A woman who was murdered more than 200 years ago will be remembered at the site of the world’s oldest memorial to a domestic violence victim.

Campaigners from Bolton will trek to a remote spot on Holcombe Moor, where Ellen Strange is said to have been strangled and bludgeoned by her husband, John Broadley, to raise awareness of domestic violence.

Ever since Ellen Strange was killed on her way to Helmshore, people passing by the windswept site have left stones in her memory, leaving a cairn to be formed.

On Sunday, the seventh annual Ellen Strange memorial event organised by Unite NW and the Endeavour Project in Bolton since 2015 on the hills surrounding Ramsbottom.

Cllr Martin Mulkin, who will be taking part in the walk, said: "Ellen Strange was murdered by her husband, John Broadley, on Holcombe Moor on 26 January 1761 and following which her family and/or local people raised a pile of stones in her memory. This was called 'Ellen Strange” on the first Ordnance Survey map in 1844-47.

"In 2015 an annual event to remember Ellen Strange and domestic violence victims in the previous 12 months was held at the cairn, which is around 45 minutes away from Emmanuel Holcombe Church.

"Each walker, which includes domestic survivors, lays a stone and reads out the case studies of people killed because of domestic violence. It can be a tearful occasion - 38 per cent of all violent crime is domestic violence related. A wreath is laid and a two-minute period of silence is held.

"There is a blessing by a reader from Emanuel Church, Holcombe, where free and much needed refreshments are available on the walk’s return. Everyone who has attended over the years has felt it has been a worthwhile morning."

Those wishing to taking part should meet on Sunday at 10.30am at Emmanuel Holcombe Church before the 45 minute walk on the moors

Gemma Aitchison from Bolton will be among the speakers.

More about Ellen's story can be found here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPMaOEroepU