Accrington Through The 19th CenturyA series of 100 articles appeared in the Accrington Observer in 1925-1927 under the title Accrington A Century Ago. Written By Richard Shaw Crossley with the help of Richard Ainsworth, they featured life and personalities of Accrington in the early part of the 19th century. For anyone researching their ancestors in Accrington there is a wealth of information and biographical details. |
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19th century Abbey-street Accrington House adjoining aged Alderman Altham Antley Bank Barnes Baxenden Bay Horse became Birtwistle Black Abbey Black Bull Blackburn Blackburn-road Broad Oak Broughton building built Bull Bridge Burnley Burnley-road calico century ago Chartist Christ Church Church-street coach corner cottages Cunliffe daughter Dewhurst died Directory district early erected farm Fold Gardens George Grange-lane Hargreaves Haslingden Haworth held Henry Hindle Hotel Huncoat Hyndburn Hyndburn-road interesting John Hargreaves John Hopwood Jonathan Peel Kenyon known Lancashire land lane later Lightfoot Manchester Manchester-road married meeting Milnshaw Oak Hill Museum occupied Old Accrington Old Homesteads opened Oswaldtwistle Padiham Park Peel-street period portion premises present printworks railway Red Lion resided Richard Richard Broughton Riley road Robert Sabden side Society St James stone Street Sunday school Thomas toll bar Town Hall township Union-street village Walmsley Warner-street Weslyan Whalley Whalley-road William William Beesley William Dewhurst Woodnook