As SotK has already taken Tottington, I'll move up a notch to Bury.
Bury is old English for castle, fort or stronghold, or an equivalent to the modern English borough.
Located in Lancashire, Bury was originally a mill town which emerged during the Industrial Revolution, focused on textile manufacturing. Bury has apparently got a "World Famous" Market, although no-one I've met who isn't from Bury has ever heard of it... Anyway, Bury is also notable for the traditional Black Pudding, a sausage made of pig's blood, which is often eaten as a snack and is sold in the 'world famous' open air market.
Bury mainly starts in the Industrial Revolution, but it goes further back, being centred around an ancient marketplace, with signs of Roman occupation even further back. Other interesting parts of history in Bury are Bury Castle (Little but a few buttresses in the ground now, but was once a fortified manor), and Gristlehurst Hall (a manor house now completely gone, although it was one of Henry VIII's hunting grounds apparently). Bury is also the home of the Lancashire Fusiliers, now amalgamated into the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
The Lancashire Fusiliers were formed in 1688 and were originally named Peyton's Foot Regiment, after the Colonel who commanded them - Sir Richard Peyton. Their name continued to change to the Colonel they were under until 1751, when they were renamed the 20th Regiment of Foot, a regiment renowned for their bravery at Minden, possibly the only time in history an infantry regiment successfully charged a cavalry regiment. The regiment also fought at Culloden in 1746, and in Canada under General John Burgoyne (this was only included as that is the exact name as one of my English teachers :L). Their name was agin changed to the East Devonshire Regiment in 1782. They also fought in the Crimean war at Alma and Inkerman, and in the Napoleonic wars as "the backbone of Wellington's army". Renamed the Lancashire Fusiliers in 1881 after 99 years of being known as the East Devonshire Regiment (the regiment originated in Devon somehow), the regiment fought extensively in both world wars. The Lancashire Fusiliers are famed for fighting in Gallipoli in 1915, one of the most unsuccessful campaigns in the First World War, and earned 6 Victoria Crosses "before breakfast". The regiment also has the Somme as a Battle Honour, and is also the regiment in which J.R.R. Tolkien fought in in the First World War. In the Second World War the regiment fought extensively with the Chindits, and in Africa. A notable figure from this time period is Francis Arthur Jefferson, who picked up a PIAT gun (a large anti-tank weapon, usually requiring 2 people to fire) and destroyed two tanks alone, to protect the British camp.
Some Landmarks around Bury are:
Holcombe Hill
The 'world famous' market
The Parish Church
Peel Tower
The East Lancashire Railway
Some people you may have heard of from Bury are:
Elbow (band)
Sir Robert Peel (British Prime Minister)
Phil and Gary Neville (Football/Soccer Players)
Many, Many Soap and Reality TV stars
Sorry for the huge section on the regiment, it's just that that's what I know most about and also what I find most interesting.