1879: April 14 - St Thomas' Church, Dixon Green, built at a cost £8,000, was consecrated.
1879: April 2 - Horwich Public Hall opened, paid for by Peter Martin J P.
1879: April 3 - Wheat Sheaf Inn, Great Moor Street, Bolton fetched £8,400 at auction.
1879: May 20 - William Cooper of Bolton was hanged at Strangeways Prison.
1880: Municipal transport started with horse drawn trams.
1881: February 7 - John W Whittaker, architect of Bromley Cross, killed crossing railway line.
1881: April 30 - Farnworth sewage works opened for business.
1881: June 3 - Trams ran the full length of the system: Town Hall Square Bolton to Farnworth & Kearsley.
1882: April 6 - Man killed and another injured when arch of Orlando Street Railway Bridge fell.
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