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A HISTORY OF HORWICH TIMELINE 1 Click HERE to return to Timelines Periods |
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2500BC |
Scandinavian Stone Axe Head
found in Tiger’s Clough attributed to this period. |
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2000BC
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Approximate date given to stone axe head found at Blackrod |
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1500BC |
Date given to erection of Winter Hill Bronze Age Burial Mound. |
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1100BC |
Date given to 30-year-old female found on Red Moss. |
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80AD |
Roman Agricolan Fort built in
Blackrod – Fleetwood Hesketh. |
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100AD |
Rotary Quern Top Stone – Red Moss Horwich. |
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120AD |
Roman Town at Blackrod – Lingards History of England. |
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225AD |
Blackrod Site of Roman Town of Coccium – Antonine Stinary. |
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488AD |
Saxons took Blackrod by storm |
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500AD |
King Arthur Defeats Saxons at Blackrod. |
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1066AD
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Roger of Poictou, who commanded right wing of William the Conqueror’s
cavalry at Hastings, granted the Honour of Lancaster.
The Horwich family of Whittle arrived about this time. |
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Horwich Chase mentioned as the
second forest of Manchester in Domesday Book. |
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1277 |
Robert Grelley, Baron of Manchester, prosecuted Martin de Rumworth for
carrying off deer in Horwich Chase. |
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1322 |
Sixteen plots of pasture in Horwich.
Robert Bruce’s Army removed cattle from Twitchells (Near Walker
Fold) during a Mid-summer raid. |
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Geoffrey Greenhalgh held lands at Horwich Lee Wood, near the boundary
with Heaton. |
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1473 |
Four tenants holdings in Horwich held by Radcliffes, Greenhalghs,
Hulmes and Heatons. Mention
of Thirteen Houses at this time. |