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Apr 19, 2015 · In that decade, because of the tragedy that was taking place in Ireland in the 1840s – the Hungry ‘40s – the Potato Famine, scores of Irish families made their way to Burnley looking for work. It was to the Park they came and the place soon became known as the “Irish Park”.
Oct 12, 2020 · To the point where Burnley has a part that some people occasionally referred to as the Irish Park. By 1848 the railway arrived in town causing a sudden population which, when combined with the recently established Irish families, swelled up to about 21,000 people.
Oct 14, 2013 · Its origins are believed to go back to pre-Roman times when the street would have been a locally-used route determined by two crossing places on our local rivers, the Brun and Calder. These crossing places were originally fords but they were bridged at relatively early dates.
At one time, the Park District (modern-day town centre, around Parker St.) was known as Irish Park. In 1848, the East Lancashire Railway Company 's extension from Accrington linked the town to the nation's nascent railway network for the first time.
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Though BURNLEY has been called amanor, (fn. 17) it was and is properly speaking amember of the manor of Ightenhill, inthe honor of Clitheroe; the manor courts have longbeen held at Higham for Pendle Forest and at Burnleyfor the rest of the manor. The tenure was to a largeextent copyhold, but much of it has now beenenfranchised. In 1242 the yearly v...
With the growth of the town acentury ago some change in its government became necessary. An Act wasobtained in 1819 giving the control of the watching,lighting, cleansing and generalregulation of the town to abody consisting of the chiefconstable, deputy constablesand sixteen commissionerschosen from the inhabitants. (fn. 87) In the same year a Pri...
The church of ST. PETER (fn. 108) standsat the north-east end of the town in alow situation on the south bank of theRiver Brun, here flowing in a series of curves andpartly inclosing on three sides the neck of land onwhich the building is situated. The church consistsof chancel with north and south chapels and southvestry, nave with north and south...
The ancient cross at Burnley suggests the existence of a church therefrom an early time (fn. 124); otherwise thefirst record of one is in the grant of Whalley Churchto the monks of Pontefract about 1121, the charterof Hugh de la Val including with it the 'church' ofBurnley. (fn. 125) The deans of Whalley probably held ittogether with the principal ...
Official inquiries were made intothe charities of Burnley in 1826 and1899, but the later one was partialonly, the county borough being excluded. Thefollowing details are taken from the reports issued,endowments for schools and churches being omitted: Isabel widow of Richard Shireburne of Stonyhurstin 1693 left 190 for the poor of Burnley, and in182...
At one time the Park district (modern-day town centre, around Parker St.) was known as Irish Park. In 1848 the East Lancashire Railway Company's extension from Accrington linked the town to the nation's nascent railway network for the first time. [1]
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HQ. The Borough of Burnley (/ ˈbɜːrnli /) is a local government district with the borough status in Lancashire, England. It has an area of 42.9 square miles (111 km 2) and a population of 95,553 (2022), and is named after its largest town, Burnley.
