My Lancashire - My accounts of the local area

PEDESTRIANISM •  A foot-race was run on Tuesday last Pedestrianism at Little Walton Hall in Walton le Dale, a Seventeenth Century Building PEDESTRIANISM .-A foot-race was run on Tuesday last, between George Eastham, alias Clogger, of this town, and Robert Cooper, of Mottram. The race came off at Belle Vue, near Manchester, for £30 a side. At first, the betting was decidedly in favour of the Mottram runner; but when the men stripped, it changed to from five to four on Clogger, who got the lead and was never headed, -winning the race by four or five yards. The distance was 220 yards. PEDESTRIANISM •  A foot-race was run on Tuesday last |  Preston Chronicle Publication: Preston Chronicle Date: Saturday,  Nov. 1, 1845 From Gale Primary Sources, British Library Newspapers: https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/Y3207425394/BNCN?u=lancs&sid=bookmark-BNCN&pg=2&xid=c2991adf I came across  PEDESTRIANISM  when looking through old news papers on the  British ...

BUILDERS FIND FARMHOUSE RUINS Builders Find Farmhouse Ruins in Victoria Road, Fulwood, Preston A newspaper cutting from 1959 that I found on the Preston Digital Archive documents the discovery of an Ancient Farmhouse in Fulwood. Builders Find Farmhouse Ruins in Fulwood, Newspaper-Article BUILDERS FIND FARMHOUSE RUINS A relic of old Fulwood By A " POST " REPORTER BUILDERS levelling waste land in Victoria-road, Fulwood, for a block of flats have unearthed the brick remains of a farm-house dating back nearly 200 years. But the sunken building, I with its 2ft. thick walls, Longridge-stone steps, and narrow doorways, will soon vanish again beneath a 6ft. layer of concrete. The historic find came to light this week when men from William Jackson (Preston) Ltd.. building contractors of Douglas Road North, Fulwood, began work on preparing the site for the two-storey flats and garages. PLOUGHED DEEP Bulldozers and an excavator ploughed deep into the ground to uncover a bit of old Ful...

Thomas Harrison Myres FRIBA Restoration of Roadside Crosses  Thomas Myres Cross. The two parts were originally placed separately on the ground. The Stone Cross at Cottam Thomas Harrison Myres FRIBA (1842-1926) was an English railway architect who designed stations and ancillary buildings. He and his wife had various residences including one at at the edge of Cottam. The property is on Lea Road, and it was once known as Lea Lodge. It is a listed building and is currently known as 'Clock House'. Clock House, once known as Lea Lodge. Thomas was greatly interested in the restoration of road side crosses and succeeded in restoring sixteen throughout Lancashire.  At this point, and am not sure which ones they were.  The doesn't seem to be any obvious listing of them.   After his death, a fitting monument was erected to him and his wife Catherine at nearby Lea bearing the inscription: “To the glory of God and in the memory of the pioneer of the restoration of...

A Compendious History of The North Union Railway A Compendious History of The North Union Railway A COMPENDIOUS HISTORY OF  THE NORTH UNION RAILWAY: COMPRISING AN INTRODUCTORY SKETCH THE PROSPECTIVE ADVANTAGES OF THE RAILWAY; ITS STATISTICS; A DELINEATION OF THE OPERATIONS WHICH HAVE MARKED ITS PROGRESS; A DETAILED REFERENCE TO ALL THE IMPORTANT FEATURES OF THE ROUTE-videlicet, THE TUNNELS, VIADUCTS, GRADIENTS, &C.; ALSO A STATEMENT OF THE FACILITIES FOR TRANSIT PRESENTED BY THE VARIOUS CONNECTING LINES OF RAILWAY; AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE LOCALITIES OF THE RAILWAY, AND THE PHENOMENA WHICH HAVE OCCURRED IN ITS CONSTRUCTION. Saturday, October 27th, 1838 Publication: Preston Chronicle  -------------------------------------- CHAPTER II. JOURNEY FROM PRESTON TO WIGAN. The accommodations provided at the PRESTON STATION are upon a very extensive scale, and are calculated to afford every convenience to the increasing trade of the town. The Passengers' and Goods' Stations are ...