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
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
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
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
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.

This page was last updated on 22 July 2008

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