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Heywood, The Centre c.1955
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St Luke's is Heywood's oldest place of worship, and is known to have existed prior to 1611. It was rebuilt between 1860 and 1862 to the design of Joseph Clarke; Yorkshire parpoint and Staffordshire ashlar were used for the external work and Bath stone ashlar inside. The detached tower and spire stands 188ft high; also featured in this picture is the large west window.

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A Selection of Memories from Heywood

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Heywood

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I visited Heywood in November 2010, to see for myself the area where my family originated sometime in the 1600's. I know that was a long time ago, but, I swear, when I walked up Bury New Road to the top of Summit and then ventured into the farmer's field (that borders the Lower Lomax Farm) I could feel the connection tugging at me through the centuries. I am American but I truly felt as if I had come "home". Heywood ...see more
My great memories of the summit, known because of the summit pub, my grandad's local, what a great place to live, open fields, good neighbours. My gran and grandad moved there in 1936, a house full of love and laughter. Me and mum lived there with her 8 brothers and sisters, Saturday nights were card night. I remember Piggots butchers, my gran used to say to him, no fat on the meat, i don't pay for fat. She was a very good ...see more