Cotton Town - Blackburn with Darwen
 
Parish Histories
Blackburn Encyclopaedia
Cemetery Walk by Gordon Hartley and Albert Branscombe
Blackburn and Darwen Heritage Trails
Paganini visits Blackburn
St. George's Church, Mill Hill
Darwen Tram Souvenir
From Steam to Electric
Newspapers
Abergele train disaster 1868
The Haunted House
Tales from The Museum 1
Tales from The Museum 2
Sarah Ellen Roberts
Blackburn When I Was A Boy
Freeing of Darwen Moors
Jubilee of the Freeing of Darwen Moors
Murder of Emily Holland
Famous Blackburnians
John Thomas Baron
Mystery photo(James Whalley)
Knuzden Brook Mill Fire 1885
The William Gourlay Embezzlement
Star Paper Mill
Star Paper Mill Meeting
Star Paper Mill Project Final Celebration
History of Hoghton Workhouse
A visit to the Laundry
The Crown Hotel Disaster
Olympic fabric
William Kenworthy
Jacob Howarth's American Adventure
Scotch drapers in Blackburn
Juvenile Delinquent
Troubled Times loom breaking riots of 1826
Scapa War Memorial unveiling
Blackburns Market Cross
Corporation Park Part 1 Inception to opening
Images of the New Market
John Noel Nichols - The Vimto Man
Blackburn in 1793 By W A Abram Article 1
William Woodruff
The murder of June Anne Devaney
Percy T. Dean VC
The Old (Black) Bull Inn
Kathleen Ferrier 1912-1953
Crime and Punishment Blackburn 1920
How The Blackburn Poor Live
John Spencer; A man of principle
Mystery images
Poulton College
Turkish Baths

Tockholes
Lower Darwen, A History by Gerald Schofield
Origins of the placename Beardwood

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Parish Histories


Cotton Town will look into many different aspects of the history of Blackburn and Darwen. The Parish Histories section of the site will contain project pages which will  take a detailed look into the history of specific parishes. Community groups and individuals are welcome to submit a history of their own, as Judith Jacklin and Lyn Robinson have done for the village of Tockholes.