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34 unusual facts about Lancashire


Albert Halton

His Victoria Cross is displayed at the King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) Museum, in Lancaster, England.

Altham

Altham, Lancashire, a village and a civil parish in the Hyndburn district of Lancashire, England

Ann Baynard

Ann Baynard (sometimes spelled Anne) (Born 1672 Preston, Lancashire, England - June 12, 1697, Barnes, Surrey) was a British natural philosopher and model of piety.

Æthelsige

He lived in the town today called Elswick, known then as "'Edelesuuic," literally "the farm of a man named Æthelsige."

Bolton Sailing Club

Bolton Sailing Club (Bolton SC or BSC) is an inland sailing club located close to the village of Belmont in Lancashire to the north of Bolton, Greater Manchester in the West Pennine Moors.

Born and Bred

The exterior shots of the early series were filmed in and around East Lancashire, predominantly in the village of Downham, Lancashire, with some at Helmshore.

Carola Richards

Born in Salford, Lancashire, Richards graduated with a degree in geology in 1938 and then qualified as a housing manager, in which profession she worked until 1973.

Church of St Wilfrid, Standish

The church is first mentioned in 1205 but the vast extent of the ancient parish with its eleven townships (Adlington, Anderton, Charnock Richard, Coppull, Duxbury, Heath Charnock, Langtree, Shevington, Standish, Welch Whittle and Worthington) points to a very early foundation.

City of Preston

City of Preston, Lancashire, a city and non-metropolitan district in Lancashire, England

Entwistle

Entwistle, Lancashire, a village in Turton, England or its local railway station

Fred Dewhurst

Fred Dewhurst (born Fulwood, Lancashire, 16 December 1863 — died 21 April 1895) was a professional footballer, who played as an inside forward for Preston North End in the late 19th century.

Frederick Foster Gough

He married Mary Vigars LeMare, at Christ Church, Salford, Lancashire, on 4 April 1854; he was widowed seven years later when his wife died in London in early 1861.

Georgina Battiscombe

She was born Esther Georgina Harwood, the elder daughter of George Harwood, a former clergyman, Liberal Member of Parliament for his home town of Bolton, Lancashire, master cotton spinner, and an author and barrister.

Healey, Greater Manchester

It covers Shawclough, Syke and Nook Farm, as well as the rest of the land known as Healey on the right hand side of Whitworth Road (A671) after Gale Street up to Healey Corner (Whitworth/Rochdale boundary).

History of Lancashire

Although the county town of Lancashire is considered to be Lancaster, the county council is seated at the city of Preston.

James Lawrence Isherwood

James Lawrence Isherwood (7 April 1917 – 9 June 1989) was an English artist, born in Wigan, Lancashire.

Jean Robinson

Jean Robinson, CBE (8 December 1899 - 5 November 1986) was the first female mayor of Blackpool, Lancashire from 1968-1969.

Jo Appleby

Jo Appleby (born 7 April 1978) is an English soprano from Thornton, Lancashire.

John and Donald Parkinson

John B. Parkinson (12 December 1861 - 9 December 1935) was born in the small village of Scorton, in Lancashire, England in 1861.

John Edmund Sharrock Moore

Born in Higher Booths, Swinshaw, Rossendale, Lancashire, John was the son of Henry Moore, Cotton Manufacturer and Mary Elizabeth Moore (née Margerison).

Kennessee Green

And the A59 is situated to the west of the village, connecting Maghull and Kennessee Green with Liverpool, Aintree, Litherland, Preston and Ormskirk.

Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway

William Arkwright had settled at Sutton Scarsdale Hall near Chesterfield and with the land came extensive deposits of coal.

Lancaster, Minnesota

The city was named after a railroad official believed to have come from Lancashire County in England.

Lawrence Palk, 1st Baron Haldon

On 15 May 1845, he married Maria Harriett Hesketh, daughter of Sir Thomas Hesketh, 4th Baronet in Rufford, Lancashire.

Preston Council election, 1999

This expanse of rural villages and farming communities includes the Broughton and Goosnargh.

Richard Molyneux, 2nd Viscount Molyneux

He was present at the siege of Manchester in September 1642, and on 20 April 1643 was defeated by Captain Ashton at Whalley.

Roses Match

The very first "Roses Match" was played in 1867 at the Station Road Cricket Ground, Whalley near Blackburn and was won by Yorkshire by 5 wickets.

Seedhill

Seedhill is the name of two sports venues in the town of Nelson, Lancashire.

SELNEC

SELNEC is an acronym for "South East Lancashire North East Cheshire".

Shard Bridge

It spans the River Wyre, connecting Singleton, on the southern side of the river, to Hambleton, on its northern side (known locally as "Over Wyre"), carrying both automotive and pedestrian traffic of Shard Road (the A588).

Utterley

fictional town in Lancashire, England that was the main setting for the 1980s and 1990s Granada TV series Brass.

Wallsuches

"Wallsuches Bleach Works" brought employment to Horwich and workers came from Horwich, Blackrod, Adlington and Rivington.

Walter Mildmay

He also contributed stone for completing the tower of Great St. Mary's Church, Cambridge, and he helped to found the free-school at Middleton, Lancashire.

William Brooks of Blackburn

William Brooks (1762–1846) was a supplier of cotton to spinners around Whalley and Blackburn.


1890 in Wales

22 November - (in Lancashire) Harry Pollitt, Communist trade union leader and parliamentary candidate for Rhondda East (died 1960)

Adrian Moreing

He was married twice, first to Joan Brunton in 1916 and in 1934 he married Dorothy Haworth of Samlesbury, Lancashire.

Afon Wyre

There are other rivers with the same name such as the River Wyre in Lancashire.

Alkincoats Hall

It passed down through Parker family from father to son via Thomas, Robert (1720–1758), Thomas (1754–1819), a Justice of the Peace (J.P.) and Deputy Lieutenant {D.L.} of Lancashire, to Thomas Parker (died 1832), an Army captain, J.P. and D.L. who also bought Browsholme Hall from his cousin.

Anne Langton

She was born to Thomas and Ellen Langton in the Yorkshire Dales, but within a few months, they moved to Lancashire, where she was raised in a mansion named Blythe Hall, near Ormskirk.

Blanketeers

The intention was for the participants, who were mainly Lancashire weavers, to march to London and petition the Prince Regent over the desperate state of the textile industry in Lancashire, and to protest over the recent suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act.

Brian Flowers, Baron Flowers

The son of Reverend Harold Joseph Flowers and Mrs Marian Flowers, Brian Hilton Flowers was born in Blackburn, Lancashire; but he was educated in Swansea at the Bishop Gore School, where Mr Foukes encouraged his interest in physics.

Brockhall

Brockhall Village, Lancashire, England, home to the training ground of Blackburn Rovers FC

Carl Myerscough

Carl Myerscough (pronounced Myers/co) (born 21 October 1979 in Hambleton, Lancashire) is an English athlete.

Central Lancashire

Sir Francis Pearson, former MP for Clitheroe, was Chairman of the Central Lancashire New Town Development Corporation from 1971.

Children's Adventure Farm Trust

Each year the Adventure Farm helps 3,000 children aged 4 to 16, coming from all over the North West, with people coming from Cheshire, Lancashire, Merseyside, Cumbria, Staffordshire, Yorkshire, North Wales and Derbyshire.

Craven and District Football League

The league is essentially based on Craven and so includes several teams from the main Craven centres such as Skipton, Settle, Cross Hills and Cononley, but its catchment extends into nearby districts of Lancashire and West Yorkshire with, for example, teams from Bradford, Colne, Ilkley, Keighley and Pendle also taking part.

Dorning

Dorning Rasbotham (c. 1730 – 1791), English writer, antiquarian, artist and High Sheriff of Lancashire

Dracula, the Musical

The UK premiere of the musical took place in March 2010 at The Lowther Pavilion, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire.

First Battle of Middlewich

Sir Thomas obviously conducted himself satisfactorily in the campaign culminating in the Battle of Edgehill because an order from Prince Rupert in January 1643 refers to him as a colonel of a regiment of cuirassiers, and two days later on 19 January the King announced that he was sending Aston as a Major-General to Cheshire and Lancashire.

Footsee

By late 1974, the Northern soul music and dance scene centered on the Wigan Casino club in Lancashire, England, was attracting increasing attention from mainstream media in the UK, at the same time as original American R&B recordings which met the musical criteria of its fans, and which were new to listeners, were becoming more difficult to find.

Geoffrey Lancashire

Lancashire began his career as a journalist with the Oldham Evening Chronicle newspaper before joining Granada Television as a scriptwriter.

Hughie Flint

Hughie Flint (born 15 March 1941, Manchester, Lancashire), is an English drummer, best known for his stint in John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, playing drums on the Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton album, released in 1966, for his group McGuinness Flint in the early 70s and for his subsequent association with The Blues Band.

Joe Gladwin

He was born at 44 Tatton Street in the Ordsall district of Salford, Lancashire, the son of Joseph and Elizabeth Gladwin (nee Dooley).

John K. Downes

Born in Platt Bridge, Lancashire, England, he was educated at St. Mark’s College in London.

Johnny Tyldesley

His younger brother Ernest Tyldesley (1889 – 1962) was also a top-class batsman for Lancashire and played in 14 Tests for England.

Jonathan Clare

Jonathan Clare's grandfather, John Clare, played Lancashire League cricket for Burnley for seven years, grandson having played sporadically in the competition since the age of fourteen, having made his debut in the competition as an opener in 2001, alongside professional representative, Dale Benkenstein.

Jone o Grinfilt

They were probably printed in the mid 19th century; the poem was also printed in John Harland's Ballads and Songs of Lancashire (three editions: 1865, 1875 and 1882).

Joseph Crosfield

In 1819 Joseph Crosfield married Elizabeth Goad from the village of Baycliffe in the Furness area of Lancashire.

Joseph Stanley Snowden

He was the eldest son of Joseph Snowden and Fanny Ruth Snowden of Morecambe and Heysham, Lancashire.

Juvenile Liaison

Juvenile Liaison 1 (1975) and Juvenile Liaison 2 (1990) are documentary films by Nick Broomfield about a juvenile liaison project in Blackburn, Lancashire.

Ken Higgs

After two years in the Lancashire League, the Leicestershire captain, Ray Illingworth called Higgs out of first-class cricket retirement because of Graham McKenzie's expected unavailability with the 1972 Australians.

Kevin Tully

He made his debut for the club on Boxing Day, in a 2–1 defeat at Lancashire neighbours Burnley, and went on to make a further four starts and one substitute appearance before the end of the 1972–73 campaign.

Kildalton Castle

Kildalton was sold in 1922 to John Talbot Clifton, a well-to-do landowner from Lytham, Lancashire who was passionately fond of shooting and foreign travel.

Markland Hill

Historically within Lancashire, it is about 2.5 miles to the north west of the town centre.

Miles Gerard

Descended perhaps from the Gerards of Ince, he was, about 1576, tutor to the children of Squire Edward Tyldesley, at Morleys Hall, near Astley, Lancashire.

Murder of April Jones

On 8 October 2012, a 19-year-old male from Chorley in Lancashire was sentenced to 12 weeks' imprisonment in a Young Offender Institution for posting comments about Jones and Madeleine McCann on his Facebook page, after pleading guilty to sending a grossly offensive message, an offence under section 127 (1)a of the Communications Act 2003.

Pendle Hill, New South Wales

Lancashire was the centre of England's cotton industry, and Pendle Hill is a hill in the heart of the Lancashire cotton industry.

Preston Plucknett

The village is included in The Meaning of Liff (defined as "a very large string bag made of thin strong cord into which feathers from freshly killed ducks and chickens were stuffed, from Preston in Lancashire".

Ralph Assheton

Sir Ralph Assheton, 2nd Baronet, of Middleton (11 Feb 1652–4 May 1716), MP for Liverpool 1677 and Lancashire 1694, 1695

Raymond Swann

His elder son Alec has also represented Bedfordshire and played first-class cricket for Northamptonshire and Lancashire.

Richard Mather

Mather was born in Lowton, in the parish of Winwick, Lancashire, England, of a family which was in reduced circumstances but entitled to bear a coat-of-arms.

Sharon Maughan

Maughan was born in Kirkby, Lancashire, England, one of 5 siblings in an Irish Catholic family.

Smith and Snipes Hall Farm Ltd v River Douglas Catchment Board

The River Douglas Catchment Board agreed with a number of landowners between the River Douglas and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal) to carry out some work if some contribution to the cost was given.

SS Basildon

The vessel was armed as a DEMS ship by soldiers of the Royal Lancashire Regiment and rescued soldiers from the Bray-Dunes area of the beach during Operation Dynamo.

Temperance bar

Fitzpatrick's Herbal Health (5 Bank St Rawtenstall, Lancashire BB4 6QS) is thought to be the last original temperance bar.

The Riff Raff Element

The ancestral home of the Tundishes was actually Stonyhurst College, a Roman Catholic public school near Clitheroe, Lancashire.

Tony Leavey

He went to Mill Hill School and then Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge before returning to east Lancashire where he became a director of companies involved in the weaving and matchmaking industries in Colne and Rawtenstall.

Watcyn Thomas

A teacher by profession, he moved to St Helens to teach at Cowley Grammar School in 1929, and played rugby for Waterloo and Lancashire, captaining Lancashire to the championship in 1934-35.

West Indian cricket team in England in 1933

Constantine's Lancashire League employer Nelson refused to release him for the match, but Francis, contracted to Radcliffe in the Bolton League, played.

Westleigh, Greater Manchester

Westleigh was a township in the ancient ecclesiastical parish of Leigh in the hundred of West Derby in Lancashire.

William Rudesind Barlow

Barlow was the third son of Sir Alexander Barlow of Barlow Hall, Chorlton, in the county of Lancashire, England, by his marriage to Mary Brereton.

Yealands

Yealand Redmayne, a village and civil parish in the English county of Lancashire