# Great Lever > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Great_Lever > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Great_Lever.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lever > Source revision: 1351196051 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Great Lever** (/le:v@(r)/, LAY-ver)[1] is a suburb of [Bolton](/source/Bolton), [Greater Manchester](/source/Greater_Manchester), England. [Historically](/source/Historic_counties_of_England) in [Lancashire](/source/Lancashire), it is 2+1⁄2 miles (4.0 km) south of Bolton town centre and the same distance north of [Farnworth](/source/Farnworth). The district is served by frequent buses running to Bolton town centre, Farnworth and the [Royal Bolton Hospital](/source/Royal_Bolton_Hospital). The population is 16,969.[2] ## Religion The parish church of St. Michael (with St Bartholomew) is a Grade II [listed building](/source/Listed_building). ## Landmarks On Green Lane there is one large [public house](/source/Public_house): Southfield's, a pub and restaurant and The Brooklyn (now a private school). Both were houses built for local mill owners. Beehive Mill (now demolished) on Crescent Road. On the opposite side of Green Lane from the park are the grounds of Bolton Cricket Club. The two conjoined Doe Hey Reservoirs are used for private fishing. Will Hill Brook, which drains into the Doe Hey Reservoirs, forms the southern boundary between Great Lever and [Farnworth](/source/Farnworth). ## Education [Primary schools](/source/Primary_schools) in Great Lever include Bishop Bridgeman CE Primary School, Essa Primary School, Lever Edge Primary Academy, St Michael's CE Primary School, SS Simon and Jude CE Primary School and St William of York RC Primary School. There are also numerous play-centres for pre-school children. The former public house, The Brooklyn is now the independent school Lord's College. The main [secondary school](/source/Secondary_school) in the area is [Essa Academy](/source/Essa_Academy) for pupils aged 11 to 16. ## People Footballer [Albert Shepherd](/source/Albert_Shepherd_(footballer)) played for [Bolton Wanderers](/source/Bolton_Wanderers_F.C.) and [Newcastle United](/source/Newcastle_United_F.C.). Former [Manchester City](/source/Manchester_City_F.C.) striker [Paul Moulden](/source/Paul_Moulden) owned a chip shop in the area and ex-Bolton player [Roy Greaves](/source/Roy_Greaves) ran a pub called Monteraze here for many years. [Ralph Gubbins](/source/Ralph_Gubbins), a forward with [Bolton Wanderers](/source/Bolton_Wanderers_F.C.), [Tranmere Rovers](/source/Tranmere_Rovers_F.C.) and [Hull City](/source/Hull_City_A.F.C.), lived in Great Lever during his time with Wanderers. Another resident was [Wales](/source/Wales_national_football_team) and [Bolton Wanderers](/source/Bolton_Wanderers_F.C.) striker [Wyn Davies](/source/Wyn_Davies) who also went on to represent both Manchester clubs. The architect [Charles Holden](/source/Charles_Holden) (1875–1960), known for many [London Underground](/source/London_Underground) buildings, was born in Great Lever. Band leader [Jack Hylton](/source/Jack_Hylton) was born Great Lever in 1892 as John Greenhalgh Hilton. ## Sport The [Great Lever football club](/source/Great_Lever_F.C.) was briefly prominent in the 1880s, at one point being considered one of the top two in the country. ## History Great Lever was formerly a [township](/source/Township_(England)) and [chapelry](/source/Chapelry) in the parish of [Middleton](/source/Middleton,_Greater_Manchester),[3] in 1866 Great Lever became a separate [civil parish](/source/Civil_parish), on 30 September 1898 the parish was abolished and merged with Bolton.[4] In 1891 the parish had a population of 5400.[5] ## See also - [Darcy Lever](/source/Darcy_Lever) - [Little Lever](/source/Little_Lever) ## References 1. Shorrocks, G. (1998:10). *[A Grammar of the Dialect of the Bolton Area](/source/A_Grammar_of_the_Dialect_of_the_Bolton_Area)*. Austria: Peter Lang. 1. ["Bolton Ward population"](http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13689163&c=Great+Lever&d=14&e=62&g=6340932&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1451832415328&enc=1). Retrieved 3 January 2016. 1. ["History of Great Lever, in Bolton and Lancashire"](https://visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21438). [A Vision of Britain through Time](/source/A_Vision_of_Britain_through_Time). Retrieved 5 November 2024. 1. ["Relationships and changes Great Lever CP/Tn through time"](https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10369964). A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 5 November 2024. 1. ["Population statistics Great Lever CP/Tn through time"](https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10369964/cube/TOT_POP). A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 5 November 2024. ## External links - [St Mark's School and Church, Fletcher St](http://www.stmarksbolton.esy.es/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20161220153028/http://www.stmarksbolton.esy.es/) 20 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Great Lever](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lever) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lever?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.