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Latitude: 53.55 / 53°32'59"N
Longitude: -2.5274 / 2°31'38"W
OS Eastings: 365156
OS Northings: 406057
OS Grid: SD651060
Mapcode National: GBR BWSD.M4
Mapcode Global: WH980.41RB
Plus Code: 9C5VGFXF+X3
Entry Name: Memorial to Those Killed in the Pretoria Pit Disaster APPROX.127M North West of St Bartholomew's Church
Listing Date: 19 August 1986
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1162905
English Heritage Legacy ID: 210570
ID on this website: 101162905
Location: Westhoughton, Bolton, Greater Manchester, BL5
County: Bolton
Civil Parish: Westhoughton
Built-Up Area: Westhoughton
Traditional County: Lancashire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater Manchester
Church of England Parish: Westhoughton St Bartholomew
Church of England Diocese: Manchester
Tagged with: Memorial
WESTHOUGHTON SCHOOL STREET
SD 60 NE (north side)
8/90 Memorial to those
killed in the
Pretoria Pit
Disaster approx.
127m north west of
St. Bartholomew's
Church
G.V. II
Memorial. 1910. Granite and polished black marble and cast
iron. Square granite base, marble plinth and tall pedestal
with inscription. Cap supports small cupola and large urn
with flowers. Gilded incised lines and inscription in
memory of 344 men and boys killed in an explosion at the
Pretoria pit, Westhoughton, 21st December 1910. Monument
serves as gravestone to 24 unidentified bodies. Surrounding
cast iron posts and rails. The Pretoria pit disaster was
the worst in the historic county of Lancashire.
Listing NGR: SD6515606057
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