Welcome to the first Boothstown web site. Boothstown is an expanding village to the west of Manchester, in the north west of England. Whether you are a past, present or future resident of Boothstown, or whether you have come upon these pages from afar, we hope you will find something of interest.

If you are outside Britain and have a standard world atlas, find a map of England. You will see the cities of Manchester and Liverpool in the north west of England. Boothstown is some 10 miles (that's about 16 kilometres) due west of Manchester city centre. If your map shows the city of Salford, which adjoins Manchester, then Boothstown is just a little further west again.

The Ordnance Survey map grid reference for the centre of the village is SD722007. See some Ordnance Survey maps of the area.

This web site was established in March 1997, and it has since grown enormously. The date of the latest update is shown at the bottom of each page. The aim of the site is to introduce the village of Boothstown in words and pictures. There is particular emphasis on the history of Boothstown, and how the modern place has been shaped. The rapid and dramatic pace of change in recent years is best appreciated in this historical context, as it shows the potential losses, as well as gains, of modernisation and expansion. Above all, Boothstown is a place where people have lived and worked for hundreds of years, and this web site reflects this in recounting past and present social and economic activity.