Publications
January 2018
Hyndburn Local History Society is pleased to announce its latest publication
“Industrial Heritage: A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Accrington including the villages of Altham , Baxenden and Huncoat”
The Author, Mike Rothwell, an Accringtonian now living in Southport has spent many years of detailed research, revising and more than doubling the size of the1979 edition.
This new illustrated edition is full of photographs, maps, drawings and diagrams charting the area’s vanished industrial past.
Priced at £12 it is available locally at Accrington Library, Hyndburn Heritage Museum and the Information Centre in Accrington Town Hall.
Postal sales at £14 are also available from the Secretary, David Climpson, 31, Whitewell Road, Accrington BB5 6DA
Tel 01254 237229
email climpsond@madasafish.com
A Hyndburn Chronology 1924-1974' compiled by Paul Lanham, additional material by William Turner, edited by Jack Broderick and John Goddard, published by Hyndburn Local History Society, 1999
Walk notes from summer walks are all available from Hyndburn LHS Secretary for a small charge.
Abbey Street and its environs
Accrington Higher Fold
Accrington's cinemas
Bury to Whalley Turnpike Part 1
Bury to Whalley Turnpike Part 2
Bygone byways of Church and Oswaldtwsitle
From Bullough's Row to Scaitcliffe House
From washing line to washing up
Hidden corners of Oswaldtwistle
Huncoat: the changing village
The King's Highway
Manors, Mills and Mishaps
Old Road from Rising Bridge
Roaming the Seven C's of Church
Stone pages of history
Up 'Britan' and round by t'Stanhill
Pleck House plans. Hyndburn LHS purchased some plans of the Pleck House area which members have since transcribed