1 NEWCHURCH, RAWTENSTALL, ROSSENDALE ACRE MILL, BOOTHFOLD, CLOUGHFOLD, CONSTABLEE, COWPE LENCH, CRAWSHAW BOOTH DEAN, EGYPT, GOODSHAW, HALL CARR, HIGHER BOOTH, LONGHOLME, LOVE CLOUGH, LOWER BOOTH, LUMB, NEW HALL HEY, OAKENHEAD WOOD, RAKEFOOT, SCOUTE, STACKSTEADS, SUNNYSIDE, TUNSTEAD, WATER, WATERBARN, WATERFOOT, WATERSIDE, WHITEWELL VALE, AND NEIGHBOURHOODS. NEWCHURCH in ROSSENDALE is a very populous chapelry in the parish of Whalley,; 20 miles N from Manchester, 14 S from Colne, 9 NNW from Rochdale, 8 S from Burnley, and 3½ SE from Haslingden. It is said to have obtained its name from the local church, then called the ‘New Church’, and houses which were soon reared around it forming xxx. This has not much changed in aspect, the buildings of modern date being erected in the neighbouring valley. The commercial establishments of Newchurch and the surrounding area are numerous and extensive, and furnish employment to a large number of hands in the spinning and weaving of cotton and woollen goods. The Irwell passes through the valley and on its banks are several mills, chiefly for the production of the articles before mentioned. Iron is wrought in the neighbourhood, as are also numerous quarries of excellent freestone. The first church was built in the reign of Henry the Seventh, rebuilt in the reign of Elizabeth, and afterwards rebuilt and enlarged in 1825, and consecrated in September 1826. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the gift of the vicar of Whalley. A new church, dedicated to St James, has recently been opened at Waterfoot. There are chapels for dissenters, and a free grammar school founded about the year 1701, and endowed by John Kershaw of Wolfenden. There is also a board school, the late Mr Robert Howarth, of Warth, having bequeathed the munificent sum of £500 towards erection thereof. A like sum of £500 was also left by the same gentleman for the erection of a school in connection with the Wesleyan Methodists. Fairs are held on the 29th of April for cattle, and on the first Monday after Midsummer Day for cattle, pigs, articles of clothing and pedlery. Newchurch contains 9,650 people, and comprises the districts or townships of BALLADEN, DEADWEN CLOUGH, TUNSTEAD and WOLFENDEN; xxx the hamlets of BOOTH FOLD, CLOUGH FOLD, SCOUTE, RAKEFOOT, WATERSIDE and WHITEWELL VALE, and xxx in 1841, 11,668 inhabitants, in 1851m 16,918; by 1861 it had increased to 21,413. RAWTENSTALL is a rapidly improving town, partly in the township of Newchurch, and partly in that of Lower Booth, about 2½ E by S from Haslingden, on the line of the East Lancashire Railway. The manufacturing establishments here, and in the neighbourhood, as before stated of Newchurch, are various and extensive. Rawtenstall is a polling station for the Northern Division of the County. A very beautiful church was erected by subscription in 1837, and endowed by the munificence of Henry Hoyle Esq. of Newall Hey, who also gave the site for the building. There are schools in connection with the church, which, with the two others – one in connection with the Longholme Wesleyan Chapel, and the other called ‘Holly Mount School’, established by Messers. Whitehead for the education of the factory children – have conferred incalculable benefits upon the increasing population of this village. The last named school, which cost 2 £2,000, is surmounted by a tower, with a clock, and is a really ornamental building. The Wesleyan Chapel, Longholme, exhibits great elegance in its design, and the decorations and fittings of the interior, which is furnished with a fine-‐ toned organ, are in the best taste, and might serve as a model for similar temples of worship. In the Sunday School connected with this establishment, erected on the site of the old chapel, nearly seven hundred pupils receive instruction; it is also used as a day school, as above stated, for children of both sexes. A chapel, situated on the Haslingden road, erected chiefly by the munificence of Messers. David and Peter Whitehead, called the Methodist Free Church, was opened for divine service, June 18th 185; its style is Corinthian, with a handsome portico, and is capable of accommodating about 1,000 persons. The entire cost – including land and organ – was about £6,000. A platform is used in place of a pulpit, with a reading desk, supported by two mahogany Corinthian columns. There is a neat little chapel belonging to the Unitarians, and the Primitive Methodists have erected a neat chapel, at a cost of nearly £2,000. A Sunday school is in connection with it. The Roman Catholic Chapel at Constablee is a handsome Gothic edifice, erected in 1841. Great interest seems to be evinced in this district by the manufacturers and other spirited individuals, for the moral and intellectual improvement of the adult, as well as the juvenile population, by the establishment of a mechanics’ institute, a news room, schools &c. CONSTABLEE, NEW HALL HEY, COWPE LENCH, EGYPT HALL CARR, LONGHOLME AND OAKENHEAD, are places comprised in the town of Rawtenstall. A fair is held on the 21st of June. The population, which is very considerable, is returned with Newchurch and Lower Booth. ROSSENDALE FOREST, or Chase is a large district in the southern part of the hundred of Blackburn. It comprises the township of NEWCHURCH, which includes DEADWEN CLOUGH, TUNSTEAD, WOLFENDEN, and BACUP BOOTHS. It also comprises the township of LOWER BOOTHS, in which RAWTENSTALL, is situated; the township of HIGHER BOOTHS comprises CRAWSHAW BOOTH, GOODSHAW, LOVE CLOUGH AND DUNNOCKSHAW BOOTH. The Forest of ROSSENDALE also comprises the townships of COWPE LENCH, NEW HALL HEY, HALL CARR and the township of MUSBURY, situate respectively in the parish of Bury, and the townships of YATE and PICKUP BANK, in the parish of Blackburn. It was anciently spelt Rosendale, and previous to its being disforested (which, by tradition, began to take place about the reign of Henry VII.) was thickly studded with large forest trees, interspersed with rose bushes, from which it is supposed to have derived its name. It is recorded that the ‘forest trees grew so near to each other, that a squirrel might easily leap from one tree to another without alighting on the ground, from New Hall Hey to Sharney Ford, being a distance of four miles. The present appearance of the country is very romantic, and during the summer, affords many beautiful and extensive views from the mountains, with which it abounds; and many springs of water, which run out of the valleys an hills, impart additional interest to the scenery. This district is very healthy, and the air, though keen at some periods of the year, is salubrious, and the inhabitants remarkable for their longevity. There are places of worship for the Society of Friends and Methodists, and a national school. A fair is held on the Thursday in Whitsun week. The population, which is considerable, is returned with the parish. 3 CRAWSHAW BOOTH, in the township of Higher Booth, is a considerable manufacturing village in the parish of Goodshaw, 2½ miles N of Haslingden and 1½ from Rawtenstall. This place is fast increasing in importance, from the many firms established in it for the manufacture of cotton goods and calico printing. The literary institution, established in May 1851, is now in a prosperous condition. There are places of worship for the Society of Friends and Methodists. There is also a national school. The Duke of Buccleuch is lord of the manor. SUNNYSIDE and RAKEFOOT are in Crawshaw Booth. A fair is held on Tuesday in Whitsun week. The population of the village, which is considerable, is returned with the parish of Whalley. STACKSTEADS is also a rapidly improving village, in the township of Newchurch, situated on the high road between that town and Bacup. With TUNSTEAD it comprises a separate ecclesiastical district, formed in 1841. It is a station on the East Lancashire section of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. The manufacturing establishments here are very numerous and extensive; those of the Messers. Munn & Co, being the principal. A neat and substantial church, with an octagonal tower, was erected in 1840, at a cost of £2,000; it is dedicated to the Holy Trinity. There is also in connection a national and infant school. There are places of worship for Baptists, Wesleyan and Primitive Methodists. WATER BARN and ACRE MILL are places in this district. Population included with the parish. The township of HIGHER BOOTH comprises GOODSHAW BOOTH, CRAWSHAW BOOTH, LOVE CLOUGH and GAMBLESIDE BOOTH. At GOODSHAW is a church dedicated to All Saints, first erected in 1529, in the reign of Henry VIII; and re-‐ built in 1829. The living is a curacy in the gift of Hulme’s Trustees. There is a national school in connection with the above, erected in 1811; also one at LOVE CLOUGH, erected in 1847. In this township are also chapels for Baptists, Wesleyan & Primitive Methodists, & Roman Catholics. Acerage of Higher Booth 2,000; of Lower Booth 630. Population in 1861, Higher Booth 5,131’ Lower Booth 4,655. LUMB is an ecclesiastical district in Whalley parish and union, two miles from Newchurch and five from Burnley. Stone quarries, and cotton and woollen manufactories afford employment to the majority of inhabitants. The church, a small stone structure, is dedicated to St Michael. There is also a national school. DEAN and WATER are hamlets in this district. In Water is a British school Population in 1861 2,647. POST OFFICE, NEWCHURCH, John Taylor, Post Master – Letters from all parts arrive (from Manchester) at twenty minutes past eight morning, and at three afternoon; and are despatched at forty minutes past nine morning and seven evening. Money Order Office and Post Office Savings Bank Letters for NEWCHURCH should be addressed Newchurch, near Manchester, 4 Post Office, CRAWSHAW BOOTH, Benjamin Driver, Post Master – Letters from all parts arrive (from Rawtenstall) at nine morning and four afternoon, and are despatched at seven morning and six evening. Rawtenstall is nearest Money Order Office. Post Office, BANK ST. RAWTENSTALL. Alfred King, Post Master. – Letters from all parts arrive (from Rawtenstall) at quarter past seven morning and at half past two afternoon; and are despatched at ten morning and quarter past seven evening. Money Order Office and Post Office Savings Bank. Letters should be addressed RAWTENSTALL, near Manchester Post Office, STACKSTEADS. George Ashworth, Post Master – Letters from all parts arrive (from Manchester) at half past eight morning and three afternoon; and are despatched at ten minutes before ten morning and ten minutes after seven evening. Newchurch and Bacup are the nearest Money Order Offices. Post Office, WATERFOOT, John William Cockroft, Post Master – Letters from all parts arrive (from Manchester) at half past seven morning, and half past two afternoon; and are despatched at ten morning and at twenty minutes past seven evening. Newchurch is the nearest Money Order Office Letters should be addressed WATERFOOT, near Manchester 5 Name Residence Notes Gentry and Clergy Ashworth, Miss Betsy Carr House, Rawtenstall Ashworth, Mrs Elizabeth Mytholme House, Waterfoot Ashworth, Mrs Elizabeth Bridge End House, Waterfoot Ashworth, James Henry Esq., Greenbank House, near Rawtenstall Ashworth, Mr John Acre Mill, Stacksteads Ashworth, Miss Mary Newchurch Ashworth, Mr James Acre Mill, Stacksteads Ashworth, Miss Mary Laund House, Rawtenstall Ashworth, Mr Miles Acre Mill, Stacksteads Ashworth, Richard Esq., Cowpe, near Waterfoot Magistrate Ashworth, Mr Richard Lea Bank, Newchurch Bolton, Mr William Height Side House, Newchurch Brooks John Esq., Crawshaw Hall, near Rawtenstall Brooks, Thomas Esq., Sunnyside House, near Rawtenstall Cockroft, Mrs Ann Newchurch Crabtree, Mrs Ellen Newchurch Earnshaw, Mr Luke Waterfoot Eastwood, Mr Richard Swinshaw House, Crawshaw Booth, Rawtenstall Elliott, Rev William Edge Side Fifield, Rev William George Crawshaw Booth Gibson, Mrs - Egypt Terrace, Rawtenstall Hanson, Rev William Cloughfold Hardman, Mrs - Oak Fold, Rawtenstall Hargreaves George Esq. Newchurch Magistrate Hargreaves Mr Walmsley, Crawshaw Booth, near Rawtenstall Haworth Rev Henry Parsonage, Rawtenstall Haworth Mr John Shaw Clough, Newchurch Haworth Rev John G Parsonage, Tunstead, Stacksteads Haworth the Misses Margaret Hawthorn House, Goodshaw and Mary Jane Chapel, Rawtenstall Haworth Mrs Mary Cloughfold Howard Rev John Goodshaw House, near Rawtenstall Howe Rev John Stacksteads Hoyle Henry Esq., New Hall Hey, Rawtenstall Kay Mrs Alice Rawtenstall Kinder, Rev Ralph Pearce Clough, Newchurch Law John H. Esq., Newchurch Lord, Mrs - Hollymount, Rawtenstall Lord, Miss Alice Newchurch Lord, Mr Thomas Stacksteads Lowe, Rev John Waterbarn, Stacksteads Munn James Esq., Shore Clough Munn John jun Esq., Clough Fold, Newchurch Munn Robert Esq., Heath Hill, Stacksteads Magistrate Munn Colonel Robert Thistle Mount, Newchurch Magistrate Munn Robert W. Esq., Heath Hill, Stacksteads Nicholls Rev Abraham, Sunnyside, Rawtenstall Ormerod, Mrs Dorothy Fern Hill, Stacksteads 6 Ormerod, George Henry Esq., Headside, Newchurch Magistrate Ormerod, Mr James F Fern Hill, Stacksteads Ormerod, Mrs Susannah Newchurch Ormerod, Mrs - Bank St, Rawtenstall Parkinson Mr Thomas Tenterfield Home, Waterfoot Patrick, Charles Esq., Spring Hill, Cloughfold, Newchurch Philips, Mr - Cloughfold Philips, Rev John B Parsonage, Newchurch Pickup, Mr John Newchurch Ramsbottom, Mr George King's Row, Rawtenstall Read, Mrs Fanny Bank St, Rawtenstall Rishton, Mr James Forest Holme, Newchurch Schofield, Mrs Elizabeth Baltic, Waterfoot Scott, Rev Joseph Laund Bank, Rawtenstall Sharples, the Misses - Forrest Bank, Crawshaw Booth, nr Rawtenstall Smith, Rev Robert, Glenhouse, Waterfoot Stott, Mr Jas Thornhill, Rawtenstall Stott, Rev John Bank St, Rawtenstall Tattersall, Mrs Betty Scoute, Newchurch Taylor, Mr Hugh Rawtenstall fold Taylor, Mr John Clough Fold Threlfall, Mr Charles Britannia House, Crawshaw Booth Threlfall, Mr John Forrest Bank, Crawshaw Booth Townsend, Mr Richard Holme, Rawtenstall Whitehead, Mr David jun. Clough Fold Whitehead, David Esq., Holly Mount, Rawtenstall Magistrate Whitehead, John B Esq., Oakley, near Rawtenstall Magistrate Whitehead Mr Peter Holly Mount, Rawtenstall Whitehead, Mr P. O. Belmont, Rawtenstall Whitehead, Mr Samuel Wales House, Newchurch Whittaker, Mrs Elizabeth Bank St, Rawtenstall Whithington, Rev J Swan, Rawtenstall Academies and Schools BAPTIST SCHOOL Cawl Terrace, near Rawtenstall Wm Standfield, master BRITISH SCHOOLS Holly Mount, Rawtenstall Robt Bax, master, Mrs Bax, mistress Waterbarn, Stacksteads James Cox, master Water, Newchurch Edward Nuttall, master Buckley, John Stacksteads Clegg, Louisa Newchurch Davenport, Sarah Newchurch FREEE GRAMMAR SCHOOL Newchurch Thomas Howard BA, master Hargreaves, Lawrence Lord St, Rawtenstall Heap, David Waterside, Newchurch Hoyle, Ann Lumb gate, near Newchurch MECHANICS INSTITUTION Waterside, Newchurch James Neil, master, - DAY SCHOOL Mellor, mistress 7 NATIONAL SCHOOLS Crawshaw Booth, Rawtenstall Thomas Riley, master, Ellen Riley, mistress Higher Booth, near Rawtenstall Henry Preston, master, Susannah Riley, mistress Lumb, Newchurch Levi Nuttall, master, Fanny Nuttall, mistress Newchurch Wm Mayor, master, Grace Mayor, mistress Rawtenstall John D Pennington, master, Alice Cobourne, mistress Tunstead, Stacksteads Moses Brown, master, Mary Crook, mistress Waterfoot Henry Terry, master Peers, William Waterfoot WESLEYAN DAY SCHOOL Longholme, Rawtenstall James Taylor, master, Emily Whyatie mistress Agents King, Henry Oakley, Rawtenstall and conveyancer Taylor, Lawrence Newchurch house and land Architects and Surveyors Andrew, Edwin Acre Mill, Stacksteads King, Henry Oakley, near Rawtenstall surveyor Percival, Henry Newchurch Taylor, Richard Egypt Terr. Rawtenstall road surveyor Williams, Richard Fall Barn, Rawtenstall Attorneys Hargreaves & Knowles Newchurch King, Henry Oakley, near Rawtenstall and conveyancer Wright & Hall Bank St, Rawtenstall & clerks to the magistrates Auctioneers Hargreaves, Lawrence Rawtenstall Law, Dionysius Scoute, Newchurch Baize &c Manufacturers see Manufacturers of Baizes, Bocking and Woollens Blacksmiths see Smiths Booksellers and Stationers Marked thus * are also Printers *Cockroft, Henry, Waterfoot Cox, James Stacksteads Greenwood, James Hollinbank, Newchurch *King, Edwin Rawtenstall and binder 8 *Lonsdale, James Newchurch and newsagent Nuttall, John & Edwin Booth Fold, Newchurch booksellers and newsagents Parkinson, Noah Bank St, Rawtenstall *Stuart, George Crawshaw Booth, near Rawtenstall Wardleworth, James Sager, Rawtenstall Boot and Shoe Makers Binns, James, Newchurch Brown, John Stacksteads Butterworth, Henry Crawshaw Booth, Rawtenstall Butterworth, James Cawl Terrace, Rawtenstall Caygill, Peter Bridleway, Newchurch Chippendale, John Daisy hill, Rawtenstall Clough, Thomas Tunstead mill, Stacksteads Cockroft, Thomas Stacksteads dealer Disley, Bartholomew Lumb, Newchurch Drury, Thomas Bank pl. Rawtenstall Edmundson, James Higher Booth, near Rawtenstall Fenton, Jas Bank St, Rawtenstall Fort, John Cawl Terr, Rawtenstall Fort, Thomas Crawshaw Booth, near Rawtenstall Gankrodger, Thomas Stacksteads Gill, John Newchurch Gill, John jun, Newchurch and Waterfoot Griffiths, Edward, Waterfoot Hargreaves, James Waterfoot Haworth, Henry Stacksteads Heap, Henry Newchurch Heap, James Waterside, Newchurch Hitchen, Levi Four Lane Ends, Stacksteads Holland, James Waterbarn, Stacksteads Howarth, Henry Stacksteads Hoyle, Joseph New Hall Hey bridge dealer Jackson, William Waterside, Newchurch King, Alfred Bank St, Rawtenstall Lonsdale, Richard Hareholme, Waterfoot Moore, Starkey Hollin, Newchurch Moorhouse. E Cawl Terr, Rawtenstall Nuttall, John Rawtenstall Peel, Wm Booth Fold, Newchurch Raws, Gerrard Bank St, Rawtenstall Spence, Wm Clough Fold, Newchurch Stanley, Thos Bank St, Rawtenstall Storrey, James Newchurch Stott, James Cawl Terr, Rawtenstall Stott, James Newchurch Taylor, Isaac Bank St, Rawtenstall Terry, George Crawshaw Booth, Rawtenstall Terry, George Crawshaw Booth, Rawtenstall Terry, John Newhall Hey bridge, Rawtenstall Terry, Richd Cawl Terr, Rawtenstall Terry, William Newchurch Thornton, Thos King St, Rawtenstall 9 Tomlinson, Richard Newhall Hey bridge, Rawtenstall Whittaker, Emmanuel Rawtenstall Fold Whittaker, Edward Warth terrace, near Waterfoot Builders See under the head Carpenters and Joiners Butchers Barker, Joesph Bank St, Rawtenstall Brown, Wm Bank St, Rawtenstall Cropper, John Scoute, Newchurch Cunliffe, Richard Newhall Hey bridge, Rawtenstall Duckworth, Nicholas Crawshaw Booth, Rawtenstall Duckworth, Thomas Bank St, Rawtenstall Edmonsdon, Thomas Cawl Terrace, Rawtenstall Farnworth, Lonsdale Crawshaw Booth, Rawtenstall Fort, Peter Smith Newhall Hey bridge, Rawtenstall Green, William Stacksteads Haworth, Robert Newchurch Holt, John Stacksteads Holt, Sabellius Cawl Terrace, Rawtenstall Howarth, John Newchurch Jackson, Wm Bank St, Rawtenstall Lord, John Newchurch Lord, Samuel Lumb, Newchurch Marshall, James Stacksteads Parker, Jas Tunstead Mill, Stacksteads Ratcliffe, George Bank St, Rawtenstall pork Simpson, Arthur Bank St, Rawtenstall Spencer, Edmund Cawl Terrace, Rawtenstall Spencer, Edmund Scoute, Newchurch Spencer, James Waterfoot Spencer, William Stacksteads Taylor, John Newchurch Taylor, John Spring Terrace, Rawtenstall Taylor, Richard Mill end, Newchurch Taylor, William Waterfoot Whittaker, Edmund Crawshaw Booth, Rawtenstall Winterbottom, George Water, Newchurch Calico Printers see also Woollen Printers Butterworth & Brook Sunnyside Print Works, Crawshaw & delaine Booth, Rawtenstall & 7 Charlotte St, Manchester ROSSENDALE PRINTING Love Clough Print Works, Crawshaw COMPANY Booth, Rawtenstall & 38 George st Manchester Carpenters and Joiners Marked thus * are also Timber Dealers and thus + Builders Ashworth, James Lower Mill, Waterfoot Booth, James Bank p'ace, Rawtenstall (sic) Dean, Joseph Waterfoot and cabinet maker 10 Duckworth and Pickup Crawshaw Booth Duckworth, James, Newhall Hey bridge, Rawtenstall Halstead, John Whitewell Bottom, Newchurch *+Hamer, John Fallbarn, Rawtenstall Haworth, James Lumb, near Newchurch Haworth, John Water, Newchurch Heap, Michael Tunstead Mill Holt, Henry Mill end, Newchurch Kershaw, Henry Newchurch *+Kershaw, John Mill end, Newchurch Kershaw, Joseph Newchurch Law, James Four lane ends, near Stacksteads Lord & Pickup, Crawshaw Booth, near Rawtenstall + Pickup, James Lord St, Rawtenstall *+Roberts, James Rawtenstall Whittaker, John Water, Newchurch Whittaker, Wm Scoute, Newchurch Chemists and Druggists see Druggists and Seedsmen Clog and Patten Makers Barker, Robert Stacksteads Brown, Robert Daisy hill, Rawtenstall Butterworth, Henry Crawshaw Booth, Rawtenstall Butterworth, James Cawl Meadow, Rawtenstall Clough, Thomas Tunstead mill, Stacksteads Driver, Benjamin Crawshaw Booth, Rawtenstall Fenton, James Bank St, Rawtenstall Gill, John Crawshaw Booth, near Rawtenstall Hargreaves, James Waterfoot Heap, John Higher Booth, Rawtenstall Hopkinson, Hoyle Rawtenstall Fold Howarth, Elijah Newchurch Howorth, Henry Stacksteads Hoyle, Joseph Newhall Hey bridge, Rawtenstall Ingham, John Newhall Hey bridge, Rawtenstall Jackson, William Water side, Newchurch Lord, Samuel Water, Newchurch Maden, James Stacksteads Nowell, James Oakenhead, Rawtenstall Nuttall, Abraham Springside, Rawtenstall Nuttall, John Bank St, Rawtenstall Nuttall, Joshua Newchurch Peel, William Booth fold, Newchurch Pickup, James Newchurch Pilling, John Crawshaw Booth, Rawtenstall Rothwell, Hindla Cawl Terrace, Rawtenstall (sic) Smith, John Bank St, Rawtenstall Sutcliffe, William Tunstead mill, Stacksteads Tattersall, James Newchurch Taylor, Isaac Cawl Terrace, Rawtenstall Whitehead, John Newchurch Whittaker, Edward Warth terrace, near Waterfoot
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