Haydock

PLACENAME: Hedoc (first mentioned 1169). Place where barley is grown. From the Welsh Heiddiog. Heddoch (1170); Haidoc (1212); Heydock (1508).

old photo of lock

Haydock Lock (1853) is a masonry lock and overflow. Fragments of gates and bollards survive along with the foundations of a swing bridge.

photo of ridges and furrows in field

Ridges and furrows from Medieval farming survive in fields near Grange Road.


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