This tower is one of the many structures that Lord Leverhulme built in this area.

Rivington is a small village in Greater Manchester between the towns of Chorley and Bolton. The countryside around the village is home to many sculptures and buildings built by Lord Leverhulme. The village is home to two halls, a mill and a replica (Grid reference SD6286513025) of Liverpool Castle. Rivington was used heavily in the World War II as a storage and training post. There was also a prisoner of war camp where Italian POW where kept. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (3008x2000, 2586 KB) Summary Taken by me, use it for anything Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (3008x2000, 2586 KB) Summary Taken by me, use it for anything Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in England established in 1974 which covers an area roughly encompassing the conurbation surrounding the City of Manchester. ... Chorleys Coat of Arms Chorley is a market town in Lancashire, Great Britain, south of Preston and at the foot of the West Pennine Moors. ... Arms of Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council, the motto is Latin for Overcome your hinderance Bolton is a town in Greater Manchester in England, traditionally within the county of Lancashire. ... Lord Leverhulme is the most familiar name of William Hesketh Lever, a British Industrialist who was created 1st Viscount Leverhulme. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... Liverpool Castle in Liverpool, England was probably erected in the 1230s. ... Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total dead: 12 million World War II...

The site was home to several sites built by Leverhulme including Roynton Cottage (Grid reference SD6391514010) (usually called The Bungalow though it had two floors), Chinese garden, roman bridges and Pigeon Tower. The bungalow was destroyed in an arson attack by suffragette Edith Rigby on 8th July 1913. Traces of his former bungalow can be found near the bottom of Winter Hill. There were proposals to rebuild The Bungalow but these were blocked by Liverpool Corporation. The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... A row of bungalows in Virginia A bungalow is any single story house. ... Arsonists redirects here. ... Suffragette with banner, Washington DC, 1918 however. ... July 8 is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 176 days remaining. ... 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Located roughly north of Highland Avenue in Somerville, Massachusetts, Winter Hill is home to a number of lovingly restored homes. ... Liverpool waterfront by night, as seen from the Wirral. ... A corporation is a legal person which, while being composed of natural persons, exists completely separately from them. ...

The area is also home to Rivington Pike and Winter Hill, and was a location for the 2002 Commonwealth Games. Rivington Pike stands on Rivington Moor, near to Winter Hill, 361m (1200 feet) above sea level. ... Located roughly north of Highland Avenue in Somerville, Massachusetts, Winter Hill is home to a number of lovingly restored homes. ... The 2002 Commonwealth Games were held in Manchester, England from July 25 to August 4. ...

Further reading

• Smith, Malcolm David, Leverhulme's Rivington, Wyre Publishing, Lancashire, ISBN 0952618737, The Story of the Rivington 'Bungalow'.