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About 30% of homes are owned outright by their occupants, and a further 40% are owner-occupied on a mortgage. About 18% are social housing of some kind, and the remaining 12% are privately rented.[2007] [2] The UK ranks in the top half in Europe with regard to rooms per person, amenities, and quality of housing.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) Clitheroe in Lancashire, England is known for limestone quarrying, but it also developed a cotton industry. The mills Name Architect Location Built Demolished Served (Years) Albion Mill SD 53°52′23″N 2°23′13″W / 53.873°N 2.387°W ...
This is intended to be as full a list as possible of country houses, castles, palaces, other stately homes, and manor houses in the United Kingdom and the Channel Islands; any architecturally notable building which has served as a residence for a significant family or a notable figure in history.
In the nineteenth century, the hamlet was home to Low Moor Mill, "a most extensive cotton manufacture, with power looms, put in motion by an immense body of machinery". [1] Employment and census data from the community has provided an important case study in the social history of the nineteenth century cotton industry. [2]
Moor Row formerly had a station on the Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Junction Railway. [2] There was a junction at Moor Row to Cleator Moor east to avoid mine subsidence at the original Cleator Moor station. A second branch ran to Egremont and on to Sellafield, which was marked by mine subsidence. A sub branch from Egremont served the ...
The most dominant landmark in Low Moor is arguably the most dominant landmark in the entire village, Low Moor Iron Works. The iron works stand in the central part of Low Moor. Royds Hall, a Grade II* listed building west of Low Moor, was begun in 1640 and substantially extended in 1770. It was the seat of the Rookes family until 1788 when it ...
Moorland or moor is a type of habitat found in upland areas in temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands and montane grasslands and shrublands biomes, characterised by low-growing vegetation on acidic soils.
For the Somerset Moors, which are low-lying wetland areas, see Category:Somerset Levels. Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.