfield Valley Heritage Park, Holywell, Flintshire, CH8 7QB
Welsh Highland Railway
Tel: 01766 513402 - Welsh Highland Railway Ltd, Gelert's Farm Works, Madoc Street West, Porthmadog, Gwynedd, LL49 9DY
Blackburn with Darwen Library and Information Services
Tel: 01254 661221 - Blackburn Central Library, Town Hall Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 1AG
Smithills Hall
Tel: 01204 332377 - Smithills Dean Road, Bolton, Greater Manchester Area, BL1 7NP
Helmshore Mills Textile Museum
Tel: 01706 226459 - Holcombe Road, Helmshore, Rossendale, Lancashire, BB4 4NP
Pendle Heritage Centre
Tel: 01282 661701 - Park Hill, Barrowford, Nelson, Lancashire, BB9 6JQ
Provost Skene's House
Tel: 01224 641086 - Guestrow, Off Broad Street, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, AB10 1AS
Mallaig Heritage Centre
Tel: 01687 462085 - Station Road, Mallaig, Scottish Highland, PH41 4PY
National Trust for Scotland, Castle Fraser
Tel: 01330 833463 - Sauchen, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, AB51 7LD
North Carr Lightship
Tel: 01382 542516 - North Carr Lightship, C/o South Victoria Dock Road, Dundee, Angus, DD1 3BP
Almond Valley Heritage Centre
Tel: 01506 414957 - Almond Valley Heritage Centre, Millfield, Livingston Village, Livingston, West Lothian, EH54 7AR
Manderston
Tel: 01361 882636 - Manderston, Duns, Berwickshire, Berwickshire, TD11 3PP
North Down Heritage Centre
Tel: 028 91271200 - North Down Heritage Centre, Town Hall, Bangor, County Down, BT20 4BT
Robert Burns House
Tel: 01387 255297 - Robert Burns House, Burns Street, Dumfries, Dumfries & Galloway, DG1 2PS
Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum
Tel: 01387 251623 - Dumfries & Galloway Aviation Museum, Heathhall Industrial Estate, Heathhall, Dumfries, Dumfries And Galloway, DG1 3PH
Lanark Museum
Tel: 01555 666680 - 8 Westport, Lanark, South Lanarkshire, ML11 9HD
Moulin de Quetivel
Tel: 01534 745408 - Le Moulin De Quétivel, Le Mont Fallu, St. Peters Valley, Channel Isles, JE3 1HU
Henry Moore Foundation, Perry Green
Tel: 01279 843333 - Dane Tree House, Perry Green, Much Hadham, Hertfordshire, SG10 6EE
Planet Earth and Dinosaur Museum
Tel: 01273 512123 - Paradise Park, Avis Road, Newhaven, East Sussex, BN9 0DH
Anaesthesia Heritage Centre
Tel: 020 76318806 - Anaesthesia Heritage Centre, 21 Portland Place, London Borough Of Westminster, W1B 1PY
Ancient High House, Stafford
Tel: 01785 619131 - Ancient High House, Greengate Street, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST16 2JA
Arctic Corsair
Tel: 01482 658838 - Wilberforce House, 36 High Street, Hull, Yorkshire, HU1 1NQ
Astley Cheetham Art Gallery
Tel: 0161 3386767 - Astley Cheetham Art Gallery, Trinity Street, Stalybridge, Lancashire, SK15 2BN
Blakesley Hall
Tel: 0121 4642193 - Blakesley Hall, Blakesley Road, Yardley, Birmingham, West Midlands, B25 8RN
Diversity Art Forum (formerly AAVAA)
Tel: 020 82237676 - Diversity Art Forum, Learning Resources Centre, University Of East London, Docklands Campus, 4-6 University Way, London, E16 2RD
Fernhill House: the People's Museum
Tel: 01232 715599 - Glencairn Road, Glencairn, Belfast, County Antrim, BT13 3PT
Firle Place
Tel: 01273 858188 - FIrle Place, Lewes, East Sussex, BN8 6LP
Godolphin House
Tel: 44017 36763194 - Godolphin Cross, Helston, Cornwall, TR13 9RE
Guildford Discovery
Tel: 01483 537080 - The Old Chapel, Ward Street, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 4LH
Heaton Hall
Tel: 0161 7731231 - Heaton Park, Prestwich, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M25 2SW
Heron Corn Mill and Museum of Papermaking
Tel: 01539 565027 - Waterhouse Mills, Beetham, Milnthorpe, Cumbria, LA7 7AR
Iona Gallery
Tel: 01540 661307 - Am Fasgadh, Duke Street, Kingussie, Scottish Highland, PH21 1JG
Islington Museum
Tel: 020 75273235 - Islington Museum, Foyer Gallery, Islington Town Hall, Upper Street, London, N1 2UD
Lee Valley Millennium Centre
Tel: 0151 2888309 - Unit E1, Velle Vale Shopping Centre, Childwall Valley Road, Liverpool, Merseyside, L25 2SF
Loughborough War Memorial Museum
Tel: 01509 263370 - Loughborough War Memorial Museum, Queens Park, Granby Street, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3DU
Maidstone Museum and Bentlif Art Gallery
Tel: 01622 602838 - Maidstone Museum & Bentlif Art Gallery, St. Faiths Street, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1LH
Moravian Museum
Tel: 0113 2564862 - 55-57 Fulneck, Pudsey, West Yorkshire, LS28 8NT
Museum of Army Chaplaincy
Tel: 01264 773144 - Museum Of Army Chaplaincy, Amport House, Amport, Andover, Hampshire, SP11 8BG
Queensferry Museum
Tel: 0131 5294139 - 53 High Street, South Queensferry, Midlothian, EH30 9HP
Newport Roman Villa
Tel: 44019 83529720 - Newport Roman Villa, Cypress Road, Newport, Isle Of Wight, PO30 1HE
Newry Museum
Tel: 01693 66232 - 1a Bank Parade, Newry, County Down, BT35 6HP
Old Rectory Museum, Loughborough
Tel: 01509 843297 - Old Rectory Museum, Rectory Place, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 1UW
Photographers' Gallery
Tel: 020 78311772 - 5 & 8 Great Newport Street, London, WC2H 7HY
Tyrwhitt Drake Museum of Carriages
Tel: 01622 754497 - The Archbishops' Stables, Mill Street, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 6YE
Rotunda Museum
Tel: 01723 374839 - Rotunda Museum, Vernon Road, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO11 2NN
Royal Irish Fusiliers Museum
Tel: 01861 522911 - Sovereigns House, Mall East, Armagh, BT61 9DL
Seven Stories: the Centre for the Children's Book
Tel: 0845 2710777 - Seven Stories, 30 Lime Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne And Wear, NE1 2PQ
Shefton Museum of Greek Art and Archaeology
Tel: 0191 2228996 - Shefton Museum Of Greek Art & Archaeology, The University Of Newcastle, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne And Wear, NE1 7RU
Social History Museum, Colchester
Tel: 01206 282935 - Colchester, Essex, CO1 1YG
Stained Glass Museum, Ely Cathedral
Tel: 01353 660347 - The South Triforium, Ely Cathedral, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 4DL
The Herbert
Tel: 024 76832386 - Jordan Well, Coventry, West Midlands, CV1 5QP
Trimontium Museum
Tel: 01896 822651 - C/o D Gordon, Cockleroi, Newstead, Melrose, Scottish Borders, TD6 9DE
Undercroft Museum and Treasury, Westminster Abbey
Tel: 020 72330019 - Westminster Abbey, London, City Of Westminster, SW1P 3PA
University of Leeds International Textiles Archive
Tel: 0113 3433919 - University Of Leeds International Textiles Archive, St. Wilfred's Chapel, Maurice Keyworth Building, Moorland Road, The University Of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 9JT
Wythenshawe Hall
Tel: 0161 9982331 - Wythenshawe Park, Northenden, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M23 0AB
Yorkshire Quaker Heritage Project
Tel: 01482 465265 - Yorkshire Quaker Heritage Project, Archives And Special Collections, Brynmor Jones Library, University Of Hull, Hull, Yorkshire, HU6 7RX
Burntisland Museum
Tel: 01592 412860 - 192 High Street, Burntisland, Fife, KY3 9AS
Carisbrooke Castle Museum
Tel: 01983 523112 - Carisbrooke Castle, Newport, Isle Of Wight, PO30 1XY
Leicester Royal Infirmary Museum
Tel: 0116 2541414 - Knighton Street Nurses Home, Royal Infirmary, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE1 5WW
Medieval Merchants House
Tel: 023 80221503 - 58 French Street, Southampton, Hampshire, SO14 2AT
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