Heywood Beginnings
Heywood had a quiet beginning, and during the 13th-18th centuries it slowly developed as a rural hamlet within the township of Heap, which was itself a part of the nearby larger market town of Bury.
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| How 'Heywood' was created as a place within Bury during the 13th century. |
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| Do we know when the 'Heywood Charter' that created Heywood was actually signed? |
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| How Heywood looked on a map created during the reign of Elizabeth I. |
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| The Heywoods of Heywood Hall: Poetry, Powderplot, espionage, mutiny, slavery... and lots of daughters. |
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| Records show us who was living in and around Heywood in 1655. |
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| Some of the grand halls that were built around Heywood over the centuries. (Page under construction). |
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