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Local Information for Bury

Bury is a town on the northern side of Greater Manchester in North West England, between Rochdale and Bolton and just west of the M66. It is the largest town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury.

Located in the foothills of the western Pennines in North West England, this market town was first mentioned as a parish in AD 962. Formerly in the county of Lancashire, it merged with the neighbouring boroughs of Radcliffe and Prestwich, together with the urban districts of Whitefield, Tottington and Ramsbottom to become the Metropolitan Borough of Bury in the early 1970s. This borough is part of Greater Manchester. For decades, the town was a sleepy backwater, but following the industrial revolution, the town greatly expanded in importance and there was a steady increase in population. Development was swift in the late 18th and early 19th century, when the town was linked to the national canal network by the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal. Following this, railways opened, linkin...More