Timeline of key events
Buile Hill Park has had a long and varied life. This timeline charts the major events.
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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This page was last updated on 16 June 2011



















