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Rawtenstall Town Hall The coat of arms of the former Rawtenstall Borough Council. A local board was formed for the town in 1874 and the district it governed was extended to cover parts of the townships of Lower Booths (Rawtenstall itself), Higher Booths, Newchurch and Haslingden in the ancient parish of Whalley and Cowpe, Lench, Newhall Hey and Hall Carr, and part of Tottington (Higher End) in ...
Rawtenstall is a town in Rossendale, Lancashire, England.Associated with it, or nearby, are the communities of Waterfoot, Newchurch, Ewood Bridge, Lumb, Water ...
Rawtenstall Town Hall is a municipal building in Bacup Road, Rawtenstall, a town in Lancashire in England. The building, which served as the offices and meeting place of Rawtenstall Borough Council and has been converted for commercial use, is a locally listed building.
The actress Jane Horrocks was born in Rawtenstall, Rossendale, and the composer Alan Rawsthorne was born in Haslingden. Betty Jackson , the fashion designer, is a native of Bacup. In the 18th and 19th centuries the Larks of Dean were an unusual group of working class musicians whose music-making at the Baptist Chapel in Goodshaw Fold became an ...
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Thomas Whitehead and Brothers was a textile business established in Rawtenstall, Lancashire in 1815. It was founded by Thomas with his two brothers, David and Peter. [1] The partnership was dissolved in 1855. [1] The business had a significant influence on the development of Rawtenstall. They built Lower Mill.
Hargreaves Wilkinson was from Burnley was appointed as the first librarian of Rawtenstall in 1905 and the library opened for business in 1906 with 6,000 volumes on the open access system. [4] When the library was officially opened on 1 June 1907 Andrew Carnegie himself attended the event along with local dignitaries and the MP Lewis Harcourt.
In January 1908 the newly formed Rawtenstall Corporation Tramways acquired the part of the Accrington Corporation Steam Tramways Company’s line within its boundary, and on 1 October 1908, they took over the Rossendale Valley Tramways Company.