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Picture source: Ian Chapman

The Cotton Tree was situated at 10 Markham Street. This pub closed in the 2012. The blue plaque on the wall reads "Opened in 1830 and so named as it coincided with the opening of the cotton mills in the Newton area by the Ashton brothers. Features prominently in the Chartist movement largely because Joseph Rayner Stephens, Dr McDoual and John Bradley were arrested as the result of a meeting held here on 28th July 1839. A popular meeting place for the local Chartists where crowds would meet after dark with firearms and banners to further their cause for political and social reform".

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Picture source: Ian Chapman