Horwich is a
civil parish in the
Metropolitan Borough of Bolton,
Greater Manchester, England. It contains 19
listed buildings that are recorded in the
National Heritage List for England. All the listed buildings are designated at Grade II, the lowest of the three grades, which is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest". The parish contains the town of Horwich and the surrounding countryside. It has an industrial heritage, including a bleach works and a locomotive factory. The listed buildings include buildings surviving from the bleach works, a war memorial associated with the locomotive factory, houses and farmhouses, churches, a public house, a parish hall, a school, and a set of
stocks
Stocks are feet restraining devices that were used as a form of corporal punishment and public humiliation. The use of stocks is seen as early as Ancient Greece, where they are described as being in use in Solon's law code. The law describing ...
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Lists of listed buildings in Greater Manchester
Buildings and structures in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton
Listed buildings