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Chatterton Playing Field

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CHATTERTON PLAYING FIELD
PEACE MEMORIAL


THIS LAND WAS GENEROUSLY GIVEN TO RAMSBOTTOM
URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL FOR PUBLIC USE AND
ENJOYMENT AND IN THANKSGIVING FOR PEACE FOLLOWING
THE GREAT WAR, BY LIEUTENANT COLONEL AUSTIN
T. PORRITT OF THE CLIFFE, STUBBINS VALE IN 1923.

IT IS THE SITE OF CHATTERTON MILL WHERE
THE RIOT TOOK PLACE IN 1826.
 
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