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The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster: Volume Six

The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster: Volume Six

Farrer, William
Brownbill, J.

Hardcover

Series: Victoria County History

General World History

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ISBN10: 0712910581
ISBN13: 9780712910583
Publisher: Victoria County History
Published: Jan 1 1911
Pages: 718
Weight: 5.25
Height: 2.33 Width: 8.63 Depth: 12.23
Language: English
The volume contains histories of the eleven ancient parishes in Leyland hundred (Leyland, Penwortham, Brindle, Croston, Hesketh-with-Becconsall, Tarleton, Rufford, Chorley, Hoole, Eccleston, Standish) and of two of the five ancient parishes in Blackburn hundred (Blackburn parish and Whalley). Some very considerable places in the volume never achieved the status of ancient parish: Darwen was part of Blackburn parish, and Whalley included Accrington, Burnley, Clitheroe, Colne, and Nelson. In the Middle Ages the area was relatively poor, with extensive royal forests used for deer and, later, cattle and sheep farming. From the late 18th century the woollen industry gave way to cotton spinning and weaving in hundreds of factories, and the coalfield was exploited. Despite the growth of industry the area retains much undeveloped countryside, gentry houses in the lush pasture land of the Ribble Valley, and many oldfarmhouses on the slopes of the Pennine moorlandsand Pendle Hill.

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