Cheesden Valley photographed during a circuitous walk from the nearby village of Birtle on 24 January 2016. The valley runs on a North-South alignment and is located between Bury and Rochdale.
Cheesdon Brook runs through the valley and eventually joins Naden Brook.
Flints from the Meosolithic period have apparently been found in the valley indicating human activity from 8000 BC. These were noted as being discovered on higher ground close to water and may have been left by bands of hunters moving through the area.
In later times the people who farmed the inhospitable countryside made a living by weaving probably using wood from their own sheep, this was followed by mills during the industrial revolution. We saw a number of overgrown quarries during our walk and as early as 1580 coal mining had been granted in the area.
Cheesdon Brook runs through the valley and eventually joins Naden Brook.
Flints from the Meosolithic period have apparently been found in the valley indicating human activity from 8000 BC. These were noted as being discovered on higher ground close to water and may have been left by bands of hunters moving through the area.
In later times the people who farmed the inhospitable countryside made a living by weaving probably using wood from their own sheep, this was followed by mills during the industrial revolution. We saw a number of overgrown quarries during our walk and as early as 1580 coal mining had been granted in the area.
Scotland Lane looking West. The lane after passing through a farmyard which you can see in the distance changed to a narrow sunken stone paved footpath before becoming a muddy track that followed the edge of the hill. The path eventually reached a high point skirting the remains of an old quarry before turning South and downhill back towards the village.
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