Cotton Town - Blackburn with Darwen
 

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Set in Stone: Local Institutions
Incorporation 1851
voters list 1832
voters list 1832 cont.
voters list 1832 cont.
Voters list 1835
Voters list 1835 Part 2
Voters list 1835 Part 3
Building Legacy
Listed Buildings
Blackburn Museum
Changing Blackburn
Sudell Cross
Blackburn Cathedral
A Study of St Mary's Parish Church by Gordon Hartley
The Walmesleys
The Petre Family
The Osbaldestons
The De Rishtons
The Medieval Glass
Descriptions of the Glass
Descriptions of the Glass
The North Transept Window
Window Donations
The South Transept
St. Martins Chapel
The Lantern Tower
The Lantern Tower: Close Up Images
Unlocatable Items
The Crypt
Blackburn Library
Blackburn Library Post Re-furbishment Launch 2003
The Co-op Emporium
Shop Windows
External Views
Northgate Entrance
Town Hall Street Entrance
Drapery Department
Tailoring Department
Ladies Department
Mens Department
The Ballroom and Restaurant
Shoe Department
The Boardroom
The Grocery Department
Furnishing Department
The Children's Department
The Hardware Department
Fitting Room
17 October 1975 Library moves to new premises
Opening Day Dawns
17th October 1975 - The Official Opening
Blackburn Library launch 2003
Society Business and Science
Adult Lending
Children's Library
Community History
Blackburn's First Purpose-Built Library
1959 Re-furbishments
Blackburn Library: 1980s
Blackburn Library: The Future
The Reference Library
The Adult Lending Library
The Children's Library
Sources for Family Historians
The Magnificent Seven
John Walter Thomas
David Geddes
WW Yeates
WA Abram
Richard Ashton
JB Darbyshire
James Hindle
Mike Garside
JS Miller
Jessie Geddes
Blackburn Town Hall
Civic celebrations
Police Uniforms
Blackburn Technical School
The Cotton Exchange
Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol
Vladimir Sherwood Painting
Thomas Hartley Pickup
Thomas Lewis
William Clayton
John Charles Dickinson
John Procter
James Lewis
James Pilkington
James Dickinson
Thomas Bertwistle
Joseph Feilden
James Barlow Sturdy
Thomas Crooke Ainsworth
George Ellis
William Stones
Reverend Charles Woodhouse
William Henry Hornby
James Thompson
John Baynes
John Butler Bowden
Thomas Lund
Joseph Harrison
Captain Emilius Jackson
William Dickinson
Robert Hopwood Hutchinson
Robert Raynsford Jackson
William Gourlay
Henry Master Feilden
William George Cort
James Ainsworth
George Ainsworth
David Johnson
Charles Haworth
William Boardman
Unknown Ladies
Darwen Library
Opening of Darwen Library
Centenary Day Celebrations
Darwen Market Hall
Planning and Selection
A Work in Progress
Some Disappointments
The Opening Ceremony
In Recent Years...
Changing Face of Darwen
India Mill Listed Building
The Market House
Blackburn's Time Ball and Gun
Market Place
Pleasington Priory
Public Halls
Blakey Moor
St Johns Church
Lord's Hall
Turton Tower
The Orrells
The Torbocs
Humphrey Chetham
George Chetham
Georges Descendants
The Kay Family
1890 to Today
The Castle
The Swan
Yutick's Nest
Brian Houghton Photographs
More Brian Houghton Photographs
Heritage Trails
Clitheroe Library
Holy Trinity School
New Bridge at Islington
Livesey Old Hall
Social and Welfare Improvements
Election of 1832
Local Institutions: Alan Crosby
The Elite of the Community: Alan Crosby
Position and Influence: Alan Crosby
The Workforce: Alan Crosby
Philanthropy: Alan Crosby
Patronage: Alan Crosby
The Workhouse
Royal Infirmary
New Memorial Wing
Wells and springs