Eagley Brook (also known during the formative part of its course as Belmont Brook) is a small
river
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of
Lancashire
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and
Greater Manchester
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in
England
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.
Rising at the
confluence
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of several smaller streams at Old Man's Hill in the
West Pennine Moors
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The West Pennine Moors are separated from the main Pe ...
, the brook almost immediately feeds
Belmont Reservoir, after which it moves south and south east, passing the village of
Belmont
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* Belmont (surname)
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* Belmont Abbey (disambiguation)
* Belmont Historic District (disambiguation)
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* Belmont Plantation (disambiguation)
* Belmon ...
and collecting several tributaries and traversing the Longworth Clough, emerging close to
Egerton
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Plac ...
.
From there, the river goes south, through
Eagley near
Bromley Cross
Bromley Cross is a residential area of South Turton in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. It gives its name to a larger electoral ward, which includes Eagley, Egerton, and Cox Green. Historically part of Lancashir ...
, towards Astley Bridge, after which it joins
Astley Brook at Meeting of the Waters to form the
River Tonge.
Eagley Brook was historically important to the industrial and economic life of the north Bolton area. Its fast-flowing streams provided power to the water-wheels of the early industrial period, steam power at a later date, and soft water for bleaching and paper making.
Tributaries
* Barley Brook (R)
* Gale Brook (R)
** Three Nooked Shaw Brook (L)
* Delph Brook (L)
** Slate Brook (R)
** Stones Bank Brook
*** Rushton's Brook (Ls)
*** Holden's Brook (Rs)
* Hordern/Ward's Brook (R)
** Grange Brook (R)
** Great Gutte (R)
References
Rivers of Lancashire
West Pennine Moors
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