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 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 16 June 2011

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