history

Hi I'm new here and have singed on as a member to hopefully learn more about my family history. I was adopted at birth and my ancestry searches showed that my family came from Accrington. I am particularly interested in finding out what Accrington was like back in the 1800s forward. The...

I'm looking for some help with the two Sparths - Nearer and Further Sparth as they were called. Nearer Sparth is the old farm house, previously called Sparth Manor, Sparth Farm and (as a pub was the Lynwood Arms) built in the 15th or 16th Century (seems to be a bit of conflict between websites...

Hi all accrintonians! Currently, I live on sultan street, on the top block near peel park primary and there's been some mysteries that my family and I would like to know about. Now, I know that some may be skeptics, buy there's two presences that our family feel; a young girl that wanders...

I was up round christchurch the other day and i came across Mountain Lane, i've tried doing a bit of research on the internet but i cant really find any information on it. Could any body enlighten me about history of it? im particularly intrested in number 7 (the first one on the right if you...

At last a date has been set for the public viewing of the Historical DVD that Lee and I have been corroborating on since January this year. It's at Accrington Library in the Lecture room upstairs on Saturday 28th May 2011 7.30 pm for 8.00 pm start Our MP Graham Jones will be opening...

Apologies if this has been explored before - I searched and couldn't find it. I was doing some research recently and found two articles that mentioned a Roman Lamp being found in Baxenden. Take a look at this one on the Lancashire County Site (pg7), and this one on the Hyndburn Council Site...

In a modern world where 'Please' and 'Thank you' are rarely part of the vocabulary; and so many facilities are taken forgranted by the younger generation, I do wonder how much of their attitude is down to us older folk. After all, if we don't promote what we know, how can we expect it to be...

On July 30th 1910 several girls who lived in at Messrs Williams shop in Accrington were killed in a fire. Does anyone have any information on this tragedy?