Apparently APPLEY BRIDGE name comes from a very large APPLE TREE which
was once next to the BRIDGE used to gain access to the village from the south over
the RIVER DOUGLAS and apart from a few houses the tree and bridge
were only main feature of the village for early settlers. The bridge has been
replaced numerous times and is currently a flat stone bridge, the tree however is
no long gone. It has always been suggested that the apple tree was cut down and
used to build the first bridge but there are no official records to back up
either version but it is widely accepted that one of those explanations is the correct one.

APPLEY BRIDGE

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Its location is unique because the village is in West Lancashire whilst Shevington Vale, the large modern housing developments which lie adjacent to the village, are in GREATER MANCHESTER

Once a busy industrial village, with a paint and LINO WORKS, several QUARRIES and clay pits forthe Wigan brick company, today the village still has several factories including a WIEGH-BRIDGE manufacturer and CARAVAN factory, but is rather more sleepy, its main purpose providing housing to the many commuters who work along the M6 corridor.

Skull House at Appley Bridge features a skull which, it is said, returns to its resting place whenever it is removed.
There are the remains of three pre-Reformation wayside crosses in Wrightington at Bentley Lane, Harrock Hill and Hillhouse Lane.
Another interesting feature near Dangerous Corner is the Boars Den Tumulus, thought to be a Bronze age round barrow.

Police Still Looking for the Appley Bridge Outlaws

the appley bridge mafia a motley crew lead by

chris (lock up your daughter's)house

renowned for the biggest heist in england

the apple raid of finch's quarry.

chris(lock up your daughters)house

the general barry lee

dave the suit millar

mick (is my mouth sideways)balcer

YOU CAN`T HAVE BEEN

TO APPLEY BRIDGE

WITHOUT BUMPING

INTO THIS MAN

CRITICAL BILL

ONCE GAVE THIS LOONY THE KISS OF LIFE

A VERY LONG STORY NEVER TO BE REPEATED..

IT WAS OVER IN THE CAPITAL OF AMSTERDAM AND WE`D

JUSY GONE FOR A VERY NICE STROLL ALONG THE CANAL

WHEN.........

SAMS BAR

MEET YOUR HOST'S


PHIL	+	CHRISTINE

THESE ARE SOME MORE STRANGE PEOPLE TO BE FOUND IN THIS PUB

DUNCAN

VESTY

STUPID STEWART

and some more weirdo's you can find in sams

SPEN

BAZZA

HOUSEY

STU

here's pea-ed with his bird ..

(don't know what john morgan is thinking) JOHN IS A FAMOUS WELL KNOWN RAPPER. ALTHOUGH HE'S
WELL KNOWN IN ENGLAND FOR HIS ROLE IN THE FILM SCOOTER BOYS (THE SCENE WERE HIM
AND WEZ CRASH INTO THE TREES WILLALWAYS BE A CLASSIC . this next idiot is karl ......... YOU DON'T WANT TO MESS WITH THIS LAD HE WILL BITE
YOUR LEGS OFF. PROPER BO.I TELL YA