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{{Infobox UK place
| official_name            = Burnden
| country                  = England
| region                   = North West England
| static_image_name        = File:Manchester Road, Burnden - geograph.org.uk - 1708769.jpg
| static_image_width       =
| static_image_caption     = Manchester Road, Burnden
| os_grid_reference        = SD727075
| map_type                 =
| map_alt                  =
| coordinates              = {{coord|53.563932|-2.412723|display=inline,title}}
| post_town                = Bolton
| postcode_area            = BL
| postcode_district        = BL3
| dial_code                = 01204
| constituency_westminster = [[Bolton South East (UK Parliament constituency)|Bolton South East]]
| metropolitan_borough     = [[Metropolitan Borough of Bolton|Bolton]]
| metropolitan_county      = [[Greater Manchester]]
}}
'''Burnden''' is a district in the town of [[Bolton]] in [[Greater Manchester]], [[England]]. It is located about {{convert|1|mi|km|0}} southeast of Bolton town centre.
[[Historic counties of England|Historically]] a part of [[Lancashire]], Burnden derives its name from two [[Old English]] words. The first part ''"burn"'' means a stream or a brook and is more popularly used in the [[Scottish Lowlands]]. The second part ''"dene"'' or ''"denu"'' means a valley. Combined, they mean a brook flowing through a valley.<ref name=Billington1982pp14-15>{{cite book |last=Billington |first=W.D. |year=1982 |title=From Affetside to Yarrow |location=Egerton |publisher=Ross Anderson Publications |pages=14–15 |isbn=0-86360-003-4}}</ref> Burnden Brook was a small tributary of the [[River Croal]], but has since been [[culvert]]ed and now runs beneath Manchester Road.<ref name=Billington1982pp14-15/>
In the late 18th century, Burnden was the site of the Burnden [[Poorhouse]] which was used by many [[Township (England)|townships]] of the parishes of [[Bolton le Moors]] and [[Deane, Greater Manchester|Deane]] to house their [[pauper]]s.<ref name=Billington1982pp14-15/>
[[File:The Railway End terrace at Burnden Park - geograph.org.uk - 6133565.jpg|thumb|left|The Railway End terrace at Burnden Park stadium in 1983]]
For just over a hundred years Burnden was the site of [[Burnden Park]], the home of [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]]. The stadium featured in a noted 1953 painting by the Salford-born artist [[L.S. Lowry]], ''[[Going to the Match]]'', which is now on public display at [[The Lowry]] arts centre in [[Salford Quays]].<ref name="theathletic-202210">{{Cite web|url=https://archive.today/20221020062400/https://theathletic.com/3708528/2022/10/20/lowry-going-to-the-match-sale-auction/|title='It's coming home': LS Lowry's Going to the Match sells for £7.8m – to the Lowry gallery|publisher=theathletic.com (Archived)}}</ref>
The area was described as a ghost town{{by whom|date=January 2024}} after the stadium, the [[Normid]] superstore and the greyhound track closed in quick succession in the late 1990s.{{cn|date=January 2024}}
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==External links==
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*[http://www.bolton.org.uk/burnden.html Burnden and Rose Hill]
{{Areas of Bolton}}
[[Category:Areas of Bolton]]