Blackburn, eight miles from Haslingden, and twenty-five from Manchester, is pleasantly situated in a valley upon the Derwent, and from the deep hue of the waters of this river, some derive the name of the town.

The more ancient part of the town consists of several streets, irregularly laid out, with many handsome modern erections interspersed. The new streets, particularly Foregate, east of the town, contain many good houses.

There are three Churches; Old Church, St. John’s, and St. Paul’s, and several Meeting-houses for dissenters, besides a Catholic Chapel. The parish church of Blackburn belonged to the abbey of Whalley before the dissolution of monasteries. The Archbishop of Canterbury is now rector, and the living is served by a vicar, who has seven chapelries in his gift, but which are independent of him in point of revenue. Half the town is leasehold, under the rector, for leases of 21 years. A mortuary is due throughout the parish, which comprises twenty-four townships, for every housekeeper dying worth 40l. personalty, clear of debts.

Among the charitable institutions, may be mentioned, a Free School, founded by Queen Elizabeth, and a very good Poor House, with land appropriated to the use of the poor, where cattle are pastured.

The market is on Wednesday; the town, however, is principally supplied with provisions from Preston.

By the late inland navigation, Blackburn has communication with the rivers Mersey, Dee, Ribble, Ouse, Trent, Severn, Humber, Thames, Avon, &c.; which navigation, including its windings, extends above 500 miles in the counties of Lincoln, Nottingham, York, Westmoreland, Chester, Stafford, Warwick, Leicester, Oxford, Worcester, &c.

The town of Blackburn has long been noted for its manufactures, and was formerly the centre of the fabric sent to London, for printing, called Blackburn Greys, which were plains of linen warp, shot with cotton. The fields surrounding the town, when whitened with the materials laid down to bleach, exhibit a continual scene of industry.

The little regularity in the streets of Blackburn, has been caused by the intermixture of glebe and other lands: an ancient rivulet, long since absorbed, divides the town in two unequal parts. The Grammar School was founded by Queen Elizabeth. Here are also a Charity School, Sunday Schools, &c. The markets are held every Wednesday and Saturday. The expense of the police is supported by a rate on the occupiers of buildings. Within this parish are eight Chapels of Ease, viz. Walton le Dale, Great Harwood, Over Darven, Tockholes, Samlesbury, Balderston, Lanzo, Salesbury, &c. In the summer of 1803, the popish bishop of this district publicly confirmed a number of Catechumens in this town, perhaps for the first time since the reformation.

Some years ago it was remarked, that there was not a single sheep farm in the parish, nor a sheep that had not been probably bred and fed in some other district, the market being supplied with beef and mutton from the rich pastures of Craven.

At Woodfold, four miles from Blackburn, a very magnificent house has been erected by Henry Sudell, Esq. of a bluish grey stone, having, in the centre, a flight of steps, and a portico supported by four massy columns of the Corinthian order. The park wall is of hewn stone, nearly nine feet high, and four miles in circumference.

A mile or two beyond this, and on the very summit of a precipice, is Hoghton Tower, the old family mansion of the Hoghtons. After this had been deserted, it was inhabited by a few families of poor persons, since which it has been falling rapidly to decay; but presents to the view, an object at once picturesque, grand, and venerable.

The modern mansion of Henry Feilden, Esq. at Whitton, is something less than two miles from Blackburn. It is built of a cream-coloured freestone, richly veined, and has, in the centre of the eastern front, a portico, supported by Doric pillars.

About a mile below Whitton, on the same side of the vale, is the new seat of J. F. Butler, Esq. which, like the former house, is screened from the north by the sombrous Billinge, the last of that chain of mountains, which extends from Yorkshire into this part of Lancashire.

Next in pre-eminence to Hoghton Tower is Darwen Bank, the seat of E. Pedder, Esq.; Cuerdale Lodge, that of William Asheton; Walton Church, Cooper Hill, and Walton Hall, the mansion of Sir H. H. Philip Hoghton; opposite to which, and on the north side of it, the Darwen falls into the Ribble, between the two handsome bridges thrown over the latter at Walton and Penwortham.

There are two stations in the northern extremity of the parish of Blackburn, that are worthy the notice of the traveller. One of these is in a farm called Egg Syke, on the south bank of the Calder, about a mile and a half to the east of Whalley. At the foot of the eminence, whose steep side is covered with wood, the river makes a considerable winding. In the valley to the east, the bridge forms a very picturesque object; beyond which are seen the sloping woods of Read Hall. Between the bridge and the station, the river flows down with a gently winding course, through the openings of the banks that are fringed with wood. Towards Whalley, the course of the river is much more winding, and its banks are diversified with many projecting points, richly covered with wood of the greatest variety of foliage. The verdant holme land of Whalley demesne, terminates the valley in this direction, crowned by the noble woods of the Hon. Richard Penn Curzon, and Robert Whalley, Esq. on one side, and of Sir Thomas D. Hesketh, Bart. on the other. In fact, viewed from hence, they seem to form one forest, excluding all objects beyond them, except the summit of Grindleton Fell, just seen through an opening made by the Calder valley. Immediately in front is Marton, a seat of James Taylor, Esq.; and beyond Marton is the park and mansion of Clerk Hill, whilst Pendle Hill, which closes the back ground, more grand than beautiful, closes the prospect.

The other station is on the margin of the Ribble, near Brock Hall, below its junctions with the Oder and Calder. To the east, near the banks of the Ribble, which here holds a winding course, stands Hacking Hall, an old mansion, formerly belonging to the Petre family.

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BLACKBURN is a county, parliamentary and municipal borough, union town, head of a petty sessional division and county court district and parish, with a station at Spring Mount on the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway, 209 miles from London, 12 north from Bolton, 16 north-west from Bury, 11 ¼ west-by-south from Burnley, 10 north-east-from Chorley, 16 ½ south-west from Colne, 30 south-east from Lancaster, 32 north-east from Liverpool, 23 north-by-west from Manchester, 23 ½ from Ormskirk, 10 east-by-south from Preston, 21 north-west from Bochdale, 28 ¾ north-east from Southport and 15 north-east from Wigan, in the Darwen division of the county and lower division of the hundred, rural deanery and archdeaconry of Blackburn and diocese of Manchester. This extensive parish comprised twenty-four townships, viz.: Blackburn, Balderstone. Billington, Church Kirk, Clayton-le-Dale, Clayton-le-Moors, Darwen, Lower Darwen, Eccleshill, Dinekley, Livesey, Witton, Great Harwood, Little Harwood, Mellor, Osbaldeston, Oswaldtwistle, Ramsgreave, Pleasington, Salesbury. Richton. Tockholes, Samlesbury and Wilpshire.

The town, which is encircled by hills, some of them attaining the altitude of 900 feet above the level of the sea, and commanding views of a great portion of the county, stands upon the bank of a brook, called “Blalceburn,” from which it takes its name. In Domesday Book it was written “Blacheburne”-the district being formerly called “Blackburnshire” (anciently spelled “Blagbornshire”), and for many ages was mostly uncultivated moor and clough, forest and chase. Whitaker relates that at Blackburn was a Roman fort which remained till the Saxon era. The entire territory was bestowed by the Conqueror on Ilbert de Lacy, who, and his descendants, parcelled it out to their dependants, and most of the estates derive their titles from these grants. It is evident that the town of Blackburn was a place of some importance at a very early period of English history. Lambarde in his description of England and Wales, published in 1570, remarks-“Blakeborne, a market town on the east side of Lancashire, formerly a part of the Deiri of Northumbria, is surrounded by parks and forests, such as Houghton, Samlesbury, Osbaldestone, Salesbury, and Walton-in-the-Dale, all in the hundred of that plaoe.” Camden speaks of Blackburn as “a noted market town;” and Blome whose account refers to nearly a century later, describes it as having “a great weekly market for cattle, corn, and provisions, on the Monday.”

During the Civil War, the town, then held by the Parliamentary party, was attacked by the Royalist forces, 5,000 strong, under James, Earl of Derby, afterwards beheaded at Bolton, 15th Oct. 1651; the assault, however, failed, and the Earl had to retreat.

Blackburn was constituted a parliamentary borough by the Reform Act, 1832. and returns two members: the limits of the parliamentary and municipal boroughs were co-extensive. By the Blackburn Borough Extension Act, 1877, so much of the parliamentary borough as was not included within the municipal limits was added thereto; the area thus included part of the townships of Witton, Livesey and a small portion of Little Harwood. By the Blackburn Corporation Act, 1901, which came into operation Nov. 9, 1901, parts of the civil parishes of Livesey and Witton were added to the civil parish and county borough. The Blackburn improvement Act of 1879 included the remainder of Little Harwood and the greater part of the township of Lower Darwen. The borough was incorporated in September, 1851, and divided into seven wards, each returning six councillors, but under the Blackburn Corporation Act of 1892, the number of wards was increased to fourteen with three councillors each, and the townships and parts of townships within the borough have been consolidated into one civil parish; the corporation consists of a mayor, 14 aldermen and 42 councillors. Under the Local Government Act, 1888, the town was declared a county borough. The borough has a commission of the peace and a police force, and by Order in Council, August 8, 1886, a charter was granted constituting Blackburn a Quarter Sessions Borough.

The Leeds and Liverpool canal runs through the town.

A steam tramway between Blackburn and Darwen, about 5 miles in length, was opened in April, 1881.

The Blackburn Corporation Tramways Co. Limited, was formed for constructing, taking on lease and working the system of tramways authorised by the Blackburn improvement Act. The tramways, opened in 1887—8, are arranged in four sections, worked entirely by electricity; and the total length traversed is 13 miles 5 furlongs.

The Blackburn Gas Works, established in 1818, were purchased by the Corporation in 1877, and the total cost up to 1890 has been £615,059. The works are at Greenbank and Addison street, and the distributing office in Jubilee street; there are three gas-holders in Addison street and one in Grimshaw Park road. In addition to the town, the following out places are supplied, viz.: Mellor, Livesey, Witton, Pleasington, Oswaldtwistle and Wilpshire.

In 1894 electric lighting works were completed in Jubilee street, at a cost, for steam and electrical plant only, of about £20,000; a considerable portion of the town is supplied with the electric light.

The Water Works, first established at Blackburn in 1772, were purchased in 1848 from Mr. Joseph Feilden by a company for a sum of £4.000. In 1845—7 the Pickup Bank guide and Hoddlesden Compensation reservoirs were constructed; the Daisy Green reservoir in 1849, the New Audlev reservoir in 1856, and the Fishmoor reservoir, which contains 310 million gallons, about 1861: the town was first supplied 9th Oct. 1847. The powers of the, company were transferred in 1876 to the Corporation, who purchased the works at a cost of nearly £342,000, and a new supply of water is now obtained from Bowland Forest, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, a distance of over 20 miles, the gathering ground, 8,820 acres in extent, over which powers were obtained, being a portion of the upper catchment area of the River Hodder; a further supply is also received from the waters of the Rivers Brennand, Whitendale and Dunsop. The main was first charged 4th Sept. 1882. The total length of water mains now laid in the, borough is 100 miles.

There are records mentioning the existence of a church here as early as 596; this structure was succeeded by another, built in the reign of Edward III. and restored in the time of Henry VIII. The church of St. Mary remained the sole property of the Abbey of Whalley, till the dissolution of religious houses, but in 1537, on the attainder and execution of Abbot Paslew, it was vested in Dr. Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, who became rector of Blackburn and the patron of the vicarage. In 1818 the old church was abandoned, and the present church erected under the authority of an Act of Parliament, and consecrated 1 Nov. 1826: it is in the Plorid Gothic style of the 14th century, from designs by Mr. John Palmer, architect, and consists of chancel, clerestoried nave, aisles, north and south porches and a western tower, with four pinnacles, containing 9 bells: the roof, destroyed by fire in 1831, was restored by Mr. Thomas Rickman, architect. The east window is filled with glass, said to have been brought from Cologne by the Rev. John William Whitaker LL.D, vicar here 1822—54; the church was restored in 1875—80 at a cost of £3,990, and affords 1,520 sittings, of which 900 are free. The register dates from the year 1568. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £1,348, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Manchester, and held since 1901 by the Right Rev. Samuel Thornton D.D. of Queen’s College, Oxford, assistant bishop for the diocese of Manchester since 1901.

The following are ecclesiastical parishes:-St. John the Evangelist parish was formed 20 Sept. 1842. The church, near the east end of the Market place and Town Hall, is a building of stone in the Classic style, with a dome and lantern of the Greek Tuscan and Ionic orders, and consists of chancel, nave and aisles, and has one bell: there is a memorial window, presented by Robert Hopwood esq. and another to J. Embley esq.: the church was restored in 1889 at a cost of £2,482, and again in 1900 at a cost of £2,800, and affords 1,000 sittings, of which 150 are free. The register dates from the year 1789. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £290, with residence, in the gift of the vicar of Blackburn, and held since 1896 by the Rev. Francis Peel Nash M.A. of Exeter College, Oxford.

The parish church of All Saints, Nova Scotia, erected in 1872, at a cost of upwards of £5,000, as a memorial to the late Archdeacon Rushton, vicar of Blackburn, is a building of stone in the Geometric style, consisting of chancel with north aisle, nave, aisles, north and south porches and a turret containing one bell: the stained east window is a memorial to John Oddie esq. and there is another to Mr. and Mrs. Knowles: there are 850 sittings, of which 430 are free. The register dates from the year 1872. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £305, in the gift of five trustees, and held since 1897 by the Rev. John Evan Samuel M.A. of Durham University, and surrogate.

The parish of Christ Church was formed 30th Oct. 1860. The church, in Grimshaw park, consecrated the eighteenth of Aug. 1859, is an edifice in the Geometric style, consisting of chance) with organ chamber, nave of seven bays, aisles, and a tower at the east end of the south aisle, 73 feet in height, with an octagonal spire of 77 feet, making a total height of 150 feet: the tower contains one bell: there are 920 sittings, of which 420 are free. The register dates from the year 1859. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £320, with residence, in the alternate gift of the Bishop of Manchester and trustees, and held since 1899 by the Rev. George Denyer.

The church of The Saviour, in Longshawe lane, erected in 1901 by the parishioners and friends of Christ Church, at a cost of £1,800, as a chapel of ease to that church, is a structure of brick, consisting of nave and aisles, with one bell, and has 350 sittings.

Holy Trinity parish was formed 3 July, 1849. The church, at Mount Pleasant, erected in 1846, is a cruciform building of stone in the Decorated style, consisting of chancel, transepts, clerestoried nave, aisles, north, south and west porches, and an embattled western tower, added in 1855, with pinnacles, containing 8 bells: the ceiling is divided into deep square panels, adorned with the heraldic bearings of various old Lancashire families, the Royal arms and those of the diocese: there is a memorial window, placed in 1856, to William Yates esq. and his wife; another to Dr. Robinson, for 19 years vicar of the parish (d. 1869), and one erected in May, 1866, to Major-Gen. Charles George Gordon R.E., C.B. killed at Khartoum, 26 Jan. 1885: there are sittings for 1,200 persons, of which 600 are free. The register dates from the year 1846. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £300, with residence, in the gift of the vicar of Blackburn, and held since 1903 by the Rev. Henry Samuel Robinson Thornton M.A. of Trinity College, Oxford.

St. James’ parish was formed 14th May, 1875. The church, at the top of Shear Brow, is a plain building of stone in the Gothic style, consisting of apsidal chancel, nave, aisles and a tower: there are 644 sittings, of which 444 are free. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £330, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Manchester, and .held since 1885 by the Rev. William Henry Palmer, of St. Bees.

St. Luke’s church, Bank Top, erected at a cost of about £7,000, and consecrated December, 1877, is a building of stone in the Transition style from Early English to Decorated, and consists of chancel, nave, aisles, transepts and an incomplete tower; there are no bells: the reredos is of Caen stone and marble: there are 702 sittings, of which 436 are free. The register of baptisms dates from 1859 and that of marriages and burials from 1879. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £270, with residence, in the gift of five trustees, and held since 1877 by the Rev. John Noble, of St. Bees.

The parish of St. Michael and All Angels was formed 8 July, 1845. The church in the Whalley New road, and erected in 1868, is of stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, and a tower with spire: there are 800 sittings, of which 400 are free. The register dates from the year 1844. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £360, with residence, in the gift of the vicar of Blackburn, and held since 1889 by the Rev. William Thomason.

In Little Harwood is St. Stephen’s mission room, and there is another called St. Gabriel’s, erected in 1889, in Pearl street, Whalley New road.

St. Paul’s parish was formed 20 Sept. 1842. The church, in. St.Paul's street, Blakey Moor, is a plain building of stone, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, north and south porches and a low western tower containing one bell: the east window is stained: the church was originally built in 1791 for the Countess of Huntingdon's connexion, but was consecrated by the Bishop of Chester in 1829: the church was restored in 1891 at a cost of £815, and affords 850 sittings, of which 200 are free. The register dates from the year 1829. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £350, with residence in the gift of the vicar of Blackburn, and held since 1874 by the Rev. Benjamin Thompson, of St. Aidans.

The church of St. Barnabas, in Addison street, is attached formed out of that of St. Paul’s: the church, erected in 1886, at a cost of £8,687, is a building in the Decorated style, from designs by Mr. W. S. Varley, architect, and consists of chancel, nave, aisles, transept, organ chamber, north and south porches and vestries: under the chancel is a room used for a school, and holding 200 children: the church affords 722 sittings, of which 480 are free. The living is a perpetual curacy, net yearly value £270, in the gift of the Bishop of Manchester, and held since 1886 by the Rev. Philip Edward Thomas, of St. Bees.

St. Peter’s parish was formed 20 Sept. 1842. The church, in St. Peter street, is a building of freestone in the Transitional style, from designs by Mr. John Palmer, architect, and consists of chancel and an embattled western tower containing one bell: the stained east window was the gift of the late J. Cardwell esq. and the widow of the late James Neville esq. of Beardwood: the church was restored in 1888 at a cost of £802, and affords 1,510 sittings, of which 502 are free. The register dates from the year 1821. The living is a vicarage, gross yearly value £350, with residence, in the gift of the vicar of Blackburn, and held since 1892 by the Rev. Henry Stokes Noel Lenny M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge.

The parish of St. Thomas was formed 30th Oct. 1865. The church, in Lambeth street, consecrated in 1865, is a building of stone in the Early Gothic style and stands north and south: it consists of chancel at the north end, nave, eastern aisle and a western porch: there are 1,054 sittings, 754 being free. The register dates from 1865 for baptisms and 1866 for marriages. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £270, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Manchester, and held since 1901 by the Rev. Frederick George Chevassut M.A. of Trinity College, Dublin.

St. Matthew’s, Higher Audley, was formed March, 1887; the church, situated between Cambridge and Oxford streets, Audley, was erected in 1886, at a cost of £7,200, from designs by Mr. W. G. Habershon, architect, of London, and is a building of stone in the Decorated style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, north and east transepts, north and south porches, vestry, organ chamber and an incomplete tower: there are 721 sittings. The living is a perpetual curacy, net yearly value £340, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Manchester, and held since 1886 by the Rev. Gordon Coe, of St. Aidans.

The church of St. Silas, in the Preston New road and parish of St Paul, was erected in 1897, at a cost of £10,000, from designs by Messrs. Paley and Austin, architects, of Lancaster, and is a building of stone, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, north transept, vestries and a western tower with spire: it will seat 609 persons. The living is a vicarage, in the gift of H. Harrison esq. and others, and held since 1900 by the Rev. Ernest John Bardsley M.A. of Worcester College, Oxon.

Blackburn is within the Catholic diocese of Salford.

St. Alban’s Catholic church, St. Alban’s place, Larkhill, was erected in 1824, and in 1883 a stone facade and tower, 90 feet high, was added at a cost of upwards of £2,000, in the Romanesque style, from designs by Mr. William S. Varley F.R.I.B.A. of Blackburn. A new church in the Gothic style of the 13th century was erected in 1901 on the site of the old one, at a cost of £20,000, from designs of Mr. Edward Goldie, architect, of London.

St. Anne’s Catholic church and school, in France street, King street, built in 1849, will seat 700 persons; new schools were erected in Princes street, in 1897, at a cost of £7,000, for 1,000 children.

St. Joseph’s Catholic church, at Audley, is of red brick with stone dressings in the Italian style, with aisles: over the altar is a painting representing St. Joseph and the Virgin Mary leading Jesus back from Jerusalem: there are several stained windows erected by the Shakeshaft family, who also presented the land on which the church presbytery and schools are built: around the walls of the church are 12 large paintings of the Apostles, by Stoppoloni, of Rome, and in the lady chapel is an altar of marble and alabaster, with carved figures of St. Dominic, the Blessed Virgin and St. Alphonsus: a new organ was provided in 1903 at a cost of £600: the church will seat 900 persons: adjoining are schools.

St. Mary’s Catholic church, Islington, was erected in 1864 at a cost of £5,000, and consists of chancel, nave and aisles: there are sittings for 650 persons. The Catholic church of St. Peter, Mill hill, was erected, in 1889, at a cost of £7,000, from designs by Mr. Edward Simpson, architect, of Bradford, and will seat 614 persons.

The Convent of the Sisters of Notre Dame, Brook house, is situated on the Whalley New road, in the midst of its own extensive pleasure grounds; connected with it is & girls’ higher grade school and a pupil teachers’ college.

St. George’s Presbyterian church, in the Preston New road, erected in 1868, is a building of stone, consisting of nave, aisles, transept and a lofty tower with spire: there are sittings for 1,050 persons.

The Old Congregational chapel, in Chapel street, founded in 1778, was partially destroyed by fire in 1872: the new church, built at a cost of £20,000, is of stone in the Early Decorated style, and consists of nave, aisles, transept and a lofty tower with spire, and will seat 1,104 persons.

The Congregational chapel, in James street, wag erected in 1842, and seats 1,000; in 1904 extensive alterations were made at a cost of £300.

The Congregational church, in Park road, opened in 1852, is in the Decorated style, and consists of nave and aisles, with sittings for 900 persons; adjoining the chapel are schools, erected at a cost of £6,000 by James and William Pakington esqrs.; the upper room, used as a concert and lecture room, has a fine orchestra and will seat about 700.

Congregational church, Audley Range, was erected in 1888 at a cost of £7,000.

The Baptist chapel, with Sunday school attached, in Leamington road, was erected in 1896 at a cost of about £6,000, and will seat 800. For list of places of worship.

The Cemetery, opened in 1857, lies on the hill side about a mile from the town, on the Whalley and Clitheroe road; it comprises 41 acres and contains three chapels in the Gothic style for the Established Church. Catholics and Dissenters respectively. The cost of land and boundary walls, laying out the ground and building the chapels was £19,000. The cemetery is under the control of the corporation.

The Town Hall and Central Police Station, in the Market place, opened in 1856, is a building of stone in the Italian style, erected at a cost of £30,000 from designs by Mr. Patterson, of Blackburn, and includes a large assembly room 116 by 50 feet and capable of seating 1,200 persons, two police courts, mayor’s parlour, clerk’s office, solicitors’ and other rooms; on the east side are police offices and the prison, containing eighteen cells. There is a district police station at Copy Nook, with cells for four prisoners, erected in 1883 at a cost of £1,400, and others at Bussell street and Duckworth street, both erected in 1890 at a about £850, each having two cells.

The Municipal Offices, in Victoria street, and near to the Town hall, were built in 1880, at a cost of £8,330, and contain offices for the borough treasurer, the water and gas engineers, water manager and gas and water rate collectors. The Corporation Score Yard, at Islington, covers an area of 17,526 square yards and is used jointly by the highways and scavenging departments.

The Exchange Hall, opposite the Town hall, a building of Perpendicular style, from the designs of Mr. Brakspere, architect, of Manchester, was erected in 1864 at a cost of £12,000, and is the property of A. Nuttall esq. J.P.: it includes an octagonal tower with spire and balcony, erected in 1897, and a large Exchange room 128 by 53 feet, with an orchestra and seats for 1,500 persons; there is also an assembly room, seating 400 persons.

The County Court Offices, in Victoria street erected in 1862, at a cost of £3,000, include a Court room with the usual apartments for the registrar and his staff. The Blackburn District Registry has also been located here since 1 May, 1890.

The County Police Offices, erected in 1873, at a cost of £4,000, contain a court room, magistrates’ room, superintendent's, sergeant's constables’ houses, offices, stables and four cells.

The New Palace Theatre, in Jubilee street, was erected in 1899, at a cost of £35,000.

The General Market, erected in 1848, at a cost of nearly £30,000, is 186 feet long by 109 feet wide and has an area of 2,253 square yards. The market house, erected in 1872, is 74 feet long by 80 feet wide, with an area of 657 square yards. The Fish Market, erected in 1874, is 80 feet long by 30 feet wide, with an area of 264 square yards, and the uncovered-market has an area of 12,400 square yards. On the top of the market tower is a time ball, which falls daily at one o'clock by an electric current from Greenwich Observatory, and the same current also fires the time gun at the store yard.

The Cattle Market, Harrison street, contains an area of 9,151 square yards, and was built at a cost of £83635, exclusive of land, which is held on perpetual chief rent from the lord of the manor. There is a siding from the railway.

The Public Slaughter Houses, adjoining the cattle market, contain an area of 2,138 square yards, and were erected at a cost of £5,359.

The Public Baths, built in 1868 and extended in 1884, at a total cost of £7,756, comprise a first-class swimming bath 60 feet by 36 feet, and varying in depth from 6 feet 6 inches, a second-class swimming bath 60 feet by 34 feet of similar depth, and 29 slipper baths for men and 7 for women. Special times are arranged for use of both swimming baths by women during the summer months. The Fire Brigade Station, built at a cosh of £6,280, comprises a residence for the superintendent inspector and 17 cottages for firemen. There are three steam fire-engines, two fire escapes and two hose carriers. A club room is provided for the use of the members of the brigade.

The Free Libraries Act of 1850 was adopted here in 1853 and the library was opened tot he public at the beginning of the year 1862. The building which occupies a central position in Library street, is a structure in the Gothic style, from designs by Mr. Thomas E. Collcutt, architect, of London, and was erected in 1872—3 at a cost of about £12 000 including fittings, with the exception of the fine sculptured panels contributed by various donors. The building was extended in 1893 at a cost of £7,000, engineer. The library contains 63,000 volumes, including a complete and readily available series of specifications of patents, and here is also a lending library, reference library, news room, and ladies’ reading room. The whole of the first floor is appropriated to the museum, which contains a very fine collection of Lancashire birds, besides antiquities and collections of various kinds, and art and sculpture galleries. The library is managed by a committee composed in part of members of the council, and is open from 10 a.m. to 9.45 p.m. and the museum and art gallery from 10 a.m. till dusk daily.

Here are the head quarters of the 3rd Lancashire Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers) (Heavy Artillery), and the 1st Volunteer Battalion East Lancashire Regiment.

The incorporated Law Association, incorporated 9th Sept. 1882, is intended for solicitors practising within a radius of 6 miles from the Town hall at Blackburn. The library is at Richmond chambers.

The Catholic Club, in Lord street, was opened in 1889; there are now (1901) 120 members.

The Cobden Reform Club, in King William street, was opened in 1884, there are now (1904) 120 members.

The Conservative Club, founded June 13th, 1864, has premises in Church street, erected in 1883—4, comprising news room, morning, smoking and dining rooms, billiard room, committee rooms and lavatories, and has 420 members.

The Reform Club, in Victoria street, erected in 1862, at a cost, exclusive of furnishing, of upwards of £4,500, is a building of stone in the Italian style, with columns of the Corinthian order. There are about 200 members.

The New Orange Hall, Richmond terrace, was opened 29 March, 1890. There are 1,400 members.

The District Club, Library street, founded in 1876, is social and non-political. There are 76 members.

The Literary Club, founded in Cort street in 1862, occupies premises in Preston New road, containing debating, lecture, billiard and chess rooms.

The Union Club, in Church street, established in 1850, has a good billiard and news room. There are now (1904) 80 members.

On the Boulevard, facing the railway station, is a full-length marble statue of the late Rt. Hon. W. E. Gladstone P.O., M.P.

The Blackburn and District incorporated Chamber of Commerce was formed early in 1887: the offices are at 4 Richmond terrace.

Blackburn was celebrated as far back as 1650 for its manufacture of “checks;” this article was afterwards superseded by the “Blackburn greys,” which continued to be the staple trade until the invention of spinning by machinery, when, in the year 1764, James Hargreaves, a weaver, residing at Stand hill, near Blackburn, invented the spinning jenny: Hargreaves and his family spun weft for his own weaving; but his secret having been found out, a mob broke into his house, destroyed his machinery and threatened his life; he afterwards retired to Nottingham, where he died in 1778. Robert Peel, grandfather to the great statesman, resided in this neighbourhood, and was the first to establish, on a large scale, the factory system, which has superseded cotton spinning and weaving: his son, Sir Robert Peel, the first baronet, and father of the late prime minister, was born in Pish lane, 25th of April, 1750. This town is noted as having originated most of the other great modern improvements in the cotton trade, especially in the weaving branches; the products are calicoes, tanjibs, jacconets and other light cotton fabrics, mostly for the Indian market; the late Mr. Kenworthy and Mr. James Bullough contributed largely to these inventions.

There are several first-class engineering firms, as well as power loom machine makers, and several breweries, and six banking establishments and a savings bank; two weekly and two evening papers are also published. Large quantities of freestone, well adapted for buildings and heavy masonry, are quarried here.

The Fever Hospital, in Longshawe lane, the property of the Corporation, was erected in 1895 and enlarged in 1901, at a total cost of £36,000, and is available for 98 patients.

The Blackburn and East Lancashire infirmary, at Hollin bank, Bolton road, the foundation stone of which was laid on May 24th, 1858, was erected at a cost of about £25,000, and is a building in the Italian style, occupying an elevated position, and surrounded by about eight acres of land. In 1884, a wing was built at the south side at a cost of £5,000, and in 1895—6, further improvements and additions were made at a cost of £5,000, including the erection of a laundry, and a detached mortuary, and the re-construction of a block destroyed by a falling chimney. The new “Victoria” wing, completed in 1900, was erected at a cost of over £11,000, in commemoration of the Diamond Jubilee of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria. The infirmary contains about 110 beds. During the year 1903, 6,306 persons were treated, namely: 1,602 in-patients and 4,704 out-patients.

A Nurses’ Home was erected on the south side of the infirmary in 1893, at a cost of £6,000, exclusive of furnishing, and is available for over thirty nurses. There is also a private nursing staff in connection with the infirmary.

The Corporation Park, of 66 acres, delightfully situated on the side of the Revidge hill, to the west of the town, was opened in 1867, and cost £19,700; it is traversed by a stream of pure water and contains two ornamental lakes and two Russian guns, presented to the town by the Government after the Crimean campaign of 1854—5.

The Queen’s Park, situated on the east side of the town, and opened 20 June, 1887, at a cost of £15,000, consists of about 33 acres, with an ornamental lake of 4 ½ acres.

In 1770 the population of the township was 5,000; in 1801, 11,980; in 1821, 21,940; in 1831, 27,091; in 1841, 36,629; in 1851, 46,536; in 1861, 63,126; in 1871, 76,339; in 1881, 91,958; and in 1891, 104,342; the population of the municipal borough in 1881 was 104,014, and in 1891, Blackburn, 104,342; Little Harwood, 1,190; part of Livesey, 6,145; part of Lower Darwen, 3,363; part of Witton, 5,024; these have been consolidated and the area of the civil parish and municipal borough is now 7,418 acres; rateable value, £518,380; total population, 129,216, including 49 officials and their families and 1,010 inmates of the workhouse, 50 officials and their families and 86 inmates of the Blackburn and East Lancashire infirmary; 20 officials, and 62 inmates of the Fever Hospital.

The population of the municipal wards in 1901 was:-Park, 9,099; St. Andrew’s, 9,822; St. John’s, 8,167; St. Lukes, 8,811; St. Mark’s, 8,864; St. Mary’s, 6,957; St. Matthew’s, 10,408; St. Michael’s, 8,479; St. Paul’s, 10,210; St. Peter’s, 8,199; St. Silas’, 8,633; St. Stephen’s, 8,972; St. Thomas’, 12,293; and Trinity, 10,312.

The population of the ecclesiastical parishes in 1901 was:-St. Mary’s (parish church), 3,036; All Saints, Nova Scotia, 6,998; Christ Church, 13,162; Holy Trinity, 2,888; St. Barnabas, 6,843; St. James, 5,850; St. John the Evangelist, 7,333; St. Luke, 6,095; St. Matthew, Higher Audley, 7,722; St. Michael and All Angels, 19,128; St. Paul, 5,253; St. Peter, 3,198; St. Philip, Griffin, 4,149; St. Thomas, 13,227; St. Mark, Witton, 6,070; & St. Silas, 6,311.

The area of the parliamentary borough is 6,978 acres; the population in 1901 was 127,676.

The number of electors on the parliamentary register in 1904 was 20,600.

Petty Sessions are held at the County Police Court, King street, every Wednesday at 11 a.m.The following places are included in the petty sessional division:-Balderstone, Billington, Clayton-le-Dale, Dinckley, Dutton, Great Hawood, Livesey, Mellor, Osbaldeston, part of Oswaldtwistle, Pleasington, Ramsgreave, Ribchester, Rishton, Salesbury, Wilpshire & Witton.

BLACKBURN UNION

Offices, Cardwell place.

T N, 116.

The Union Offices, in Cardwell place, were built & furnished in 1887, at a cost of £12,000, exclusive of land. They contain a very fine board room & convenient committee rooms, suite of offices for the clerk & offices &c. for the relieving officers Board day, every alternate Saturday, at the offices, Cardwell place, at 10.30 a.m.The Union comprises the following places-Balderstone, Billington, Blackburn, Church, Clayton-le-Dale, Clayton-le-Moors, Darwen, Dinckley, Eccleshill, Great Harwood, Livesey, Mellor, Osbaldeston, Oswaldtwistle, Pleasington, Ramsgreave, Rishton, Salesbury, Tockholes, Wilpshire, Witton & Yate & Pickup Bank; the area of the union is 45,853 acres; rateable value in 1904, £917,246; population in 1901, 223,520.

The Workhouse (T.N. 103), opened in 1864, stands on a lofty acclivity south-past of the town: it was constructed for the reception of 800 inmates & built, at a cost of nearly £30,000, & has been enlarged to hold 1,200 at a further cost of £35,000.

PLACES OF WORSHIP, with times of Services

St. Mary’s Parish Church, Church street, St. Rev. Samuel Thornton D.D.; Rev. P. Lindon Parkyn M.A. & Rev. T. Lavery L.Th. curates; 8 & 10.30 a.m. & 3 (for men) & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. & Fri. 11 a.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

All Saints (Rushton Memorial), Nova Scotia, Rev. John Evan Samuel M.A. vicar; Rev. Arthur C. Duxbury, curate; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Christ Church, Grimshaw park, Rev. George Denyer, vicar; Revs. J. Fisher & G. H. Talboys, curates; Rev. Thomas Cole, curate in charge of St. Bartholomews, Ewood; 10.30 a.m. & 2.30 & 6.30 p.m.; Tues. 7.15 p.m.

Church of the Saviour, Longshaw lane (chapel of ease to, Christ Church); 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Thur. 7.15 p.m.

Emmanuel School Church, Wilson street, Rev. John E. Samuel; Rev. Arthur C. Duxbury, curate; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Thur. 7.30 p.m.

Holy Trinity, Mount Pleasant, Rev. Henry Samuel Robinson Thornton M.A. vicar; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.

St. John’s, Victoria street, Rev. Francis Peel Nash M.A.; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.

St. James’, Shear Brow, Rev. William Henry Palmer; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.

St. Paul’s, St. Pauls street, Rev. Benjamin Thompson; Rev. William John Hull, curate; 10.30 a.m. & 3 & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

St. Barnabas, Addison street, Rev. Philip Edward Thomas: Rev. Joseph Hugh Smith M.A. curate; 10.30 a.m.& 6.30 p.m.

St. Peter’s, Byrom street, Rev. Henry Stokes Noel Lenny M.A.: 8 & 10.30 a.m. & 3 & 6.30 p.m.; daily, 7.30 p.m.; thurs, 8 p.m.; h.c. 1st & 3rd Sunday.

St. Michael & All Angels, Whalley New road, Rev. William Thomason; 10.30 a.m. & 2.15 & 6.30 p.m.; Thur. 7.30 p.m.

St. Thomas’, Lambeth street, Rev. Frederick George Chevassut M.A.; Rev. William Walker M.A. & Rev. Thomas Huntington L.Th. curates; 10.30 a.m. & 2.30 & 6.30 p.m.; Tues. 7.30 p.m.

St. Mark’s, Witton, Rev. W. Fyldes M.A.; 8 & 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.

St. Matthew’s, Cambridge street, Rev. Gordon Coe; Rev. William Horne B.A. curate; 10.30 a.m. & 2.30 & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

St. Lukes, Bank top, Rev. John Noble; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.

St. Philip’s, Griffin, Witton, Rev. John Osborne Pinck M.A., D.D.; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.

St. Silas’s, Billinge, Rev. Ernest J. Bardsley M.A.; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.

All Saints’ Mission Room, Russell street; 7 p.m.

Christ Church Mission Room, John Thomas street; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.

St. Gabriel’s Mission Church, Pearl street, Whalley New road; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.

St. Stephen’s Mission Church, Little Harwood, Rev. Urbane Moorhouse, curate in charge; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.

St. James’ Mission Church, Pleckgate, 6.30 p.m.

St. Thomas’ Mission Room, Hozier st.; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.

Catholic (St. Alban), St. Alban’s place, Lark hill, Very Rev. Peter Lonsdale, dean; Rev. Andrew ivory, Rev. Cornelius Hughes, Rev. Bernard N. Morgan & Rev. Alex. Stewart, priests; masses, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11 a.m. & benediction, 6.30 p.m.; mass daily, 7 & 8 a.m.; benediction, Tues. & Thur. 7.30 p.m.

Catholic (St. Anne’s), France street, Very Rev. Dean Woods, Rev. Martin Walsh, Rev. Frederick Lynch, Rev. Francis Cassalls & Rev. John B. Brosnan, priests; 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; week days, 7, 7.30 & 8 a.m.; Thur. 7.30 p.m.

Catholic (St. Joseph), Mary street, Audley, Rt. Rev. Monsignor Canon Louis Maglione & Revs. Thomas Sharrock & Robert Walmsley, priests; mass, 8, 9.30 & 11 a.m. & benediction, 6.30 p.m.; week days, 7 & 8 a.m. & Tues. & Thur. 7.30 p.m.

Catholic (St. Mary’s), Islington, Rev. Thomas Bolton & Rev. Edward M. Bray, priests; mass, 8, 9, 10 & 11 a.m. & benediction, 6.30 p.m.; week days, 7.30 & 8.15 a.m.; Thur. 7.30 p.m.

Catholic (St. Peter’s), Mill Hill, Rev. Patrick Joseph Kirwan & Rev. Samuel McKeogh, priests; 8, 9, 10 & 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; thur. 7.30 p.m.

Catholic Apostolic, Regent street, Thomas Snailham; 10 a.m. 2.30, 5 & 6 p.m.; Wed. 9.30 a.m.; tues, Thur. & sat. 6 a.m. & 5 p.m.; Thur. 7.45 p.m.; Fri. 9.30 a.m.

Baptist, Montague street, Rev. Joseph Farquhar M.A.; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Tues. 7.45 p.m.

Baptist, Leamington road (vacant); 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 8 p.m.

Baptist (Particular), Islington, Thomas Stansfield, pastor; 10.30. a.m. & 2.30 & 6.30 p.m.; Thur. 7 p.m.

Christian Brethren’s Meeting House, Anvil street; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.

Congregational: —

Chapel street, Rev. Fred. Hibbert; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Audley Range; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; tues, 7.30 p.m.

Montague street, Rev. Fredk. Robinson; 10,30 a.m.& 6.30 p.m.

Furthergaite (Artillery street) (vacant); 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Tues. 7.30 p.m.

James street, Rev. John Petrie Wilson; 10.30 a.m. & 8.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Mill hill, Rev. James William Rose; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Park rend, Rev. William Lawson Forster; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Thur. 7.45 p.m.

Thompson street, Witton; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Four Lane Ends School Chapel (vacant); 10.45 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Tues. 7.30 p.m.

Evangelical Protestant Church, Fecitt Brow; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.

Methodist Free Church, Fielden street; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.

Methodist Free Church, Regent street; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Mon. & Thur. 8 p.m.

Methodist Free Church, Derby street; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Methodist Free Church, Knuzden; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; alternate Wed. 7.30 p.m.

New Jerusalem. Anvil street; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.

Presbyterian Church, of England (St, George’s), Preston New road, Rev. J. H. Chambers Macauley M.A.; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 8 p.m.

Presbyterian Church of England, Whalley Range, Rev. James J. Glover; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Thur. 7.30 p.m.

Presbyterian Church of England (St. George’s) Mission Boom, Blakey street; 2.30 & 7 p.m.; Thur. 7.30 p.m.

Primitive Methodist: —

First Circuit, Rev. Thomas R. Maland (supt.) & Rev. Fredk.

J. Hopkins.

Montague street, 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.

Mosley street, Grimshaw park, 10.45 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Salisbury street, Daisyfield; 10.45 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Greenfield street, Witton; 10.46 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Bentham street, Mill hill, 10.45 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Second Circuit, Rev. Samuel Johnson.

Oxford street; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Tues. & Thur.7.30 p.m.

St. James’ road; 10.45 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Wesleyan (Blackburn Circuit): —

Rev. George Woodcock (supt.), Rev. John Dugdale, Rev. R. Stafford; Brealy, Rev. Ralph H. Williams & Rev. George M. Chesters.

Clayton street; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; sat. 7.30 p.m.

Preston New road (Trinity); 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed.8 p.m.

Harwood street; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7.15 p.m.

Altom street; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Alice street; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Thur. 7.30 p.m.

Haslingden road; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Mon. 7.30 p.m.

Benson st. Little Harwood; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.Stolen from Fore-bears

Regent street; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Salvation Army, local head quarters, Merchant street; barracks, 5 & 7 Cowell street; Ordnance street, Bottomgate & Wellington street, Mill hill; mission room, Angela street, Mill hill.

Society of Friends’ Meeting house, King street.

Jewish Synagogue, Paradise lane, Rev. Abraham Newman, rabbi; 9 a.m. & 6 p.m. sat.

Gospel Hall (undenominational), Victoria street; 10.30 a.m. & 3.15 & 6.30 p.m.; Thur. & sat. 7.30 p.m.

Gospel Hall, Oxford street; 3.15 & 6.30 p.m.; Thur. 7.30 p.m.

Ecclesia of the Messiah, 15 Exchange street; 6.30 p.m.

Church Army (Christ Church), Eccles row; 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.; sat. 6.30 p.m.

Bible Christians, Central hall, Simmons street; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.

Bible Christian Mission, Higher Audley street; sundays, 11 & 6.30 p.m.; Tues. & Thur. 7.30 p.m.

Latter Day Saints, Mincing lane; sundays, 2.30 & 6.30 p.m.

Spiritualists’ Hall, Derby street.

Christadelphian Mission Boom, Victoria street, 6.30 p.m.

SCHOOLS

The Grammar School of Queen Elizabeth, West Park road, now a secondary school, was founded in 1567 & rebuilt in 1883—4 at a cost of between £7,000 & £8,000, from designs by Mr. Frederick J. Robinson, architect, of Derby. The buildings occupy an elevated & healthy site on the western boundary of the Corporation park, & comprise a large school room, class rooms, dining hall, chemical & physical laboratories & lecture rooms, gymnasium & headmaster’s house. Large playgrounds, nearly two acres in extent, adjoin the school. There is an exhibition of £50 yearly, tenable for four years at Oxford or Cambridge, founded by the late John Tattersall esq. & restricted to boys who have been four years at the school. There are also twelve free scholarships, tenable for three years at the school, four of which are competed for annualiy, and are open to boys attending any public elementary school in Blackburn: there are now (1904) about 90 boys. The income from the endowment is about £130 yearly, derived from rent charges, land &c.; this endowment has been increased from a legacy of £10,000 left by the late Mrs. Dodgson in 1884. Robert Bolton B.D. vicar of Broughton, Northants. 1607—31, an eminent Puritan divine, was educated here, as also was Laurence Anderton, the Jesuit & theologian, who died April, 1643. The school is controlled by a body of governors, 20 in number, consisting of 10 governors elected by the Town Council & the County Borough Education Committee conjointly & 10 co-optative governors. Chairman, E. C. Radcliffe esq. J.P.

The Municipal Technical School, in Blakey moor, was founded in 1887, & the foundation stone laid by the Prince of Wales in 1888: the first portion was opened in 1891, & extended in 1894. The principal object is to afford instruction in all the technicalities of weaving &c. & for this purpose a large well-equipped weaving shed has been erected at the rear of the main building, & in addition, the curriculum of the school includes all the subjects of a well-graded continuation school, full course of instruction in art & industrial design & science, with extensive accommodation for practical chemistry & all the usual commercial subjects-e.g., bookkeeping, shorthand & modern languages: an extensive scheme is under consideration for the teaching (theoretically & practically) of engineering. The buildings have cost about £60,000. There are now (1904) 1,633 students. The school is governed by the Secondary Education & Technical Instruction Sub-Committee, appointed by the Blackburn Education Committee. The Sub-Committee consists of 30 members, & includes members of the Corporation & others representing various educational interests. Chairman, Councillor J. Higginson; Vice-chairman, W. E. Bickerdike; Secretary, N. Taylor, Library street. T N 353.

Council Schools

Mill Hill (mixed & infants), for 1,200 children; average attendance, 313 mixed & 173 infants.

Princes street (mixed & infants), for 520 children; average attendance, 170 mixed & 120 infants.

Four Lanes End, (mixed & infants), erected in 1894, for 200 children; average attendance, 182.

Moss Street, Daisyfield, for 651 boys, girls & infants; average attendance, 620.

Accrington road (mixed & infants), erected in 1900, for 590 children; average attendance, 239 mixed & 181 infants.

West street, Bank Top (mixed & infants), for 644 children; average attendance, 286 mixed & 145 infants.

Audley Range (mixed & infants), for 880 children; average attendance, 410 mixed & 175 infants.

Harwood street (mixed & infants), for 680 children; average attendance, 600.

St. Mary’s (parish), Higher Grade, Church street, erected on glebe land near the church, at a cost of £4,100, for 864 children; average attendance, 275 boys, 200 girls & 50 infants.

All Saints’ (mixed) & infants), Bolton road, for 510 children; average attendance, 300.

Christ Church, Mosley street, Grimshaw park, built in 1867, at the expense of Mr. & Miss Hopwood, of Blackburn, for 1,238 children; average attendance, 820.

Emmanuel (mixed), Wilson street, for 716 children; average attendance, 613.

Holy Trinity, Cleaver street & Mount Pleasant, for 908 children; average attendance, 188 boys, 227 girls & 230 infants.

St. Andrew’s National, Livesey Branch road (mixed & infants), for 427 children; average attendance, 182 mixed & 130 infants.

St. Barnabas’ (mixed), Johnson street, for 724 children; average attendance, 358 mixed & 175 infants.

St. Bartholomew’s, Bolton road (mixed & infants), built in 1897, for 276 children; average attendance, 170 mixed & 80 infants.

St. Francis, Norfolk street, Mill Hill (mixed), for 177 children; average attendance, 176.

St. Gabriel’s, Pearl street (mixed), erected 1900, for 197 children; average attendance, 174.

St. James’ (mixed), Oozebooth terrace, Shear brow, erected in 1877, & enlarged, in 1895, for 300 children; average attendance, 170.

St. John’s, Altom street, for 1,320 children; average attendance, 800.

St. Luke’s, Duckworth street (mixed & infants), for 650 children; average attendance, 400.

St. Mark’s, Bedlam (infants), for 229 children; average attendance, 90.

St. Matthew’s, Cambridge street (mixed & infants), for 721 children; average attendance, 358 mixed & 147 infants.

St. Michael’s, Whalley New road, for 1,003 children; average attendance, 520.

St. Paul’s (mixed), St. Paul’s street, for 913 children; average attendance, 200 boys, 190 girls & 150 infants.

St. Peter’s, Byrom street, enlarged in 1891 at a cost of £1,700, for 900 children; average attendance, 340.

St. Phillip’s (Griffin), Witton, for 800 children; average attendance, 150 boys, 151 girls & 201 infants.

St. Silas’, New Bank rood (mixed & infants), for 678 children; average attendance, 342 mixed & 162 infanta.

St. Stephens, Little Harwood (mixed & infants), for 670 children; average attendance, 600.

St. Thomas, Lambeth street, built in 1872, at a cost of £4.494, for 842 children; average attendance, 200 boys, 240 girls & 263 infants.

Wensley Fold, Wensley Fold (mixed & infants), for 501 children; average attendance, 299 mixed & 123 infants.

Catholic.

Catholic Higher Grade (boys), St Alban’s place, for 180 children; average attendance, 60.

Catholic, Higher Grade (girls), Convent of Notre Dame, Whalley New road.

St. Albans, Lark hill, for 1,600 children; average attendance, 900.

St. Anne’s, Princes street, erected in 1897—8, for 1,000 children; average attendance, 298 boys, 285 girls & 228 infants.

St. Joseph’s, Mary street, Audley, for 1,147 children; average attendance, 256 boys, 246 girls & 184 infants; girls taught by the Sisters of Notre Dame.

St. Mary’s, Dean street (enlarged in 1839), for 800 children; average attendance, 187 boys, 309 girls & 169 infants; girls & infants taught by the Sisters of Notre Dame.

St. Patrick’s, Quarry street (infants), for 160 children; average attendance, 41; taught by the Sisters of Notre Dame.

St Peter’s, Mill Hill (mixed & infants), for 1,145 children; average attendance, 459; taught by the Sisters of Notre Dame.

Congregational, Park road (mixed & infants), for 972 children; average attendance, 384 boys & girls & 208 infants.

Presbyterian, St. George’s, Whalley range (mixed & infants), for 815 children; average attendance, 680.

Primitive Methodist, St. James’ road, built June, 1891 for 214 children: an infants’ school added in 1894, and enlarged at a cost of £600, lor 364 children; average attendance, 360.

Primitive Methodist, Maudsley street (mixed & infants), for 792 children; average attendance, 300 mixed & 125 infants.

Blackburn High School for Girls, Preston New road, Miss Florence Tate LL.A. headmistress.

Blackburn & District Pupil Teachers’ School; John D. Baxter B.A. master, St Peters street.