The Green, Greenside  and Finkle Lane                          Under Construction
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Harthill House circa 1910. The newest portion built around 1817. The older portions are behind and also to the left, covered by the trees. Behind, were outbuildings which originally may have once been a residence but later, in the 1700s, became a smithy and in the 1800s, stables and warehouse for the malting trade. The remaining Old House and outbuilding walls may be the oldest structures still standing in Gildersome.
                                                                         Photo Courtesy of Morley Archives
Miner's Arms. Here is numbers 6 and 7 from the previous picture. The Old Miner's Arms Pub (light color on right) dates back to 1850 if not earlier. At the time of this photo, it was a hardware shop. The low dark structure to the right of the shop is the Old School on the Green. Built in 1810 by village-wide contributions to be a non-denominational Sunday school but over the years, it became a source of denominational strife. It was demolished soon after the photo was taken.                             Photo Courtesy of Morley Archives
Greenside north of Town Street.                                                                                          Photo Courtesy of Joyce Smith
1. St. Peter's.
2. Lock-Up Shops.
3. Chimney of Old Factory.
​4. Chimneys of Grove View.
​5. Sharp's House, cottage attached.
6. Old Factory Yard behind frontage.
7. Sharp's Barn.
​8. Maiden Mills.
9. No's.  8 thru 12 Town End and Miner's Arms.
10. Possibly the New School on the Green.
War Memorial with Turton Hall in the background.  
Click here to see a list of the names on the Memorial
The Green south of Town Street. 
  1. Green Terrace with Park Terrace behind.
  2. Gap to Finkle Lane.
  3. Junction Inn.
  4. Sapling has grown into a tree, see below right:
       5. ​   Grove Yard
       6.    Chimneys of Grove House
       7.    St Peters
       8.    Shop then, Karen's Pantry today
Close up of buildings around the entrance to Finkle Lane.
1. Green Terrace
2. Park Terrace
3. Gildersome Primitive Methodist Church*
​4. Old Co-Op Buildings
5. ?
6. Junction Inn
​7. ?
* The Gildersome Primitive Methodist Church has completely slipped from memory. It was built sometime around 1870, demolished after 1910 and was replaced by the Nooks and the Gildersome Liberal Club. We, at the History of Gildersome, are currently on the lookout for documents concerning its past.  
Crowd at the Junction Inn circa 1914
Victoria Place on the Green. The shop on the right is the same shop marked as #1 in the large photo above (covered with advertising). The shop must also have doubled as a post office since it's the title of the post card.  
Victoria Place. This shot, taken from Harthill, shows the same area as the #4 Photo but from a slightly different angle. Many of the buildings seen in this photo still exist, though more or less altered. The line of trees to the middle left marks the lane to Harthill House.
The Old Cooperative Store and buildings, left, almost where the new store sits today. You can just make out the Lion Store on the extreme left of the road bend (see: photo below)
Park House
Belmont
Glover Row to the right, Belmont is to the left out of the shot.
Park Farm circa 1930s