Apr 5, 2020 1 min Monton Railway Station Opened on 1 November 1887, Monton Green was the first station on the London and North Western Railway's Manchester and Wigan Railway,...
Feb 10, 2020 2 min Did you know about Monton's Busy Bees? There’s a buzz in Monton: not just from the bars and cafes but the shop shutters and on the village green. It all began when the MVCA...
Jan 24, 2020 1 min Monton Guides create a real buzz in Monton with another Bee In the Summer of 2018, a colony of over 100 giant bees descended on the streets of Manchester as part of the “Bee in the City Trail” ....
Apr 29, 2019 1 min Potted History of Monton's Pubs A Potted History of Monton's Pubs full article Some of Monton's pubs have a long history and one or two are newbies on the scene. This...
Feb 9, 2018 1 min History of Patricroft Station Patricroft Station is located at the point where the world’s first inter-city passenger railway crosses the world’s first commercial...
Feb 1, 2018 1 min Parrin Lane Bridge - Monton Bridge – Stone and Iron. Monton ‘stone’ Bridge was built between 1759 and 1761 to carry Parrin Lane over the newly constructed Bridgewater Canal. This was a...
Jul 17, 2017 1 min Monton Past and Origins Monton used to be called Mawinga after an Anglo-Saxon warrior who lived in a settlement in this area in 1214. It was changed at a later...
Jul 17, 2017 1 min Old Maps of Monton Plan of the Green 1848. Please scroll down for more Plan of the Green 1893. Please scroll down for more Plan of the Green 1908. Please...
Jul 17, 2017 1 min Photos of Old Monton Want to see what Monton looked like in years gone by? Interested in other areas in Salford. For a selection of old postcards with photos...
Jul 17, 2017 1 min The Veterans Shelter The first mention of the Monton Green shelter was in 1928. The original application was for a shelter on Monton Green for the use of...
