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Haslingden in Lancaster County England History and GeographyHASLINGDEN, a market town and chapelry in that part of the parish of WHALLEY which is in the lower division of the hundred of BLACKBURN, county palatine of LANCASTER, 40 miles (S.E.) from Lancaster, 17 (N.) from Manchester, and 203 (N.N.W.) from London, containing 6595 inhabitants. This place, which is situated in the midst of a mountainous district on the border of the Forest of Rossendale, probably took its name from the abundance of hazel trees which formerly grew in its vicinity. The town originally stood on the declivity of a hill, but the modern buildings have been erected at its base; and many old houses of mean appearance have been replaced by new and substantial edifices, which contribute much to the uniformity of the whole. The improvements which have taken place since the beginning of the present century have been greatly facilitated by the abundant supply of stone for building afforded by the neighbouring mountains of granite, and the slate and flags furnished by the quarries of Hutchbank and others. Coal is plentifully produced from mines in the neighbourhood. The woollen manufacture formerly constituted almost the sole occupation of the inhabitants, and it is still carried on to some extent; but the cotton trade has in a great degree superseded it, and the numerous mills on the banks of the Swinnel are principally in the occupation of the manufacturers of cotton goods. The market day has been changed from Wednesday to Saturday, to prevent its interfering with the market of Blackburn; and fairs are held, February 2nd, on Easter Tuesday, May 8th, July 4th, and October 2d; the Easter fair is for the sale of horses, and the others chiefly for cattle. An act of parliament was passed in the 34th of George III., for making a navigable canal from Bury, by Haslingden, to Church Town, to join the Bury, Bolton, and Manchester canal on the south, and the Leeds and Liverpool canal on the north, but the projected undertaking has not been executed. Here are a public news-room and two subscription libraries. Races were formerly held on Lound-Hey, near the town, but the ground has been recently enclosed for cultivation. The living is a perpetual curacy, with that of Goodshaw, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chester, endowed with £600 private benefaction, £400 royal bounty, and £1600 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage of the Vicar of Whalley. The church, dedicated to St. James, and standing on an eminence at the north end of the town, is a substantial edifice, rebuilt of stone about fifty years ago, except the tower, which belonged to the preceding church, erected in the reign of Henry VIII.: it has lately received an addition of five hundred and eighteen sittings, of which four hundred and sixty-two are free, the Incorporated Society for the enlargement of churches and chapels having granted £450 towards defraying the expense. There are places of worship for Baptists, Independents, Wesleyan Methodists, Sandemanians, and Swedenborgians. A free grammar school was founded in 1749, for the education of ten poor boys, and subsequently endowed with property producing about £18 per annum. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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