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Holly Bush (1870-1929) 214 Shear Brow Thomas Clough (1870)
Holly Mount (1878-1929) 12 Adelaide Terrace
Holly Mount (1878-1929) 3 West Park Road
Holly Street (1929) 59 Cedar Street
Holly Tree Way (1980)
Hollyville (1881-1929) 65 Preston New Road
Hollywood Bowl Stanley Street/Harwood Street a computerized ten-pin bowling alley opened in 1992 but was closed by its owners Bass Leisure Entertainments on Saturday 16th April 1994 without notice. There were 5 leagues using the building. Now used by Graham & Brown Ltd. as a design centre.
Holmbrook Close (1980)
Holme (1835) Whitebirk estate
Holme Street (1795-1966) Salford Bridge Nos 2-8 and 5/7
Holmsley (1929) Preston New Road
Holst Gardens Roman Road
Holt Street (1851-1929) 15 Furthergate
Holt's Buildings (1851-1949) Moor Street / Starkie Street
Holy Souls R C Church Whalley New Road formed 1924 opened 2 May 1926 until approx.1951 New church opened at Brownhill.
Holy Souls CEP School (1974-99) Wilworth Crescent held on Whalley New Road at the church during the war
Holy Trinity CEP School (1999) Bank Top
Holy Trinity C of E Church Trinity Street Mount Pleasant Larkhill (1837-1964) was Grade 2 listed in 1981. The foundation stone was laid by the Bishop of Chester in January 1837 and was opened on 11th January 1846 by the vicar of Blackburn Dr J W Whitaker DD and the Rev R Parkinson canon of Manchester. Designed by Sharpe Paley & Austin of Lancaster it was consecrated on 12th July 1846 by the Lord Bishop of Chester. The church held 1400 people of which 600 were free. It cost £5,019 to build not including the tower which wasn't erected until 1853, the intended spire was never added. The Sunday schools were attached to the church. On the 21st November 1888 a new peel of 8 bells costing £700 were dedicated by Rev. and Rural Dean Canon Champneys vicar of Haslingden. They were subsequently removed in 1982 and installed in St. Silas' church Preston New Road Blackburn after the church had closed in 1979. And the church passed to the Church Conservation Trust in November 1979.
Holy Trinity (C of E) National School (1878-81) Cleaver Street boys girls and infants; Mount Pleasant (1903) boys, girls and infants; (1912-51) mixed and infants; A new school was built in 1910. Junior School closed 1964. Infant School closed 1972.
Holy Trinity Young Men's Association 51 Trinity Street, Blackburn (1881-1951) sec: T Marsden (1939-42)
Hoole's Academy
Honeyhole (1836) tenement 72 Kemp Street Grimshaw Park housed a pottery of Messrs Kemp & Riley in 1794 (1956)
Honey Hole Farm (1898-1966) J E Shorrock (1966)
Honey Pot Farm (1881-1958) Newington Avenue Little Harwood
Honiton Avenue (1980)
Hope Foundry Daisyfield owned by Joshua Whitehead (1870) iron & brass founders
Hope Street (1870-1980) off Winter Street / Montague Street Nos 1-49 and 2-28
Hope Terrace (1867) 27 Duke's Brow Nos 1-19 and 4
Hope Terrace (1912-29) 239 Whalley Old Road
Hope Villa (1878-1929) 27 Duke's Brow
Hopwood Schools Grimshaw Park foundation stone laid 7th March 1850 by John Turner Hopwood (grandson of Robert) costing £800 was at the junction of Mosley Street and James Street (now Proctor Street) was an extension of the Leyland Charity School for Girls in Thunder Alley. The Leyland Charity gave £400 Robert Hopwood £150 plus the site and £250 was raised by subscription. It was designed by Rev J W Whittaker DD. It was used as a charity school until Grimshaw Park National Schools were opened Christmas Day 1857 after which the building was used as an Infants' School until 1888 when the Infants' School on Rockcliffe Street was opened. Became Christ Church parish rooms and were opened in February 1898.
Hopwoods Baths (Hot Air Baths) Exchange Arcade (13) & 15 Fleming Square (1885-1915) opened by George Hopwood in 1885
Hopwood Street (1851-1980) 40 Kay Street Grimshaw Park
Hopwood's Mill see Nova Scotia
Horden (Harden's, Hordenn) Farm (1622) Margaret Haslam (1870) Joseph Haslam (1878)
Horden Rake (1966) Broken Stone Road Livesey
Horden View (1980)
Hornby House King Street built for Bertie Markland (1778) W H Hornby moved from 2 King Street here and A N Hornby was born here.
Hornby Rifle Range Freme Street (1910-15) President: Sir Wm. Hy. Hornby sec: Jas. Haworth (1910-1);
Hornby Statue (William Henry Hornby). Bronze statue sculpted by Albert Bruce-Joy it was a gift of a grateful employee Mr. John Margerison and was erected on 18 July 1912 and unveiled by Sir Harry Hornby his eldest son. Re-erected by the side of the old Town Hall (1970)
Hornby Street (1878-1966) 33 Whalley Street / 27 Whalley New Road
The Hornby Sunday Schools Derikins, Brookhouse were erected in 1839 and opened 14th April 1840. Financed by W Henry Hornby was connected to St Michael's Church.
Horncliffe (1888) Duke's Brow now part of the Grammar School
Horrobins (1717)
Horse Load (1750) Nova Scotia
Horse Owners' Association High Street. (1912-15) secretary: T Alty (1912-15)
Horse Troughs
- Griffin Inn (1897-1957) Red granite. Presented by James Carter in 1897. 'A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast '. Presented to the town for the use of our dumb friends by James Carter. 'He prayeth well who loveth well both man, bird and beast'.
- Fountain Inn, Intack.
- Salford-Cicely Lane junction
- Sudell Cross under Big Lamp removed to Northgate in 1892
Grey granite. Erected and presented to the town by Mrs. M E Braybrooke in 1882. 'Be merciful',
'Blessed are the merciful'.
Hospice Park Lee Hospital work commenced on building in1983
Hospital Radio (1988)
The Hotel (1815) King Street it housed the Assembly Room. The outside remodelled later that century and leter in the 20th century was converted to house the Department of Social Services'.
Houghton Street (1870-1980) 28 Lower Audley Street Nos 1-39
Houlker's Yard (1818-52) Church Street (Chancery Lane)
House of Correction Darwen Street built 1611 on south end of Darwen Street Bridge demolished 1872
Housewifery Centres 75 Preston New Road and 12 St. Alban's Place (1930-51)
Howard Street (1851-1966) 50 Park Road / Gt Bolton Street Nova Scotia Nos 1-17 and 4-20
Howarth Street (1852)
Hozier Street (1903-80) Didsbury Street Nos 2-36
Hudson Close (1966)
Hutchinson Street (1887) previously Workhouse Lane (39) 102 Park Road Grimshaw Park Nos 23/25 and 2 & 20 demolished 1971
Hutton Street (1870-1980) Ordnance Street Nos 11/13 and 47/49 & 57
Hythe Close (1980)
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