Welcome to Littleborough’s History
This website has been designed and produced by Bernard Pratt and provides Historical information using details and pictures from within the archive of The Littleborough Historical & Archaeological Society Ltd (LHAS) and my own researches
Information and pictures shown on this website are largely from the extensive Archive of the Society © plus Richard Greenwood ©, my own pictures © and others mentioned on individual pages ©. The details on each page are the result of extensive researches together with those of Society Members and others past and present, hopefully all happily acknowledged. I hope you find the website a useful source of information on the History of Littleborough and the surrounding areas of Calderbrook, Summit, Shore, Hollingworth Lake, Rakewood, Smithy Bridge and Dearnley. Check out the individual pages using the Navigation Bar. You can also find the Society on our facebook page via the links right.
The Society acknowledges the extensive researches of it’s past President, Peter Cryer, whose wife acknowledged that he spent more time in Touchstones than he did at home. Thanks Peter. As well as Alan Luke and Graham Pearson. The researches of Peter and Claire Bone also added to the Society’s Archive as have many others.
For more information on the History of Littleborough contact lborohist2@gmail.com
To contact the Society Full details here
The website includes a new page on
Fallen WW2 Heroes not on Littleborough Cenotaph
Membership of the Littleborough Historical & Archaeological Society
New members are always welcome. Why not join the Society? Full details here
Membership fees are:
£35:00 - Premium Membership including membership fees and meetings;
£12:00 - Ordinary Membership Fee;
£ 8:00 - Concessionary (up to 16 and over 62 years of age)
RESEARCH & COPYRIGHT
Email - lborohist@gmail.com
Meetings are held on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 8:00 pm; doors open before 7:30 pm
Littleborough History Centre, Platform 2 Littleborough Station
Stephenson Square, Railway Street,
Littleborough, Lancs - OL15 8AF
If contacting the Society please use email first lborohist@gmail.com
For the Norden & District Local History Society’s programme of talks - see here
BELOW - Panorama of Littleborough from Cleggswood Hill. From right to left - Littleborough Canal Wharf with Holy Trinity Parish Church behind;
The site of the coal drops was where trucks are parked - now taken by the revised road layout.
Littleborough Station behind (buildings now the History Centre)
| Contact Us |
| Rechabites |
| Early Schools |
| Non-conformist schools |
| C of E and RC Schools |
| Board and Local Authority Schools |
| Richard Jay - Coach Operator |
| William Burrill |
| Richard Jay Haukier |
| Leach - Cycles to Haulage |
| H M Sutcliffe |
| J Grindrod & Son Ltd |
| R Rudge and Son Ltd |
| Canal Restoration |
| Clegg Hall & Smithy Bridge |
| Railways in Littleborough Centre |
| Littleborough Viaduct to Summit Tunnel |
| Summit Tunnel |
| Industrial Railways |
| Blackstone Edge Turnpike |
| Calderbrook Turnpike |
| Doghill to Steanor Bottom Turnpike |
| Todmorden Rd TP |
| Toll Roads |
| Farming |
| List of Farms |
| Industrial Histories |
| History Trails |
| Littleborough Book |
| Pubs & Inns |
| Co-op - Early Grpwth |
| Coop - Central Premises & Competition |
| Coop in 20th Century |
| Coop Decline & Change |
| LANCTAN |
| Schofield Iron Woks |
| Phoenix Iron Works |
| Clegg's Shore Mills |
| Consterdine textile Mills |
| Schofield Textile Mills |
| Rayon (Artificial Silk( Manufacture |
| Mills |
| Deanhead Chemical Works |
| Akzo Chemical Works |
| Starring Pottery |
| Summit Brickworks |
| Tetlows Pottery |
| Whittaker Pottery |
| Coal Mining Map |
| Starring Clay and Coal Mine |
| Cleggswood Colliery |
| Mining around Hollingworth |
| Shackleton - Coal Merchant |
| Possible Roman Littleborough |
| Blackstone Edge Roman Road |
| Falllen Heroes not on Littleborough Cenotaph |
| Roll of Honour |
| WW2 Heroes |