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The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster - Volume Six (Hardcover, Facsimile edition)
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The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster - Volume Six (Hardcover, Facsimile edition)
Series: Victoria County History
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The volume contains histories of the eleven ancient parishes in
Leyland hundred (Leyland, Penwortham, Brindle, Croston,
Hesketh-with-Becconsall, Tarleton, Rufford, Chorley, Hoole,
Eccleston, Standish) and of two of the five ancient parishes in
Blackburn hundred (Blackburn parish and Whalley). Some very
considerable places in the volume never achieved the status of
ancient parish: Darwen was part of Blackburn parish, and Whalley
included Accrington, Burnley, Clitheroe, Colne, and Nelson. In the
Middle Ages the area was relatively poor, with extensive royal
forests used for deer and, later, cattle and sheep farming. From
the late 18th century the woollen industry gave way to cotton
spinning and weaving in hundreds of factories, and the coalfield
was exploited. Despite the growth of industry the area retains much
undeveloped countryside, gentry houses in the lush pasture land of
the Ribble Valley, and many old farmhouses on the slopes of the
Pennine moorlandsand Pendle Hill.
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