Middlebrook encampment, an American Independence War seasonal encampment
Horwich Police Station is located on Burnden Way at the Middlebrook site.
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The farmhouse's 1666/1811 date stone, 1860s cooking range and other items were saved and can be seen at the Heritage Centre in Horwich.
In 1977 Middlebrook began a relationship with noted scientist Carl Djerassi.
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Born Helen Diane Wood, in Pocatello, Idaho, Middlebrook spent the last 28 years of her life with her third husband, Carl Djerassi, a Viennese-born American scientist who helped invent the first contraceptive pill.
Horwich Parkway is the railway station for the Reebok Stadium, home of Bolton Wanderers F.C. and the Middlebrook shopping, leisure and business complex.
Middlebrook was educated at various schools, including Ratcliffe College, Leicester.