Timeline of key events

Buile Hill Park has had a long and varied life. This timeline charts the major events.

1590
Plague victims buried in pit in Hart Hill meadow

1825
Buile Hill mansion and estate built

1876
The official opening of Seedley Park on the 17 June

Seedley Park, Pendleton

1903
Buile Hill Park officially opened on 22 July

1906
Buile Hill mansion opened as a Natural History museum

1909
Two tennis courts built

1916
Anti-aircraft gun fixed in Buile Hill Park

Conservatory in Buile Hill Park

1928
Buile Hill conservatory is opened

1934
An 18 hole pitch and putt course is opened

1938
The new cafe and the Hart Hill extension are officially opened

1939
The Park's office becomes the headquarters of C Flight of the RAF Balloon Barrage

Bandstand in Buile Hill Park

1940
A bomb is dropped on Buile Hill

1941
Salford blitz

1943
Iron fencing along Eccles Old Road boundary removed for manufacture of bullets

1945
V.E. Day celebrations take place in Buile Hill. Seedley Park lake is filled in

Flowers in Buile Hill Park

1948
Reinstatement of Buile Hill conservatory

1963
A garden for the blind is officially opened

1972
Pets corner is opened

1975
Natural History Museum replaced by Salford Museum of Mining

1980
Buile Hill mansion listed as a Grade 2 listed building

2000
Lancashire Mining Museum closes

2001
Buile Hill Park listed as a Grade 2 designated park

2008
Planning consent for conversion of mansion development and former stables into 93 bedroom hotel, function rooms and leisure suite.

Buile Hill Mansion House

This page was last updated on 22 July 2008

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