Haigh Country Park Manor

Day 4 - Leigh

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August 9th 2009
Leigh is where Lynn grew up so it was a wonderful opportunity to visit this village. The area was built on Mills and Pits, so has a contrast between the working man’s home with rows of identical terrace houses on narrow streets to and those which were slightly larger with a pocket of front garden, to newer estates of lovely homes on blocks of land which allow for manicured gardens similar to th ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more