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 and this website

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Pictures on the website are covered by Copyright. Whilst you are welcome to use the pictures for your own use please do not post on Facebook or other Social Media before contacting the Society


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LITTLEBOROUGH HISTORICAL & ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY NEXT MEETING: Researching Littleborough’s Mill owners etc

By Bernard Pratt










Held on 2nd Thursday of each month at 8:00 pm; doors open before 7:30 pm






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)