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Oct 14, 2013 · A few weeks ago, after making a Powerpoint presentation on local history to a Burnley-based charitable organisation, a gentleman came up to me and asked me a question to which I could not give him a satisfactory answer. The question was: “Why is St James’s Street so called?”
Aug 28, 2014 · Up to about 1760 Burnley remained the charming little village it had been for centuries. Its two village greens remained substantially unaltered and its woodland was almost unchanged in half a millennium.
Oct 31, 2014 · Welcome to Burnley Past and Present site, this is your site for your comments and reminiscences of our town. Feel free to enter into the conversations and comments or to add your photographs and other memorabilia to share with others.
Oct 12, 2020 · Early records have the settlement as originally been called Bornley, or other variants of the names. Archaeologists have found stone age circles, hill forts, and even flint tools. This leads us to believe that Burnley was a town long before the dark ages. Castercliff, the Iron Age mud fort nearby, has been dated to 600 BC.
Oct 31, 2022 · Open to the public, the hall boasts a museum and art gallery with an eclectic collection for explorers of all ages to enjoy. Affectionately known as “the jewel in Burnley’s crown”, you’ll find a children’s playground, ancient trees, sports pitches, pitch and putt and dog-friendly walking trails.
Jun 14, 2007 · The late local historian Leslie Chapples recalled some of the characters, scenes and activities that became an integral part of the Burnley market in his lifetime. Some of the stalls still going...
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Mar 30, 2018 · The first hall was built at Towneley in 1380 and was a large open barn-like medieval building, similar to the ones still seen at Smithills in Bolton and Warton Old Rectory near Carnforth. Seventy years later the huge south wing with its very thick walls was constructed.
