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Blackburn Encyclopedia C-D
Cabbies' Shelter Blackburn Boulevard given by William Ward of Mellor. Demolished in 1944
Cabin End (1852) Accrington Road/Knuzden Brook where Riley & Tattersall quarried (1870)
Cabin End Hall also known as Higher Cabin End Farm
Cabin End (Factory) Mill was built in 1835 and nearly destroyed by fire in 1837. Owned by Walter Bulcock of Cabin End Hall in 1841 contained 24,000 spindles and 110 power looms went bankrupt in 1848 and sold to Pilkington Bros. and followed by John Baynes & Co. Finally closed in 1955
Cabin End Road (1903-59) now St. Ives Road Intack Nos 1-15
Cabin End Row (1912-58) previously Knuzden Brook Brow (1848)
Cab(b)in Field (1750)
Cable House pre 1801 purchased by Joseph Ainsworth (after which Ainsworth Street is named) from the Cable family executors. Later became the surgery for Dr. James Barlow and then The Spread Eagle Hotel. Demolished in 1951 The grounds straddled the Blakewater at the bottom of James' Street.
Cable Street (1788-1959) 12 Old St James' Street / Brown Street Nos 3-7 and 2
Cadshaw Close (1980)
Caine Street (1844) off John Street
Calder Street (1899) 151 Whalley Range Nos 1-43 and 4-24
Caledonian Hall (1897) Moss Hall Accrington Road proprietor: D Culvert (1897)
Caledonian Lake (1890-1900) Moss Hall Accrington Road opposite the Fountain Inn used by Blackburn Caledonian Curling club for outdoor winter curling
(Old) Calendar House Chapel Street where John Wesley opened the first Methodist meeting house in Blackburn.
Calender Street & back (1795-1980) leading from 2 Salford to High Street
Calgary Avenue (1980)
Calico Street (1929) 321 Bolton Road Ewood
California Gardens was located on over an acre of land on Davenport Road between Whitehead Street and Bromley Street. It contained a 3,000 sq. ft. dance hall and a monkey house. Then followed a race-course on the site of the south side of Belle Vue Street between Cheetham Street and Addison Street The dance hall was later turned into a music hall and an athletics track built from where pigeon races, rabbit coursing, track and dog races were held. Its correct name was Royal Park Gardens (Belle Vue and Foxhall Gardens) but ultimately it received unpleasant notoriety and it was closed down and auctioned off in January 1868
Cambay Villas (built 1874) Preston New Road/Billinge End Road St Silas'
Cambria Place (1929) 52 London Road
Cambrian Close (1980)
Cambridge Street (1870-1980) Hr Audley Street / Withers Street Nos 1-95 and 18-36
Camden House (1929-41) 37 Alexandra Road
Camden Street (1903-80) Clinton Street Nos 2-34
Campbell Place (1910-80) Spring Lane
Campbell Street (1878-1980) Pemberton Street No 2
Campsie Lodge (1929-41) Infirmary Road
Canal Cottage (1929-49) 30 Highfield Road
Canal Foundry (1848) Manner Sutton Street owned by William & John Yates (1870-8) engineers steam boiler makers millwrights iron and brass founders. Yates & Thom (1894)
Canal House 50 Eanam. Built about1820 Grade 2 listed building.
Canal New mill George Street East owned by Thomas Driver & Co (1878-94) cotton spinners & manufacturers 21,564 spindles 342 looms skirtings and dhooties then Holden Bros (1902-12)
Canal Mill (1844) Manner Sutton Street owned by Riley Bros. (1902) cotton spinners and manufacturers. Collapsed during night of 18th December 1907 whilst occupied by Blackburn Paper Co. damaged estimated at £8,000 to £10,000
Canal Old Mill Wharf Street off Higher Barn Street Eanam built in 1822 was the first steam powered corn mill in Blackburn. Became a cotton mill in 1837 owned by George Jackson & Son cotton spinners & manufacturers (1852) and finally Higher Eanam Brewery in 1915 owned by Holden Bros. cotton manufacturers (1922) then became part of Prospect Mill until 1989 Demolished 1999
Canal Street (1870) Birley Street
Canal Street (1878-1980) 26 Queen's Terrace Mill Hill Navigation Hotel
Canal Wharves at Grimshaw Park Lower (J & W Tomlinson Ltd colliery proprietors & colliery agents 1930) also Hollin Bank
Canning Street (1851-1966) 13 Russell Street / 4 Nelson Street Nova Scotia Nos 2 & 6 and 15
Cannon Street (1795-1885) between 51 Northgate and Blakey Moor named after the Crimean cannon which blocked the street to wheeled traffic at its Northgate end. Nos 1/2 and 18
The Cannons (the Battery) two Russian cannon captured at the battle of Sebastapol in the Crimea War were presented to the town by Lord Panmure the secretary of state for war on 22nd June 1857. They were fired on the opening of the Corporation Park in June 1857 to remind the people of the British victories. A carriage drive was constructed to the battery by unemployed operatives during the cotton famine in 1863-4. Two German guns from the Great War were later added. They were sold by the corporation in 1937 for scrap, in the salvage drive for World War 11, after their wooden carriages had rotted away, along with a tank in Queen's Park.
see Panopticon
The Cans – big can and little can were the names for the two reservoirs of water in Pemberton Clough now Corporation Park
Canterbury Street (1870) from 136 Darwen Street Nos 1-67 and 4-62
Canterbury Street Barracks built in 1860 to house the 2nd Lancashire Rifle Volunteers, which had just been formed. See also Artillery Volunteers.
Canterbury Street Dyeworks Baron's Yard off Darwen Street started in 1880 in former reed and heald works by Jonathan Mercer. Robinson Bros. took over 1898 until 1933.
Canterbury Street Foundry owned by Thomas Parkinson (1870) iron & brass founder and coppersmith. Joseph Winter & Co. (1903)
Canterbury Street Mill owned by Golden Stewart (1958) had 80 looms previously owned by Kenyon & Brother (1870) manufacturers then George W Nichols & Co (1878-91) cotton manufacturers 453 looms shirtings jacconettes & dhooties followed by Haydock & Duerden (1894-1922) cotton manufacturers later Henry Mercer Bros. & Co Ltd (1930) cotton manufacturers then J Haydock & Sons Ltd (1939) cotton manufacturers
Canton mill Eleanor Street / Higher Audley Street a stone built warehouse and weaving shed. Built in 1865 by Thomas Stones (1865-70) manufacturer John Spencer cotton spinner & manufacturer owned the mill in (1878-80) but the ownership passed to Higson Bros. cotton spinner & manufacturer (1891-1912) also Peel mill having leased it from before 1887 1254 looms fine cambrics mulls jaconettes etc E & G Hindle were proprietors in (1915-30). Cotton production ceased in 1955 The chimney was demolished in 1974. Mill now run by Jones Textilities (1976)
Captain Nolan Street (1878) Queen Elizabeth Street
Card and Blowing Room Association 9 St. Peter's Street (1881); secretary: Richard Cocking (1881)
Card Beach Farm (1915) Ramsgreave
Card Room Operatives' Society (1897-41) 56a Victoria Street 1 Clayton Street (1900)
secretary: P Maguire (1897-1900) Malam Brothers (1909)
Cardroom Workers' Association (1897-1922) 1 Clayton Street (1897) secretary: P Maguire (1897) Michael Brothers (1922)
Cardwell House (1841) occupied by District Bank
Cardwell Corn Mill owned by John Baldwin (1903-4)
Cardwell mill Albert Street Livesey built in 1858-9 as textile factory. Owned by James Thompson & Co (1870) cotton spinners then Mitchell Eccles & Co (1878-94) cotton spinners and manufacturers 31,000 spindles 516 looms medium shirtings employing 350 people Owned by Cardwell Mill Co Ltd (1902-12) cotton spinners & manufacturers followed by J Hawkins & Sons Ltd (19300 cotton manufacturers. It ceased weaving in 1950s, was then used as a cloth and yarn warehouse and closed in 1983. Demolished September 2001
Cardwell Place (Fish Lane 1890) 8 Astleygate (1929) named after Richard Cardwell. Nos 9-37 and 8 &16
Carham Road (1941-59) Pleckgate Road
Carlinghurst Road (1980)
Carlisle Street (1870-1980) 63 Lower Audley Street Nos 3-73 and 8-94
Carlisle Street mill owned by John Smalley (1878) cotton manufacturer N Walmsley and Sons with Atlantic mill 760 looms shirtings printers jaconettes then J & A Noble cotton manufacturers (1894) Mercer & Sharples (1902) later R Whittaker Bros. & Co Ltd (1915) cotton manufacturers followed by James Dewhurst Ltd (1922-30) cotton manufacturers
Carlton Road (1903) Highbury Place 4 houses
Carlton Terrace (1903-41) Park Avenue
Carlton Villa (1881-1941) Park Crescent
Carluke Street (1929) Accrington Road Board School
Carmelite Convent Mount Carmelite 11 Meins Road (1992-3)
Carnarvon Road (1929) off Manor Road
Carnforth Close (1980)
Caroline Street (1903-12) now St. Aidan's Avenue Mill Hill Nos 3-21 and 4-18
Carr's Cottage (1848) Whalley New Road near Skew Bridge
Carr Cottage (Cemetery) Mill Whalley New Road owned by Carr Cottage Mill Co (1870) manufacturers then Isaac Turner & Sons (1843-78) cotton manufacturers and used by Whalley New Road Manufacturing Co (1903-4) Extended in 1912 owned by Duckworth & Eddleston (1894-1930) cotton manufacturers then John Duckworth & Son (Blackburn) Ltd (1939)
Carr Hall Farm (1870-1915) Wilpshire Robert Hill (1870-81)
Carr Lane (1818-52) Penny Street
Carr Lane (1851-1980) Meins Road
Carr Lane (House) Farm (1848-1935) west of Beardwood
Carr Street (1870-1980) off 2 Blackburn Street Nos 1-5 and 2-40
Carrington Avenue (1941-59) Fernhurst Street
Carrs Wood (1980)
Carters' and Lurrymen's Association (1897) 35a Northgate secretary: G W Pickard (1897-1900)
Cart Leach Farm (1881) Ramsgreave William Ellison (1881)
Cartmell Road (1980)
Cartmell Street (1929-66) 105 Preston Old Road
Castle Hotel (1796) Market Street Lane re-built 1810 and extended in 1893. Demolished 2007
Castle Rag (1841-89) tenement in Ramsgreave
Castle Speakers' Club (1988) East Lancs Cricket Club
Castle Street (1870-1941) 40 Artillery Street / Ordnance Street Nos 28 and 40
Cathedral built as St. Mary's Parish Church between 1820-6 Grade 2 listed in 1951 the gateway at the top of Church Street built in 1825 was Grade 2 listed in 1974.
John Hayward artist was responsible for Christ the Worker; the Corona; the Six-Winged Seraphim; the windows in the south transept and St. Mary's chapel; and the engraved screen between the Jesus and St. Martin's Chapels. Lantern Tower costing £800,000 completed 1998. The 30ft dia. sculpture on east end 'The Healing of the Nations' unveiled August 2001 at a cost of £100,000
Cathedral Close (1980)
Cathedral Men's Club Cort Street (1930-5) secretary: G H Clayton (1930-5)
Cathedral Mission Church Walpole Street founded 22nd November 1923 in the basement of a mill owned by Alderman Burke.
Cathedral Quarter (2015) incorporating the Cathedral Court, Premier Inn Hotel and Office Block on the Boulevard at a cost of £33m built by Eric Wright Construction
Catholic Apostolic Church at the corner of Regent Street & Victoria Street (9/1878-1930) seated 300 in 1889
Previously worshippers occupied the Spinners' Institute for 12 months migrating to large room in Town Hall Street then Church Street for 2 years.
Catholic Association Society 8 St. Alban's Place (1930-5) secretary: W Lovell (1930-5);
Catholic Boys' Guild Paradise Lane (1939-51); secretary: J Boardman (1939); Rev. Jas. Forrestall (1942-51)
Catholic Brethren (1918) 88 Whalley Old Road secretary: Percy Brown (1918)
Catholic Club 57 Fleming Square (1870) 1 Fish Lane (Astley Gate) (1878-81) Lord Street (1897-1909);
President: Colonel Butler-Bowden (1881) secretary: John Rigby (1870) Thomas Driver (1878) F W Hothersall (1881) steward: Mark Nelson (1878-81)
Lord Street secretary: Henry Pickup (1900) R Gregson (1903) George Kent (1909-12) Richard Corry & F Atkinson (1915) T Dowthwaite (1924-5) H Chew (1939)
Astley Gate (1947); 11 Princes Street (1951): secretary: J Boardman (1951)
Catholic Clubs (Central) Lord Street, secretary: H Chew (1930-47); St. Mary's Dean Street (1924-47) Joseph Joyce (1942-7); St. Alban's 14 St. Alban's Place (1924-47) secretary: Rev. John Hennessey (1947) St. Anne's Clayton Street (1924-47) secretary: J Hargreaves (1924-5) P Murphy (1930) P Cunningham (1935) Leo Dugdale (1939-42) J Baldwin (1947): St. Anne's Paradise Lane (1930-47) secretary: H Ellison (1930-5)
F Fogarty (1939) L Pinder (1942) J Baldwin (1947): St. Peter's Lansdowne Street Witton (1897-1947) secretary: John Cunningham (1909) J Reddington (1924-5) P O'Malley (1930-5) J Baldwin (1939-51) and Working Men's Cort Street (1930)
Catholic Concert Party (1901)
Catholic Friendly Societies Association 8 St. Alban's Place (1915-47)
secretary: J Brownlee (1915); W Lovell (1939-47);
Catholic Girls' Club Regent Street (1930-5) secretary: Mrs A Helm (1930-5)
Catholic (High) Higher Grade School (1897-1947) St. Alban's Place;
Head master: Louis McCaffrey (1897-1900) Thomas Douthwaite (1903-15)
Catholic News office Central Buildings Lord Street West (1903-12) J W Catlow (1912)
Catholic Worker Newspaper 11 Princes Street (1939-47)
Catholic Working Men's Club 3 Corporation Street (1881); Church Street (1885); Cort Street (1912); secretary: James Thompson (1881); Thomas Shorrock (1885)
Catholic Youth Centre (1988) West End Catholic Youth Club Mincing Lane
Caton Street (1903-59) 2 Regent Street Nos 1-9 and 2-10
Catterall Street (1903) Livesey Branch Road Livesey Nos 2-24
Cattle Market Sumner Street / Harrison Street Islington (1923-59) contained an area of 9,151 sq yds. Included a siding from the railway, 48 cattle pens, 64 sheep pens, 12 pigpens and 24 miscellaneous pens
Cattle auction Mart building erected in 1923 at a cost of £6,000 designed by A T Gooseman Borough Engineer
veterinary surgeon; E J Burndred MRCS DVH (1924-35);
Cave Street (1929-80) Francis Street
Cavendish Club Lord's Square over new precinct opened by DJ Simon Dee of Radio 1 fame in 1968 at a cost of £120,000. Burned down in December 1972 Re-opened after £250,000 re-furbishment in 1974 Re-named 'Romeo and Juliets' in 1979 Also Peppermint Place Now Utopia Discotheque
Cavendish Place (1878) Griffin Street / 127 Witton Parade Nos 2-40
Cavendish Working Men's Reform Club (1870) 139 Moss Street
Cecilia Road (1929) St. Francis' Road Feniscliffe named after a daughter of Henry Feilden Witton New Hall
Cecil Street (1912-80) 52 Daisy Street
Cecil Street Mill owned by Cecil Street Mill Co Ltd (1912-22) later by John Dugdale & Sons (Weavers) Ltd (1930-58) cotton spinners & manufacturers along with Cheery Tree Daisyfield Bank and Plantation mills. Hartley Bros. (1939)
Cecil Terrace (1903-1941) 2 Longshaw Lane Nos 2-8
Cedar Street (1878) 253 Whalley Range Nos 1-206 and 2-192
Cedars C Infant Hawthorn Street (1992-99)
Cedar Street County Primary School (1903-30) mixed and infants; (1939-51) junior and infants. The school and site were purchased in 1905 for £3,400. The old school was converted into a department for older children only and adjoining the school a new building to accommodate infants was erected. The cost of these alterations was £5,687.
Cedar Street & St. James' Road Primitive Methodist Day & Sunday Schools Mr W D Coddington MP laid foundation stone on 11th October 1890. Simpson & Duckworth archts. Richmond Terrace work would cost £1,347
Cemetery Whalley New Road opened 1st July 1857 see Burial Board
Comprised 40 acres with three chapels for Protestants, Roman Catholics and Dissenters with Registrar's House. The whole is surrounded by a rock-faced ashlar and Cumberland stone wall over 1 mile in length the whole costing £16,000.
superintendent: Abraham Earnshaw (1870)
registrar: Frederick Ashton (1870) Edwin Halliwell (1878-1903) Charles Burton Norwood (1909-15) William S Gregson (1924-5) James Entwistle (1930-5) Percy Marsden (1939-51)
Pleasington (1948-2001) registrar: W A Birch (1947-51)
Cemetery Mill Whalley Road owned by Richard & Henry Pemberton (1870) manufacturers then Joseph Thompson (1878) cotton manufacturer
Cemetery Terrace (1870) Whalley New Road
Cemetery View (built 1890) 375/369 Whalley New Road
Centenary see Blackburn Centenary
Central Adults School Society of Friends Paradise Terrace (1947-51)
Central Billiard Hall Water Street (1951)
Central Buildings (1903-49) Richmond Terrace. 4 businesses (1903)
Central Chambers (1878-1949) 5 Lord St. West
Central Hall Picture Palace Mincing Lane (11/1909-1956) manager: J Bradley (1912); J Jenkinson (1924-5)
Previously been Blackburn Roller Skating Rink for just a few months. Renovated 1823 re-opening as New Central Hall closed in 1957 and sold to Hargreaves, tobacco distributors. Having been a Bingo Hall it opened as a Snooker Hall by Riley's in 2000.
Central Higher (Parish Church) Grade School (1939) boys and girls
Central Lancashire Association for Mental Welfare 3 Law Court Chambers Northgate (1930); 39-41 Alma Street (1935-51); secretary: Miss E M Dash (1935-51)
Central Methodist Mission (church & community centre)(1906) Fielden Street
Central Council School (1924-39) Blakey Moor boys and girls headmaster H W Boddy B Sc (1924-5)
Central C of E Council School Dandy Walk (1924-5) Boys' and girls'
Central Social Club 13a Cort Street. secretary: Joseph Vipond (1915)
Certifying Factory Surgeons (1889-1909) John K Davidson 26 King Street
Chadwick Court (1836-1912) Cannon Street
Chadwick Row (1851) All Saints
Chadwick Street (1838-1980) 104 Bolton Road
Chadwick Street Mill owned by Henry Harrison & Co (1878-91) cotton manufacturers 496 looms fine shirtings printers & T cloths followed by William & James Kay & Co Ltd (1894-1915) cotton manufacturers had fire on 16th January 1908 costing £2,000 of damage then Chadwick Street Mill Co Ltd (1922-30) cotton manufacturers
Chalk Street (1885-1937) Nos 1 and 27-43 now Queen's Park Road
Chamber of Industry and Commerce see Blackburn& District
East Lancs see East Lancs
Chamber of Trade see Blackburn Chamber of Trade
Chancery Court Office of the Palatine of Lancaster 34 Richmond Terrace (1897-1900) 3 Richmond Terrace (1909-20) 31 Victoria Street (1924-46) Sessions House Northgate (1946-7); registrar: A Pearce (1897-1909) T B Blackburne (1924-5) John M Worthington (1930-47)
Chancery Lane (1818-52) Market Place (Houlker's Yard)
Chandlers' Pump opposite James Street Chapel was a supply of water in the early 1800s
Chantry School founded 1321 the earliest attempt at any definite form of education
Chapel for Deaf and Dumb Victoria Street see Blackburn Deaf & Dumb
Chapel Green (1872-1959) 21 Chapel Street Nos 2-8
Chapel House (1851) Pleasington
Chapel Place (1870-1980) 21 Park Road Nos 3-25
Chapel Square (1872) St Peter's Ward
Chapel Street (1795-1980) 12 Heaton Street Nos 1-67 and 2-48 / Back Lane / Pearson Street
Chapel Street (1878-1941) Waterfall 10 Peel Street Livesey Nos 7-41 2-60
Chapel Street (1800) Witton
Chapel Street Catholic Chapel (1818-24)
Chapel Street (Independent) Congregational Church (1870-1970) was a Gothic style chapel opened on 15th June 1874 at a cost of £18,000. The 1300 seat chapel designed by Tarring and Son of London superseded the old square chapel dating from 1777, which was devastated by fire 10th January 1872. Closed 1974 and demolished in 1975. The renovated 187ft spire and landscaped grounds were handed over to the people of Blackburn by trustee George Wightman in October 1976. see Bazaar Souvenir Handbook Chapel Street Independent School (1859-1923). Opened in 1859 at a cost of £3,000.
Chapel Street Mill (Bang The Nation) (1848) cotton
Charity Organisation 9 Richmond Terrace (1897) secretary M Brothers (1897)
Charity Organisation and Convalescent Home Society 12 Simmons Street (1929-48)
secretary: Miss J L Smith (1930)
Charity School Thunder Alley see Girls' Charity School
Charles Street (1878-1980) 55 Hamilton Street Nos 11-27
Charlotte Street (1870) Wimberley Street / 69 Victoria Street Nos 1-107 and 2-100
Charnley's Pictures see Victoria Hall
Charnley's Gate (1890) private road leading from Miles Wife Hey on Lang Row to Limefield
Charnley Street (1878-1980) Albert Street Mill Hill Nos 3 & 13 and 2-6
Charterhouse Place (1980)
Charter of Incorporation dated 28th August 1851.
"Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Borough of Blackburn" 14 wards
Chatburn Street (1929) off Saunders Road
Chatham Street (1870-1966) 25 Russell Street / 12 Howard Street / Nelson Street Gt Bolton Street
Nos 1 & 7
Cheetham Street (1885-1980) 120 Johnston Street Nos 1-15 and 2-14
Cheltenham Road (1980)
Cheltenham Street (1878) off Leamington Road (46 Leamington Street) Nos 1-45 and 2-8
Cherry Close (1980)
Cherryclough Way (1966)
Cherry Street (1899) 317 Audley Range Nos 13-135 and 8-68
Cherry Tree (1800)
Cherry Tree Bowling & Social club (1930) 3 Bank Terrace Cherry Tree;
secretary: H S Singleton (1930-5); J Whiteside (1939-42); Joseph Whalley (1947); George F Iddon (1951);
Cherry Tree C of E Church
Cherry Tree Congregational Church (1889)
Cherry Tree Council School (1924-30) mixed and infants
Cherry Tree Cricket (& Tennis) Club Preston Old Road Cherry Tree (1951-2001)
Cherry Tree Emmanual School (1903-12) mixed and infants
Cherry Tree House (1890) on north side of Preston Old Road near to railway bridge
Cherry Tree Iron Works (1903) The Cherry Tree Machine Co Ltd (1903) machine makers
Cherry Tree Lane (1980)
Cherry Tree mill Livesey (1848-52) owned by William Polding & Brothers cotton spinners and manufacturers later owned by Cherry Tree Mill Co Ltd (1870) manufacturers then John Dugdale & Sons (Spinners) Ltd (1870-1958) cotton spinners & manufacturer also Higher Audley Street Paradise Foundry Hill Daisyfield Plantation and Bank mills 184,888 spindles 1970 looms shirtings dhooties and long cloths.
Cherry Tree Mission Room (1889)
Cherry Tree School the site of which was given by Joseph Feilden. The Dowager Lady Feilden of Feniscowles Hall laid the foundation stone in April 1865. Closed 1964
Cherry Tree Station on the Preston line
Cherry Tree Terrace (1903) 13 Bank Terrace Cherry Tree Nos 1-37
Chester Bank (1912-41) Southworth Street
Chester Close (1980)
Chester Street (1870-1980) 37 Higher Audley Street Nos 1-143 and 10-132
Chester Street (1870) Altom Street
Chestnut Street (1929) Cedar Street
Chestnut Walk (1980)
Chetham Street (1966)
Chicken Street (1878-1980) 26 Throstle Street
Child Action Northwest (formed 2004) see Blackburn Child Care Society
Chippendale Lane (1832-7) became James Street
Chorlton Street (1903-80) 318 Whalley Range Nos 1 & 3 and 2-34
Christadelphian Meeting Room, Temple Chambers, Church Street (1951)
Mission Room: Victoria Street (1930); Hall: 11 Whalley New Road (1964); Hall: Daisy Street (1978)
Christ Church C of E Mosley Street Grimshaw Park. On Whit Monday 1st June 1857 the foundation stone was laid by Miss Hopwood of Highfield House and work was consecrated by the first Bishop of Manchester Dr J Prince Lee on 18th August 1859 and had cost of £5,304. It contained 930 sittings of which 430 were free. It had a spire of 148 ft. but was closed in 1971 and demolished in 1972 having lost a battle to dry rot. A new church was erected at a cost of £220,000 in 1994. The Grimshaw Park Church of England Sunday School originally occupied the site from 1826. The total cost of the church and and Mosley Street Schools was £8,804 18s 2d of which the Hopwood family gave £4,917 and Mr Hopwood paid £536 towards the cost of the site with the remainder of £250 being paid by Mr Joseph Fielden
Christ Church Cricket Club formed in 1894
Christ Church Infants' School Rockcliffe Street foundation stone laid by Dr Moss on 12th May 1888 the total cost including the site was £2,000
Christ Church Mission Shorrock Street (1951) Grimshaw Park
Christ Church (C of E) National School (1870-1930) Mosley Street / Proctor Street boys, girls and infants; (1915-51): Rockcliffe Street girls; (1939-51) infants;
Became Christ Church Junior Mixed school in April 1950
Christ Church Parish (1872) from Ewood bridge along the high road to Nova Scotia canal bridge, thence along the canal, Highfield Road, Eccles Street, Commercial Street, Prince Albert Street, School Street, Hopwood Street, Kay Street, Hutchinson Street, Park Road, Lower Audley Street to the canal bridge, along the canal to Auldey brook following the brook to the boundary of Lumb Barn estate, that boundary to Shadsworth Lane, along Shadsworth Lane to the parliamentary boundary and htence to Ewood bridge. Population: 8,093.
Christ the King & St Anthony RC church North Road Shadsworth (1951) closed and demolished (2008)
Christian Alliance of Women's and Girls' Institute 10 Cort Street (1930-51)
secretary: Miss Edith Rushton (1930-51)
Christian Brethrens' Meeting House (Assembly) Russell Street (1881); Gt. Bolton Street (1889) seating 150; Anvil Street (bef 1895); Elim Hall New Wellington Street (1992);
Christian Science church / reading rooms 25 Lord Street (1951); Duke's Brow (1969);
Christian Science Society 79a King William Street (1939-42)
Christian Spiritualist church 2b Lambeth Street (1947);
Churchgate (1739-1818) see Church Street
Church Hill (Holt) (1462) area of Little Harwood just beyond Cob Wall viaduct
Church Hill House (1878-2003) Cob Wall Whalley Old Road
Church Hill Crescent (1894) Cob Wall Whalley Old Road
Church Hill Road (1929) off Whalley Old Road Little Harwood
Church Institute Victoria Street (1870); Town Hall Street (1878-1915); 81 Cornelian Street (1912-5);
hon.secs: Rev. J C Webb and H W Kenyon (1870); John W Talbot (1878); Rev. J A Rushton MA and J W Stones (1881); A Wolstenholme (1912); L Monk (1915);
Church of Christ 52 Park Road (19 –64)
Church of England Central School Darwen Street (1929)
Church of England Higher Grade School (1902) chairman of managers the Right Rev. Bishop Thornton DD (1902)
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (1990) Lambeth Street
Church of New Jerusalem (Swedenborgians) Ainsworth Street pre 1852
Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour founded at Longshaw and opened on 18th September 1955. The architects were Messrs. Greenhalgh and Williams of Bolton.
Church of the Saviour (Christ Church) Longshaw Lane foundation stone laid by Mrs Moss on 23rd March 1901 The church (accommodating 150 people) was dedicated by the Lord Bishop of Manchester Dr Moorhouse on 26th September 1901. Sunday School costing £10,000 opened and dedicated by the Bishop of Blackburn Dr. W M Askwith in 1951 Demolished and new church built
Church Street became Darwen Street before (1795)
Church Street (1795) (Churchgate 1716) 2 Railway Road Nos. 20,28,30 & 36 built 1840 Grade 2 listed in 1974. The centre of the town from its earliest days where the weekly market was held
Closed for pedestrianisation 21st May 2001
Church Walk (1930) 12 Haston Lee Avenue / 258 Brownhill Drive
Cicely Bridge Farm (1942)
Cicely Bridge mill (1860-1951) Higher Audley Street built by John Baynes Ltd in 1860 also owned Knuzden Brook and Furthergate mills in 1891 62,016 spindles 1919 looms shirtings and domestics. In 1958 had 10,000 spindles and 533 looms Closed in 1983 by the Birtwistle Group demolished 1996 for housing.
Cicely Hall (1852) Mount Street
Cicely Hall Barn (Farm) (1746-1933) John Shorrock (1756) occupied by 'Teddy o'mi Granny's' Edward Pomfret above Cicely Bridge (1850s)
Cicely Hole (1824-44) tenement with bowling green Edward Pomfret (1832)
Cicely Hole Bridge (1893) over the canal
Cicely Hole Farm Edward Pomfret see above
Cicely Hole Field (1739)
Cicely Lane (1929-41) 46 Salford
Cicely Steps (1929-59) 46 Salford
Cicely Street (1872-1980) 46 Salford / Higher Audley Street Nos 2/4/8/10
Cinder Fields (1880) path from Miles Wife Hey leading to the old St Barnabas' Church
Cinema Royal see Theatre Royal
The Citizen Ainsworth Street (1982) Blackburn free newspaper
Citizen's Advice Bureau Sessions House Northgate (1942) 7 Tacketts Street (1946-7)
secretary: R Taylor (1942) information officer James L Crook (1946-7)
City Advertiser (1947-51) 37 King Street exors D Rothwell publishers (1947)
City Learnings Centres opened 2003
Pleckgate High School; Witton Park School;
Civic Society formed in 1965 by the Junior Chamber of Commerce
Claremont (1881-1941) 16 East Park Road
Claremont Hall/House (1870-1941) 145 Preston New Road John Baynes JP (1870)
Claremont Place (1903-41) 48 Longshaw Lane Nos 48-64
Claremont Terrace (1878-1941) 147 Preston New Road
Clarence Road (1885) see Street below
Clarence Street (1929) 37 Wellington Street St Johns
Clarence Villa (1870) 39 Alexandra Road
Clarence Villa (1881) Clarence Street
Clarendon Road (1885) 258 Whalley New Road Nos 12-18
Clarendon Road East (1980)
Clarke's Buildings (1851) New Market
Classic Cinema see Exchange Picture Hall
Clay Pitts (1750)
Clayton, Goodfellow & Co. (1881) engineers, millwrights, iron & brass founders, Atlas Works (1881); Park Road (1881); St. Paul's foundry Nab Lane (1881);
Clayton Street (1795) off Back Lane (14 Mincing Lane) Nos 3-37 and 2-40
Clayton Street (1852-70) Grimshaw Park
Clayton Street Methodist Chapel (1818)
Clayton Street Mill (1818) Birley & Hornby cotton manufacturers
Clayton Street Wesleyan Methodist Chapel originally built in Chapel Street in 1780 and another built in Clayton Street opened by John Wesley on 17/4/1786. It was enlarged and almost rebuilt in 1816. In 1915 accommodated 850 persons Closed
Clayton Terrace (1903-41) Whalley New Road Brownhill Nos 1-7
Cleansing
Blackburn Corporation Cleansing Department, Pembroke Street (1912-51); Freckleton Street (1915)
superintendant: James Marginson (1912-5); J Eccleston MInstPC (1939); G F Greenwood (1951); chief sanitary inspector: F B Addy (1951);
Cleaver Street & back (1818-1980) 35 Starkie Street / Vicar Street to Syke Street extended to Manner Sutton Street by 1840s
Cleaver Street or Union mill (The Soup Kitchen)
Clegg's (1848) Green Lane/Livesey Branch Road Wellington
Clematis Street (1889) New Bank Road
Clerkhill Street (1870-1966) 31 Artillery Street
Clerk to Assessed and Land, Property and Income Tax Commissioners' Office Shorrock's Fold (1878); 2 Richmond Terrace Blackburn (1903-15); H U Hargreaves (1878); D B Woodfall (1903-15)
Clerk of the Peace Town Hall R E Fox (1903); Sir Lewis Beard (1912-30);
Cleveleys Road (1959) 60 Manxman Road
The Cliffe (1878) 14 East Park Road
Cliff Farm (1870) Livesey John & James Porter (1870)
Clifton Street (1878-1980) 32 Canterbury Street Nos 3-53 and 2-58
Clinton Street (1929-80) 21 St Philip Street / Pelham Street
Clockhills (1750)
Close Bank Cottage (1848) end of Billinge End Road near Alum Scar
Close Bank Farm House (1848)
Close Farm House (1851) Pleasington William Walmsley (1870)
The Clothing Society (1852)
Cloth Hall Fleming Square erected by John Fleming (1823)
Clothlookers' Hall (Club) 20 Lord Street West (1923-35)
secretary: R Hurley (1924-5); D E Brierley (1930-5)
Clough Field (1835) Whitebirk estate
Clyde Street (1929) 21 St Philip Street
Coaching (1780) 6th August was the first recorded coach that was introduced from the Lower Swan Inn Market Street Lane to Manchester through Bolton and Chorley returning the next day. As the coach was advertised to set out from Manchester on Monday and Wednesday so the return trip would catch the Tuesday Cotton Market in Manchester. The venture didn't pay and was terminated. Royal mail coaches were introduced in 1784 but didn't pass through Blackburn. 1803 saw the first successful Manchester coach priced at 14s (70p) for a return ticket connecting at Bolton with the Liverpool coach. Preston and Burnley were linked through Blackburn in 1806 and in October Blackburn was connected to Skipton followed in 1807 by a service to Lytham and Blackpool. In May 1809 the Royal mail relented and re-routed the Royal mail coach from Manchester to Carlisle via the Old Bull Blackburn. In 1824 the following coaches were in operation:- from the Old Bull Inn the Mail to London via Manchester; The Sovereign to Liverpool via Preston and Ormskirk; The North Star to Carlisle; The Umpire to Manchester; The Express to Burnley and numerous Market coaches to Manchester and Preston. From the New Inn Church Street the Independent to Preston and Lancaster; The Doctor to London via Manchester; The Commercial to Manchester. From the Bay Horse Salford the Independent to Bury Haslingden and Manchester. From the Hotel King Street The Invincible to Leeds; The Invincible to Preston Lancaster & Liverpool as well as a market coach from Preston.
Coal Pits (Coal Pitts) (1717) see Cob Wall, Croft Head, Duckworth Hall, Higher Cunliffe, Little Harwood, Lower Barn, Lower Darwen, Top O' Th' Coalpit and Whitebirk
Coalpit Moor
Cob Castle (1885) Brandy House Brow
Cobden (Hall) Buildings (1929-59) Victoria Street
Named after Richard Cobden calico printer of Manchester who was one of those instrumental in the Repeal of the Corn Laws. He received a national testimonial of over £60,000 for his efforts.
Cobden Reform Club (1870) Corporation Street; 54 Church Street (1878-81) King William Street
(1897-1915)
president: James Beads (1881) secretary: Richard Crossley (1878) James Kenyon (1881) J E Hand (1897)
H Walmsley (1915) steward: Henry F Cross (1878-81)
Cobden Street (1878-1929) Bruce Street Livesey Nos 1-123
Cobden Street (1903-80) Amberley Street Livesey Nos 1a-23 and 6
Cobden Street Bruce Street Daisyfield later to become Gladstone Street
Cobden Street Mill owned by D & W Taylor (1878-91) cotton manufacturers with Audley Bridge Moss Street Bridgewater Park Place and Jubilee mills (see Audley Bridge). Followed by Entwistle Bros (1903-4) then Birtwistle Bros. (1894-1915) cotton manufacturers spinners & beamers. On 3rd July 1904 a fire caused £2,000 to £3,000 of damage. J & J A Porter Ltd (1930) cotton manufacturers followed along with Alston Mill Co Ltd (1930) cotton spinners & manufacturing
Cobden Villa (1878) 20 Shear Bank Road
Cob Street (1868-1980) 60 Whalley Old Road
Cobourg Close (1980)
Coburg Street (1851)
Cob (Cobb) Wall (1750) 144 Whalley Old Road Nos 5-13 and 144-160
Cob Wall Bobbin Works let in 1863 after being operated by first Thomas Riley then Benjamin Riley
Cob Wall Bridge (1844)
Cob Wall F C (1879)
Cob Wall House (1870) Cob Wall Whalley Old Road Fisher Armistead (1870)
Cob Wall Mill started as a water-powered carding mill in 1786.Converted to bobbin turning after 1800. Re-built by Kirk & Co. shuttle makers at the turn of the 19th century Owned by cotton spinners Birtwistle & Briggs and Briggs & Hindle (1852) Owned by T & J E Fielding (1912) cotton manufacturers
Cob Wall pit (1844) situated at the corner of the Northrop works off Phillips Road. The shaft was 80yds to a 24in thick coal seam. Nothing else is known.
Cob Wall Progressive Institute (Working Men's Club) 86 / 88 Whalley Old Road corner of Peter Street (1912-15); Beechwood Road (1930); moved to Daisy Street (1971) became member CIU in 1913. Closed by Bass 12/6/2001
secretary: William Wheatley (1930); W Slater (1935); W Watson (1939-42); C Leicester (1947-51);
Cob Wall Viaduct (1843) was very rural when first built to carry the railway to Clitheroe and West Yorkshire over the Blakewater Valley. see Bridges
The Cockcrofts Lower, Higher & Middle (1836-1929) Northgate named after the old cock-pit in the vicinity. One is in fact Freckelton Croft.
Cockermouth Close (1980)
Cock Hill (1835) Whitebirk estate
Cockle Hall Farm (1902-29) in the parish of St. Michael's
(Old) Cockpit where cock-fights were common was formerly believed to have been sited in the vicinity of Higher, Middle and Lower Cockcroft on Northgate
Cockridge Close (1980)
Coddington Street (1870) 72 Ordnance Street Little Harwood named after William Coddington Nos 1-83 and 54-84
Colenso Road named after the Boer War
Coldstream Place (1941) 157 Rockcliffe Street
Colenso Road (1903) 42 Brantfell Road 1 house (1903) named after the battle of Colenso in Boer War
Colepitts (Colepits, Colepites, Colepitts, Colpitts) (1615)
Coleridge Street (1903-1980) 69 Stansfeld Street Nos 1-49 and 10-36 to be bulldozed 2012
Collector of property and income tax, Old Square William B Illingworth (1848)
College Street (1899-1941) New Chapel Street
The Colonnade Fleming Square (1824) the passage with metal columns
Columba Hall 26 Simmons Street (1942)
Columbia mill Lower Hollin Bank Street owned by Bragg & Kitcher (1878) cotton manufacturers then by Vernon & Co Ltd (1901-58) for cotton weaving. Used by Albert Mill Co (Blackburn) Ltd cotton spinners & manufacturers in 1894-1922 then Haworth Bros & Co (Blackburn) Ltd (1930-9) cotton manufacturers
Columbia Way (1980)
Commercial Association Exchange Street (1870) secretary: Thomas C Ainsworth (1870)
Commercial Mill Daisy Street owned by William Thompson (1878) cotton manufacturer see Albion Mill
Commercial Mill (Th'Brick Factory) Commercial Street Nova Scotia built by William Eccles & Co. in (1837-52) cotton spinners and manufacturers. Let to E & G Hindle with 200 looms (1852-1904) George Holden & Co with Paterson Street mill (1891-4) cambrics jacconettes and fine shirtings. Riley Smalley (1912-22) cotton manufacturers also Chew & Wareing (1906) house decorators. Redmayne & Isherwood Ltd. (1939-58) cotton waste dealers
Commercial Mill Wensley Fold owned by William Eccles & Sons (1852) cotton spinners and manufacturers
Commercial Motor Users' Association 19a Railway Road (1947-51); secretary: Miss P D Bridge (1947-51)
Commercial Street (1844-1966) 125 Bolton Road / High Street Nova Scotia Nos 9-13 and 8 &10
Commercial Travellers' (Club) Association Railway Road (1930-9);
secretary: E Edmondson (1930); D Duckworth (1935-9);
Commissioner of Taxes (Inland Revenue) office 2 Richmond Terrace (1924-30) National Provincial Bank Chambers 8 Lord Street (1935-41) Law Court Chambers Northgate (1939-58)
clerk: George H C Manning (1924-51)
Commonwealth Association (1947) 44a Market Chambers Victoria Street;
Community Centres
Accrington Road; Audley Sports Centre Chester Street (1994); Bangor Street Norwich Street formerly Wimberley Community Base 42 Tenby Close (1994); Bank Top Oakenhurst Road (1994); Daisyfield Moss Street; Galligreaves & District 47(52) Roebuck Close (1994); Green Lane (1994); Ivy Street (1994); Kashniri Association 237 Whalley Range; Little Harwood Whalley Old Road (1994); Livesey Community Base 132 Brookway (1994); Longshaw Manxman Road; Mill Hill New Chapel Street; Primetime Stourton Street; Roman Road New Field Drive (1994); Shadsworth Neighbourhood Centre Rothesay Road;
Community House (Trade Centre) St Matthew's School Audley (1932) Peel Mill Nab Lane (1934-39); Clayton Street; Presbyterian Church Troy Street (1942); superintendent: Mr Singleton (1932); warden: M W Charnley (1939-42)
Community (see House) Theatre Troy Street. After the second world war the ideals of the Blackburn Borough Council of Social Service were turned to the possibility of provision of a small well equipped theatre which any Blackburn amateur organization could use, and would become a cultural centre. The Presbyterian Church in Troy Street was converted to a theatre and named the Community Theatre. In 1946 a limited theatre license to stage the pantomime “Mother Goose" was granted and in July a license to perform for not more than 100 days per year was also granted. A grant was made by the town council to cover part of the running costs through a Community House committee. A Theatre Workshop was housed there consisting of eight actors who included Joan Littlewood and Harry H Corbett. The theatre was used by the Arts Club, staged the Blackburn Festivals and provided a stage for visiting companies i.e. The Century Theatre Company and the Kenneth Vaughan Company. A decline set in and complaints were received at the 1973 Festival about conditions and the state of the stage. The income wasn't sufficient to maintain the fabric. The Recreation Department reluctantly made the decision to close down honoring bookings up to March 1978. No alternative venue was made available.
Concept House (1840) 58 Preston New Road
Congregational Chapel Audley Range. Opened September 10th 1890. Decorated gothic with a spire of 130 ft. The cost of building was nearly £6,000 with sittings for 750 persons. Eli Heyworth gave £1,000 but they were still in debt by £1,250 in 1902. Designed by Messrs. Isitt & Verity of Bradford and Wigan. Contractors Messrs. Thomas Higson & Sons, Blackburn.
Congregational Chapel Chapel Street
Congregational Chapel Cherry Tree opened in October 1887. Built of gothic stone structure accommodating 400 persons. The building cost £2,000 gifted by Joseph Dugdale.
Congregational School -Chapel Four Lane Ends.
Congregational Chapel Furthergate erected 1877-8 seating 800 persons.
Congregational Chapel James Street was opened 1842 costing £4,000. Sat 950 persons.
Congregational Chapel Lower Darwen built in 1885 seating 300 persons. A new school was built at a cost of £2,000 accommodating 220 children. This superceded the old Lower Darwen school under the Blackburn School Board.