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Worthington Estate (1750)                                                                                   Mr Sudall

Wraith Court (1851)

Wranglings (1824-72) area off Whalley banks nr St. Peter's Church

Wrangling Hipping Stones stepping stones across the Blakewater from Novas

Wrangling Mission Stout Street The Wrangling was altered and fitted as a ragged school and preaching place in 1870 sitting 140.

Wrigley Street (1851-1966) (49)61 Larkhill Brookhouse Nos 7/9 and 4-10 named after George Wrigley manager Blackburn Gas Light Company

Wrigley Street mill owned by Brookhouse Spinning Co Ltd (1891-1922) spinners 48,000 spindles (1891)

Wycollar (1866) Preston New Road built between 1866/7 the home of the Coddington family. Lodge built in 1869. Demolished shortly after 1930 leaving only the lodge at the bottom of Wycollar Drive

Wycollar Drive (1958) Preston New Road

Wycollar Road (1903) Revidge Road 6 houses

Wycollar Terrace (1903-30) 58 Revidge Road

Wyfordby Avenue (1958) took its name from a Leicestershire manor owned by the Yerburgh family

Wyndham Street (1966)

Wythburn Avenue (1980)

Yate Bank (Yate Banck, Yate Bancke, Yate Banke) (1608)

Yates' Buildings (1851-1958) 10 Birley Street

Yates Fold (1980)

Yates, William & John Canal Foundry (1864) engineers & boiler makers, millwrights, iron and brass founders

Yellow Hill Farm (1870)                                                                             Ann Moon (1870)

Yellow Hills Billinge End Road Pleasington beyond Billinge Hill

Ye Old White Bull Salford

Demolition began on 18th November 1959 to make way for town centre development. The public house dated back to 1750

Yew Street (1903) 43 Ash Street Nos 1/2

Yew Tree (1836) Beardwood Preston New Road

Yew Tree Cottage Toad Hole Preston New Road

Yew Tree Drive (1929) Arterial Road Preston New Road

Yew Tree Farm (1870-1942) Broken Stone Road Livesey                             James Coar (1870)

Yew Tree Inn Farm (1870) Preston New Road                                     Thomas Parker (1870-8)

York Crescent (1958) Parsonage Road

The Yorkshire Penny Bank Ltd. 40 Church Street, Blackburn (1903-15) 

manager: Walter Harvey (1903-12);Frank Pinder (1915); J Dixon (1939)

York Street (1870-1980) Christ Church / 80 Grimshaw Park Nos 1/11/17/25/35 and 2/10/44

York Street (1929-66) Feniscowles

York Terrace (1870-1947) 1 Shear Brow Nos 1-21                                          John Beardsworth (1870)

York Terrace (1903-80) Preston Old Road Feniscowles 4 houses

Young Men's Christian Association 13 Victoria Street (1896-1909) Sudell Cross (1909-12) Limbrick (1912-67) Edinburgh House Clarence Street / Shear Bank Road (1967-2005) 5 Wellington St St Johns (2005)

Gospel meetings were held in a large tent erected in a field on Revidge behind Corporation Park in June 1898.

YMCA building in Limbrick foundation stone laid on 9th may 1908 by Lord Kinnaird and opened 21st July 1909 at a cost of nearly £10,000 by Sir Harry Hornby. The billiards room had four tables and there was a canteen. The gymnasium was well attended also classes in Elocution, Advertising, Hygiene and Physiology, Singing, Orchestra, Chess and Draughts, Football and Cricket teams, Boxing and Physical Culture, Bible Classes etc. The concert hall had a seating capacity of 300.

Hon secretary: Henry Ward (1897) S Taylor (1903-9) T C White (1912) E Lloyd (1913) S Taylor (1915) J W Ball (1924-5) A C P Hughes (1930-5) R Sellers (1939-47) Douglas H Rowe (1951) John Brasier MBE (1958-67)

Young Men's Christian Association (junior)                                        asst. secretary: Ernest Lloyd (1912)

Young Men's Christian Association International Hostel Clarence Street with accommodation

Young Men's Institute (Holy Trinity) Trinity Street (1915)                   hon. sec. G Samuel (1915)

Young Men's Mental Improvement Society (1874) Shorrock Street

Young Men's Mutual Improvement Society Clayton Street Grimshaw Park (1870);

Young Street (1903-80) Watson Street Mill Hill Nos 1-7 and 2-20

Young Women's Christian Association 19 Richmond Terrace (1889-1912) 104 Montague Street (1912) Oak Street (1941-6) 15-15a Preston New Road (1915-64) acquired 1946 and opened by Mrs Violet Attlee wife of Prime Minister Clement Attlee. 3 West Park Road (1935) Oak Street (1939-42) Edinburgh House East Park Road (1964) opened by Lord Derby in 1967.

hon sec Mrs Bragg (1889); superintendent Mrs M Grimshaw (1894) Miss Eddleston (1897) principal: Miss M Coupe (1903): hon.sec: Miss Florence Whisler (1909) secretary: Miss Briggs (1912) Miss E Walton (1915)

Miss E Davidson (1935) Miss I M Hollely (1939) Miss F Westland (1942)

Young Women's Christian Association Club and Hostel 15 & 15a Preston New Road (1951)

           general secretary: Miss J Bancroft (1951) Miss J Drysdale Skinner (1951)

Youth Employment Bureau Richmond Terrace (1951-60) based in the Education Office

                                                                                                                        secretary: G F Hall (1951-60)

Youth Zone (2012) Jubilee Street officially opened by Prince Edward 7th February   chief executive Peter Little

Zebudah Street (1903) Parkinson Street Mill Hill 5 premises

Zion Chapel Montague Street demolished 1963

Zion Pentecostal Church Wensley Road

Zion Road (1929) Providence Street ​