Burnley is a small market-town, twenty-six miles from Manchester, built in a semicircular form, and situated in a narrow, fertile, and woody vale, on the margin of the river Calder to the south, and the river Burn towards the north, which unite a little below the town. The same increase of population, as in other parts of Lancashire, is to be observed here. The houses have in general a very neat appearance, being principally built of the excellent tree-stone which is procured in great abundance very near the town, which contains five thousand inhabitants.

The market is on Monday, chiefly for corn.

The trade of this town was formerly confined to woollen or worsted goods, but of late years the cotton manufacture, in all its branches, has been successfully introduced. There are several fulling-mills for woollens among the many cotton machines and printing works in the vicinity of the town.

The Leeds and Liverpool Canal, which forms a junction between the Irish and German ocean, nearly surrounds the town, and has increased its trade and prosperity.

Besides free-stone, coal, slate, and some lead-mines have been discovered in the bleak and high grounds that surround the town.

Few situations in England are more eligible for hunting and shooting, the adjacent moors affording abundance of game, and several packs of hounds are kept in the neighbourhood.

The Church is large, and handsomely built of free-stone; it is a curacy under Whalley, and reckoned one of the best livings in these parts. There are, besides, several meeting-houses for dissenters.

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BURNLEY is a market and union town, and a parliamentary, municipal and county borough, head of a petty sessional division and a county court district, on a small stream called the Burn, from which the town takes its name, about a mile and a half from its confluence with the Calder; it lies chiefly in a narrow valley of the Leeds and Liverpool canal, and has five stations on the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway, 217 ½ miles from London, 6 north-east from Acorington, 11 ¼ east-north-east from Blackburn, 181 north from Bury, 7 north from Bacup, 47 north-east from Liverpool, 43 ¼ from Leeds, 43 ½ south-east from Lancaster, 28 ½ north from Manchester, 35 north-east from Ormskirk, 22 ½ east from Preston, 30 ½ from Southport, 34 ½ north from Stockport, in the Clitheroe division of the county, higher division of Blackburn hundred, rural deanery of Burnley, archdeaconry of Blackburn and diocese of Manchester.

There are five railway stations in the borough,” Bank Top,” “Manchester road,”” Burnley barracks,””Towneley,” and “Bose Grove,” all on the Lancashire and Yorkshire line. The Liverpool and Leeds canal has warehouses in the Manchester road and Rose Grove, affording a ready means of transit for the heavier kinds of merchandise, such as coal, stone and slate.

A steam tramway was opened in September, 1881, from Nelson through the centre of Burnley to Padiham, a distance of about six miles, but in March, 1902, it was re-converted into an electric tramway, and in July, 1903, branch lines were opened to Towneley, Rosegrove and Manchester road.

A Roman road, leading from Ribchester to Halifax, passed through the town, which is still known as the Long Causeway in the township of Oliviger. The same road was adopted by the Saxons and the Danes, who afterwards colonised the district. There are also several undoubted Roman camps in the neighbourhood, such as those on Twist Hill and Worsthorne Moor; and that Burnley was occupied by the Roman colonists is pretty evident from the number of coins of that nation, and fragments of pottery, urns &c. found in the vicinity. Several Saxon remains have also been discovered, such as tumuli, funeral urns &c. A short distance from the town is a place called Saxifield, said to have been the scene of the battle of Brunanburh, A.D. 937. Paulinus, about A.D. 627, is said to have visited Burnley, on a mission from Rome; and the remains of an ancient cross, erected to commemorate his preaching, still exists on a site near the Grammar school, to which it was removed from Godley lane, near the town, where, previous to the erection of a chapel, religious rites were performed.

The town was incorporated by Royal Charter, 24 Oct. 1861: the corporation, consisting of 48 members, comprising 12 aldermen and 36 councillors. The borough, divided under “Burnley Borough improvement Act, 1871,” into eight wards, now, by the “Burnley Corporation Act, 1889,” comprises 12 wards, including portions of the townships of Burnley, Habergham, Raves, Briercliffe, Ightenhill, and Reedley Hallows, Filly Close and New Laund Booth, all which have been united into one civil parish, called the parish of Burnley, under the “Local Government Act, 1894”; under the provisions of the “Local Government Act, 1888,” Burnley was declared a “County Borough.” A court of quarter sessions was granted by Royal Charter in June, 1893. The borough has also a commission of the peace.

The Parliamentary borough, constituted by the “Bepresentation of the People Act, 1867,” comprises the parish of Burnley, the township of Brunshaw, portions of the townships of Habergham Raves and Ightenhill, and returns one member.

The streets are well paved and lighted with gas from works which became the property of the Corporation in 1855, and were extended in 1891. There is also an electric lighting and power station, opened in 1893. An abundant supply of water is furnished by the Corporation, who acquired the works in 1846, and completed them at a cost of £70,000: there are reservoirs at Swinden and Hecknest, and one at Cant Clough, completed in 1892, with a compensation reservoir at Lee Green; the total capacity of these reservoirs is 440,000,000 gallons.

The parochial chapel or church of St. Peter, an ancient edifice of stone, dating from the reign of Henry VII. consists of chancel, nave, aisles and an embattled western tower, with pinnacles, containing 8 bells, dating from 1802 to 1857, and a clock: the east window is stained, and was erected in 1854, by the parishioners “as a mark of respect and esteem for their beloved minister” Archdeacon Master: there are several ancient monuments of the Towneley family and others, including one to Charles-Towneley, founder of the “Towneley” collection of marbles, now in the British Museum, who died at Westminster, January 3rd, 1805: a brass eagle lectern was presented by the ladies of the congregation in 1875 as a memorial to Gen. the Hon. Sir J. Y. Scarlett G.C.B.: the south aisle or Stansfield chapel retains, built into the wall, an ancient coffin lid, carved with a floriated cross and a dagger: in this aisle is also a bust of General Scarlett, d. 6 Dec. 1871; a mural monument of white marble to Clara, wife of Major Thursby (1867): in the baptistery is a mural medallion to Robert Townley Parker esq. of Extwistle and Cuerden, d. 11 Aug. 1879: there is a memorial window to Jane Constance Robinson, d. 1876, and others to John Heelis J.P., Miss Susannah Buck and her sister, Elizabeth Ledgard, Jane Haslam, and to Richard Greenhalgh, for 17 years sexton of the church. In the Towneley chapel, at the east end of the north aisle, are mural monuments of the 17th and 18th centuries and two altar tombs to the members of that family: the font is 16th century work: the church was thoroughly repaired in 1854: in 1873 the chancel was restored and extended as a memorial to General the Hon. Sir J. Yorke Scarlett G.C.B. at a cost of upwards of £4,000, and the church was restored at a cost of £2,062, and in 1903 the south and west galleries were removed, the tower arch opened, a marble flooring laid down in the tower, and the west window filled with stained glass: this part of the church, now formed into a baptistery, is a memorial to the late Rev. Canon Arthur Towneley Parker M.A. rector here 1858—1901: the church affords sittings for 1,550 persons: in the churchyard, near the east end of the church, is a large granite cross, erected in memory of Mrs. Parker. The registers date from the year 1562, and are in good condition. The living is a rectory, net yearly value £2,000, and is now (1904) vacant. In 1890, by Act of Parliament, the late patron transferred the patronage after his death or resignation to the Bishopric of Manchester, and by the same Act the rector of Burnley is a Suffragan Bishop of the diocese of Manchester, bearing the title of “Bishop of Burnley.”

Holy Trinity, Habergham Eaves, is an ecclesiastical parish, formed 3 Jan. 1843, out of Whalley parish: the church, in Accrington road, is a building of stone in the Early English style and consists of chancel, nave, aisles and an embattled western tower, with pinnacles, containing a dock and 8 bells: there is a stained window, jointly given by James Roberts esq. the family of the late Mrs. Veevers, of Coal Clough, and the scholars of the Sunday schools: the eagle lectern was the gift of the late Richard Shaw esq. M.P., J.P. d. 1876, and the font was presented by the family of the late James Roberts esq.: the church was restored in 1890, at a cost of £556, and has sittings for 1,190 persons, of which 600 are free. The register dates from the year 1837. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £380, with residence, in the gift of Hulme’a trustees, and held since 1898 by the Rev. Alfred William Moore Weatherly M.A. of Brasenose College, Oxford, and surrogate.

St. Andrew’s ecclesiastical parish was formed 19 Dec. 1867 out of St. Peters parish: the church, in Burnley lane, and built in 1867, is an edifice in the Early English style, consisting of apsidal chancel, nave, aisles, north porch, and a tower with spire at the south-west angle containing a clock and one bell: the apse was added in 1899, when the chancel was refitted and other improvements made: there are 558 sittings. The register dates from the year 1867. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £339, in the gift of the Bishop of Manchester, and held since 1894 by the Rev. Charles Jones B.A. of the University of London, and surrogate.

St. Catherine’s is an ecclesiastical parish, formed May 4th, 1897, out of the parish of St. Peter: the church, in Todmorden road, is a building of stone and brick, in the Early English stye, erected at a cost of £8,150, and consists of chancel, with south chapel and nave: over the altar is a wrought iron canopy: the chancel, south chapel and organ chamber were inclosed with wrought iron screens at Whitsuntide, 1900. The communion plate includes a chalice bearing the date 1420: there are 700 sittings. The register dates from the year 1897. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £150, in the gift of the rector of Burnley, and held since 1807 by the Rev. Alfred Blakey Edlestone, of Trinity College, Dublin.

St. James's parish was formed 28 Nov. 1844, out of Whalley parish: the church, in Bethesda street, consecrated in 1849, is a building of stone, in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, vestries, organ chamber, south porch and a western tower with spire containing 2 bells: the stained east window is a memorial to Mr. and Mrs. C. Metcalfe, and was erected from a bequest of £300 left by the former: there is another memorial window to Mrs. Winfield and a tablet, to the Rev. Hugh Stamer B.A. first vicar of this church: in 1904 a reredos was erected by the members of the congregation at a cost of £120, as a memorial to Her late Majesty Queen Victoria, who died 22 Jan. 1901: the church was restored and beautified in 1874, 1884 and 1891, at a cost of £2,888, and affords 565 sittings, of which 303 are free. The register dates from the year 1849. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £310, in the gift of the Crown and the Bishop of Manchester alternately, and held since 1887 by the Rev. Benjamin Winfield B.A. of the University of London.

St. Paul’s, Lane Bridge, is an ecclesiastical parish, formed out of Whalley parish in 1845, by successive Orders in Council, dated September 3rd and 16th and November 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th: the boundaries were altered December 9th, 1851, so as to include parts of Burnley, St. Peter: and again February 27th, 1880, by the addition of parts of Burnley and Holy Trinity, Habergham Raves, and in 1898 a large portion of this parish situated in Burnley Wood was ceded to the parish of St. Stephen’s. The church is a building of stone in the Norman style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, and a tower at the north-west angle with spire and containing one bell: the east window and two others are stained: the church was restored in 1874 at a cost of £2,730, and affords sittings for 759 persons, of which 349 are free. The register dates from the year 1846. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £370, in the gift of the Crown and the Bishop of the diocese alternately, and held since 1885 by the Rev. William Elton M.A. of Trinity College, Dublin.

St. Margaret’s is an ecclesiastical parish, formed in 1898: the church, in Abel street, erected in 1898 at a cost of about £6,000, is a structure of brick and terra cotta in the Gothic style, and consists of chancel, nave, transepts and a chapel: there are 540 sittings. The register dates from the year 1898. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £275, in the gift of the rector of Burnley, and held since 1898 by the Rev. Charles Fisher, of St. Bees: the endowment was the gift of the late Rev. Canon Arthur Townley Parker M.A.

St. John the Baptist, Gannow, is an ecclesiastical parish, formed September 14th, 1880, out of Holy Trinity, Burnley West: the church, in Gannow lane, is a building of stone in the Early English style, erected in 1880 and 1891—2, at a cost of £12,500, and consisting of chancel, nave, transepts and north porch, with massive tower, erected in 1891: the chancel is divided by oaken screens from the organ chamber and the side aisle: the pulpit and font are of alabaster: the church is now (1904) being renovated: there are sittings for 800 persons. The register dates from the year 1879. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £290, in the gift of the rector of Burnley, and held since 1880 by the Rev. William Joseph Gerratt, of St. Bees, and surrogate.

St. Matthew’s is an ecclesiastical parish, formed April 30th, 1880, from the parishes of Holy Trinity, Habergham Raves and St. Paul’s, Lane Bridge: the church, off Manchester road, built in 1879 at a cost of £8,108, is an edifice in the Gothic style of the 13th century, and consists of chancel, nave, south aisle with side chapel, organ chamber and north and south porches: the chancel is inclosed by open screens, and there is a pulpit and a reredos of alabaster, the latter added in 1891: a north aisle and vestries were added in 1894, at a cost of £1,300: there are 620 sittings. The register dates from the year 1870. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £320, with residence, in the gift of the rector of Burnley, and held since 1896 by the Rev. Samuel Edmond Clarke M.A. of St. Mary Hall, Oxford.

All Saints, Habergham, is an ecclesiastical parish, formed Sept. 3rd, 1845, out of the parish of Whalley: the church is a building of stone in the Gothic style, consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave, aisles, north and south porches and a western tower with spire containing one bell: the font is of Caen stone: the church, during 1885—91, was re-decorated and a new organ provided at a cost of £1,000, and in 1903 new vestries were built: there are 754 sittings, of which 400 are free. The register dates from the year 1849. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £213, with residence, built in 1902, in the gift of the Crown and Bishop alternately, and hold since 1898 by the Rev. Thomas Henry Taylor B.A. of Durham University.

St. Stephen’s is an ecclesiastical parish, formed August 19th. 1879, from the parishes of St. Peter’s, Burnley, and St. Paul’s, Lane Bridge: the church, in Oxford road, was built in 1879 at a cost of £10,070, and is an edifice of stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, north and west porches and an embattled tower with pinnacles at the north-west angle containing one bell: the east window is a memorial to Mrs. Parkinson, of Hollingreave: the church will seat 620 persons. The register dates from the year 1879. The living is a vicarage, neb yearly value £300, in the gift of the rector of Burnley, and held since 1879 by the Rev. James Cranbrook B.A. of Trinity College, Dublin, and surrogate.

The Catholic church, in East gate, dedicated to St. Mary, and opened in 1849, is a building of stone in the Gothic style, consisting of chancel, nave of six bays, aisles, north and south porches and a western tower containing one bell: the altar, of Caen stone, is from designs by the late E. Welby Pugin esq.: in 1879 a memorial chapel was decorated by the widow and daughters of the last heir of the Towneley family: on each side of the chancel arch are marble statuettes, under Caen stone canopies, of St. Joseph and Our Lady of Wisdom: there are sittings for 1,000 persons. Adjoining the Catholic church is a convent for Sisters of Mercy.

A Catholic chapel, used also as a day school, and dedicated to St. John the Baptist, was opened October, 1893: the building, which is of stone, was erected at a cost of about £3,000, and has 600 sittings.

There are Wesleyan, Baptist, Congregational, Unitarian and Primitive Methodist chapels.

The cemetery, 26 acres in extent, is at Rose Grove, and was opened in 1856. It has three mortuary chapels, for the Church of England, Nonconformists and Catholics respectively, and one mortuary house, and is under the control of a committee of the Burnley Corporation.

The Burnley Municipal Buildings, comprising Town Hall, Police Court, cells and Public Baths, situated in Manchester road, are in the Italian style, from designs by Messrs. Holtom and Fox, architects, of Dewsbury, and together cost about £55,000: the Town Hall was erected in 1885—8, and the baths in 1886—7: on the ground floor are offices for the town cleric, borough surveyor and borough treasurer; on the first floor the council chamber, mayor’s parlour and reception and committee rooms; the second floor comprises a dining, kitchen and store rooms; on the base-meat are offices for magistrates’ clerks and chief constable, court rooms, retiring rooms for magistrates and other offices. The Baths contain two large plunge baths and slipper and vapour baths.

A charter for the holding of a market was first granted in the reign of Edward I. The markets and fairs were acquired by the Corporation by Act of Parliament in 1865.

The Market Hall, in the Market square, built by the Corporation at a cost of £10,750 and opened in January 1870, is an edifice of stone in the Palladian style, from designs by the late Mr. James Green, architect, of Portsmouth, near Todmorden, and is 180 feet long, 116 wide and 40 high: there are 32 shops round the area and stalls in the centre, the whole of which is covered by a roof of wrought iron and lighted from above.

The weekly markets are on Saturday and Monday, for meat and vegetables; the cattle market is in Parker lane, and there are abattoirs in Royle road, opened in 1879.

The Corporation Laboratory, for the use of the borough analyst under the Food and Drugs Acts, was opened in 1896.

The Mechanics’ institution, Exchange Building and School of Science, Art and Technology, standing at the junction of Yorke street and Manchester road, is a building in the Italian Renaissance style, originally erected in 1851—2 at a cost of £7,000, and enlarged in 1887—8 at a cost of £10,000. The exchange and reading rooms occupy part of the ground floor, and there is also a billiard room; the library contains 20,000 volumes, and has a circulation of over 45,000 volumes yearly; there is also a chemical laboratory for 30 students, and the general class-rooms hold 400 students; the science and art classes are conducted in connection with the department of the Board of Education at South Kensington, and the technical classes in connection with the City and Guilds of London institute. Classes are also held in commercial and general subjects, and there is an elementary school in connection with the Educational Department, Whitehall. The educational work of the institution has been taken over by the Education Committee of the Borough Council, who rent the school portion of the premises, and carry on a Higher Grade day school in addition to the work of the Science, Art and Technical school. The large hall or assembly room will seat 1,500. The members of the Exchange and institution now (1904) number 1,476.

The Technical School, in Elizabeth street, the property of the Burnley Corporation, was used previous to the erection of the new Town Hall for municipal purposes; in 1892 it was lot to the Mechanics institution for class lectures and practical work, and in 1893 the building was re-constructed and adapted to its present purpose, and now contains lecture rooms, weaving shed, joiners’ workshop with 25 benches, plumbers’ workshop and wood carving and laundry rooms. The classes in both the Technical School and the Mechanics’ institution are under the control of a joint committee of the institution and the Corporation: the buildings are available in all for 1,200 students. The Burnley Corporation make a grant to the school of £1,000 per annum from the revenue obtained from the customs and excise. The Burnley Education Committee has established a day school in this building for the blind and deaf.

The Burnley Church institute, in Manchester road, has a good reading room, billiard room and a library of over 10,000 volumes, besides a large assembly room, enlarged in 1897, so as to hold 1,500 persons. There are now (1904) about 300 members.

The Craven Bank Limited, in Hargreaves street, is a stone building in the Italian style, and in the same street the Lancashire and Yorkshire Banking Co. Limited have erected a building of stone in the Early English style: the office is 32 feet by 24 feet, lighted from the Ceiling and appropriately decorated: Mr. A. P. Bell, of Manchester, was the architect. The Union Bank of Manchester Limited erected in 1894 a new building in the Classic or Renaissance style, at the corner of Manchester road and Grimshaw street: the bank room, 31 feet by 25 feet, is handsomely decorated with a piaster ceiling and marble lining on the walls: it was erected from the designs of Mr. W. A. Waddington, architect. The Manchester and County Banking Co. have offices in Grimshaw street, and the London City and Midland Bank Limited premises in Chancery street.

The barracks, in Padiham road, are still in occasional use for detachments of the 5th Royal Lancashire Militia (3rd battalion of that regiment); the 2nd Volunteer Battalion East Lancashire Regiment have their head quarters in Bank parade.

The staple trade of the town is the manufacture of cotton goods, both spinning and weaving. There are several large machine works and iron foundries and paper mills.

The neighbourhood abounds in coal, stone and slate, which, from the facilities afforded for their transit, both by rail and water, tend much to the prosperity of the place.

The poor of the townships of Burnley and Habergham Raves have £51 yearly distributed in clothing from Peel’s charity of £1,700 Consols; £6 13s. 4d. from Halstead’s charity is also distributed in money.

The principal hotels in the town are the “Bull,” Manchester road, the “Thorn,” St. James’ street, the “Empress,” in Howe street, and the “Old Bed Lion,” in Manchester road.

The Burnley Blind and Home Teaching and General Help Society, an institution supported by voluntary contributions, affords instruction to the blind at their own homes, and also maintains a valuable library of raised type books, which are lent to blind persons. The meetings of the society are held at the offices of the Burnley Education Committee, Town hall. President, Sir J. O. S. Thursby bart.; vice-president, the Mayor of Burnley; treasurer, Frank Thornton; secretary, Mrs.E. Jones.

The Victoria Hospital, the foundation stone of which was laid May 24th, 1884, was opened October 13th, 1888. The building, designed by Messrs. William Waddington and Son, architects, of Burnley and Manchester, contains 56 beds. The sick wards are arranged upon a novel principle, being circular in plan and one storey in height, with Bun rooms and promenade upon the roof. A childrens ward, added in 1890, contains 20 beds. The cost, including the children’s yard, was about £21,000. The endowment amounts to £10,000, £6,000 of which was raised in 1897, in commemoration of the Diamond Jubilee of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria.

The Gannow District Baths were opened 15th May, 1002.

An artificial ice factory and cold stores, situate in Royle road, and erected by the Corporation, were opened in 1901.

The Sanatorium, erected in 1800, on an elevated site in Maraden road, contains 30 beds.

In connection with the workhouse, an infirmary was erected in 1805 from designs by Mr. Samuel Keighley, architect, of Burnley; the cost of the buildings, exclusive of land, was about £23,000.

The Queens Park, opened in July, 1893, occupies an area of 23 acres, the gift of the late Col. Sir John Hardy Thursby bart. and was laid out by the Corporation at a cost of £50,000.

The Scott Puark, presented by the late Alderman J. H. Scott J.P. consists of 13 acres, and was opened in August, 1895; it has been tastefully laid out, and a stream which runs through it forms five small lakes in its course; in 1897 the Corporation erected a fountain in the park, as a memorial to the donor. The Towneley Park, opened in June, 1902, occupies an area of 62 acres, acquired by the Burnley Corporation for a sum of £17,500. Towneley Hall, situated in the park, was opened 20 May, 1903, as a public art gallery and museum by the Earl, of Rosebery K.G. There are also twelve recreation grounds in the borough, having a total area of 74 ½ acres.

In Cock Pit Wood stand two Russian cannon, captured during the Crimean war and presented to the town by the late Gen. the Hon. Sir J. Yorke Scarlett.

Danes House is the ancestral residence of the family of Foldys; the octagonal base of a cross, bearing the inscription, “Johannes Foldys, Cappellanus de Brunlay, A.D. 1520,” is now at Towneley. Royle Hall, a fine Elizabethan. mansion, about mile distant, is now (1904) unoccupiedi. Bank Hall is the property of Sir John Ormerod Scarlett Thursby bart. J.P. who resides at Ormerod House.

The area of Burnley parish and municipal borough is 3,945 acres of land and 65 of water; rateable value, £375,793; the population in 1871 was 31,603; 1881, 58,882; 1891, 87,016, and in 1901 was 07,044, including 42 officials and their families and 746 inmates of the Workhouse, 100 in the Victoria Hospital and 74 in the Barracks.

The population of the municipal wards in 1901 was:-Burnley Woody 9,548; Danes House, 9,219; Fulledge, 9,017; Gannow, 8,832; Healey, 5,855; Lowerhouse, 8,619; St. Andrew, 10,918; St. Paul, 7,525; St. Peter, 6,870; Stoneyliolme, 6,763; Trinity, 8,184; Whittlefield, 5,093.

The population of the ecclesiastical parishes in 1901 was:-St. Peter, 6,997; All Saints, Habergham, 8,538; Holy Trinity, Habergham Raves, 15,630; St. Andrew, 14,346; St. Catherine, 8,636; St. James, 5,993; St. John the Baptist, Gannow, 10,078; St. Margaret, 7,119; St. Matthew, Habergham Raves, 7,650; St. Paul, 7,410; St. Stephen, 8,833.

The area of the parliamentary borough is 3,081 acres. The population in 1881 was 63,592; 1891, 86,034, and in 1901 was 95,823. The number of electors on the parliamentary register in 1904 was 15,496.

Petty Sessions are held every alternate Monday (except Bank holidays, when the following day is substituted), at Court house, Keighley green, Burnley, at 11 o’clook, is at Sessions room, Station road, Padiham, every intervening alternate Monday (except as before), at 11 o’clock The following townships are included in the Division:-Briercliffe, Brunshaw, Cliviger, Dunnockshaw, Habergham Raves, Hapton, Heyhouses, Higham (with West Close Booth), Ightenhill, North Town, Padiham, Reedley Hallows, Bead, Simonstone & Worsthorne (with Hurstwood.)

BURNLEY UNION

Board day, alternate Thursdays at the Union Offices, 18 Nicholas street, at 11 a.m.

Burnley Union comprises the following places:-Altham, Barley-with-Wheatley, Booth, Barrowford, Blacko, Briercliffe, Brierfield, Brunshaw, Burnley, Cliviger, Colne, Dunnockshaw Foulridge, Goldshaw Booth, Habergham Raves, Hapton, Higham-with-West Close Booth, Huncoat, Ightenhill, Nelson, North Town, Old Laund Booth, Padinam, Read, Reedley Hallows, Roughlee Booth, Sabden, Simonstone, Trawden, Wheatley, Carr Booth & Worsthorne-with-Hurstwood. The area of the union is 63,608 acres; rateable value, at Lady day, 1904, £848,590; the population in 1901 was 196,541.

Workhouse, Briercllffie road, a building of stone, built in 1876 to hold 420 inmates & since enlarged to hold 1,000.

PLACES OF WORSHIP, with times of Services

St. Peter’s (parish church), rector (vacant); Rev. James Forbes M.A., Rev. Henry Beaumont Fowke Burnaby M.A. & Rev. Albert P. Gaskell M.A. curates; 7.15, 8 & 10.30 a.m. & 3 & 6.30 p.m.; daily, 8 a.m. & 7 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

All Saints, Habergham, Rev. Thomas Henry Taylor B.A, vicar; sundays, 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; saints’ days, 10.30 a.m.

Holy Trinity, Accrington road, Rev. Alfred William Moore Weatherly M.A. vicar; Rev. Henry Rarle B.A. curate; 7.30 & 10.30 a.m. & 2.15 & 6.30 p.m.; daily, 8 or 10 a.m. & 6.30 or 7.30 p.m.

St. Catherine’s, Todmorden road, Rev. Alfred Blakey Edlestone, vicar; H.C. 8 & 9.30 a.m.; M. 11 a.m.; E. 3.15 & 6.30 p.m.; week days, H.C. 7 & 8 a.m.; alternately; M. 8.30 a.m.; E. 7 p.m.

St. James’s, Bethesda street, Rev. Benjamin Winfield B.A. vicar; Rev. Albert Edward Chance, curate; 8 & 10.30 a.m. & 3 & 6.30 p.m.; daily, 4.45 & 7.30 p.m.; holy days, 11 a.m. & 7.30 p.m.

St. Andrew’s, Burnley lane, Rev. Charles Jones B.A. vicar; Rev. Joseph Thornley M.A. curate; Sun. 8 & 10.30 a.m. & 3 & 6.30 p.m.; daily, 9 a.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

St. John Baptist, Gannow lane, Rev. William Joseph Gerratt, vicar; 8 & 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Thur. 7 p.m.; Wed. & Fri. 9 a.m.

St. Margaret’s, Abel street, Rev. Charles Fisher, vicar; H.C. 8 am,; M. 9.30 a.m.; Choral Rucharist, 10.45 a.m.; E. 6.30 p.m.; daily, 9.30 am: & 7 p.m.; saints’ days, H.C. 9 & 10.30 a.m. & 7.30 p.m.

St. Matthews, Manchester road, Rev. Samuel Edmond Clarke M.A. vicar; Rev. Francis Robinson, curate; 8, 9.30 & 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m. & 7.30 a.m. & 6 p.m. daily.

St. Paul’s, Saunder bank, Rev. William Elton M.A. vicar; Rev. Thomas Smith B.A. assistant curate; 8 & 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; H.C. sundays & saints’ days; matins daily.

St. Stephen’s, Oxford road, Rev. James Cranbrook B.A. vicar; 8 & 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Church of England Mission Boom, Argyle street; 9.30 a.m. & 2 p.m.; Thur. 7 p.m.

St. Aidan’s Mission, Canal street (served from Holy Trinity); Sun. 10.10 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Tues. 7.30 p.m.

St. Cuthbert’s Mission Church, Townley street (served from St. Andrew’s), 8 a.m.; H.C. 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.

Baptist (Ebenezer), Colne road, Rev. Robert Martin. Julian; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m. Baptist (Jireh), Boot street; 10.30 am, & 6.15 p.m.; Wed.7.30 p.m.

Baptist (Mount Olivet), Broughton street, Rev. Denison Webster; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Baptist, Red Lion street (Enon), Rev. S. Hassall; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Baptist (Mount Pleasant), Hammerton street, Rev. J. B. Clarke; 10,30 am; & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Baptist (Zion), Yorkshire street, Rev. Sam Hirst B.A., B.D.; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Baptist, Angle street, Colne road, 10.45 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Catholic, St. Mary’s, Rast gate, Very Rev. Canon Thomas Corbishley, Rev. George Cobb & Rev. Joseph Fitzgerald; 8, 9, 10 & 11 a.m.; 2.30 (children) & 6 p.m.; week days, 7.30 & 8 a.m.

Catholic, St. John the Baptist; ivy street, Colne road, Rev. Wm. Shine; sua. 9 & 11 a.m.; 2.30 & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Catholic, St. Mary Magdalen, Mission Chapel, Haslam street, Gannow, Rev. Thomas Harrison B.A.; 9 & 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.; & 8 a.m. week days.

Catholic, St. Augustine’s Mission, Lowerhouse, Rev. Peter Notterdam; 9 & 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; week days, 8 a.m.

Congregational, Bethesda street, Rev. Thomas Robert Davies; Sun. 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Congregational (Salem), Manchester road, Rev. Jonathan Parry; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. fortnightly, 7.30 p.m.

Congregational, Hollingreave road, Rev. Robert William Berry B.D., A.T.S.; Sun. 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Congregational, Robinson street, 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Congregational, West gate, Rev. John H. Robinson; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Methodist Free Church (Brunswick), Manchester road; Sun. 10.30 & 6.30 p.m.

Methodist Free Church, Myrtle bank; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Methodist Free Church (Hanover), Old Hall street; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.

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

Methodist Free Church (Healey Wood), Lincoln street, 2.20 & 6 p.m.

New Jerusalem, Briercliffe road; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.

Primitive Methodist, 1st Circuit; Rev. Robert Reeve (supt.) & . Rev. John Holmes.

Primitive Methodist (Bethel), Hammerton street; 10.30 a.m. 6 p.m.; tues, 7.45 p.m.

Primitive Methodist (Rehoboth), Waterloo road 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Thur. 7.30 p.m.

Primitive Methodist (Jubilee), Padiham road; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Tues. 7.30 p.m.

Primitive Methodist, Howard street; 10 a.m. & 2.30 & 6 p.m., Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Primitive Methodist (Mission), Bosegrove lane; 2.30 & 6 p.m.; Thur. 7.30 p.m.

Primitive Methodist, 2nd Circuit; Rev. Thomas Dickinson (superintendent) & Rev. William E. Lead.

Primitive Methodist (Mount Zion), Colne road; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Primitive Methodist (Elim), Briercliffe road; 2.30 & 6 p.m.; alternate Tues. 7.30 p.m.

Unitarian, Trafalgar street; 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Wesley Circuit; Rev. Richard Middleton (supt.); Rev. Joseph Newton & Rev. Edward J. Simons.

Wesleyan, Accrington road; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; thurs, 7.30 p.m.

Wesleyan, Hargreaves street; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

Wesleyan, Hubie street, Stoneyholme; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Tues. 7.30 p.m.

Wesleyan, Lane bridge; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Mon. 7.30 p.m.

Wesleyan, Park hill; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Wesleyan, Wood top; Sun. 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Tues. 7.30 p.m.

Wesleyan, High street, Whittlefield; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Fulledge Circuit; Rev. W. Arthur Labrum (supt.) & Rev. Arthur Kirby.

Wesleyan, Colne road; Sun. 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Mon. 7.30 p.m.

Wesleyan, Todmorden road (Fulledge); 10.30 am; & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Wesleyan, Brooklands road; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Mon. 7.30 p.m.

Christian Mission Boom, New Hall street; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Protestant Mission Boom, 37 Church, street, Rev. G. H. Spencer; Sun. 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.

Gospel Temperance Mission Hall, Smirthwaite street; Sun. 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Salvation Army, Adlington street & Holmes street.

SCHOOLS

The Grammar School, Bank parade, now a Secondary School for both sexes, was founded about 1550 & removed to a new site in 1693; in 1873 it was re-organized under the Endowed Schools Act of 1869, & the present buildings were erected in 1874; a new laboratory & class rooms were added in 1900; the” Governors’ Prize Fund” was established in 1878 & the governors annually subscribe to this fund, which is appropriated for scholarships: exhibitions are also annually offered by the governors to pupils from elementary schools & a grant of £250 a year is made by the Technical Committee of the Council for enabling pupils to enter yearly from schools in the borough: there are also leaving scholarships of £20 a year for 3 years, tenable at Victoria University; connected with the school are a library & a cricket & football club: the endowment amounts to £240 yearly, & there are now (1904) 140 boys & about 54 girls: the school is controlled by a governing body of 14 members; chairman, the Rt. Hon. Lord Shuttleworth J.P.; Henry Lincoln Joseland M.A.Camb. & B.A.Lond. headmaster; E. J. Sumner B.Sc., E. Denton B.Sc., J. Vaughan, C. A. Mackness, J. A. Osborn & H. R. Kerr, assistant masters; Hisses A. B. Partiz, M. R. Mitchell & H. Mason, mistresses; J. Gorman, gymnastic instructor.

School of Art, Mechanics’ institute, Yorke street, W. H. Hey, art master.

Blind & Deaf Day School, Elizabeth street, Miss Helena Balmforth, head teacher deaf school; John Barrett, blind school.

Technical School, Elizabeth street, T. H. Ibbetson, manual instructor; James Holmes, weaving master.

Under the provisions of the Education Act, 1902, the school board for the County Borough of Burnley was abolished on March 31st, 1903, & the control of education (both secondary & elementary) became vested in the Corporation, on & from April 1, 1903.

Clerk to the Education Committee, Edward Jones; office, Town hall.

Assistant Clerk to the Education Committee, Tom Smith; office, Town hall.

Treasurer to the Education Committee, Henry Clark; office, Town hall.

Medical Officer to the Education Committee, G. S. Pullon M.D., J.P. 114 Westgate.

Superintendent of Attendance Officers, Thomas Atkinson, 94 Accrington road.

Council, Abel street (mixed & infants), built 1891, for 1,180; average attendance, 760 mixed & 420 infants.

Council, Coal Clough (mixed & infants), built in 1899—1900, for 1,200 children; average attendance, 1,160.

Council, Coal Clough (special), opened 1902, for 65; average attendance, 68.

Council, Gordon street, Stoneyholme (mixed infants), built in 1895—6 for 860 mixed & 400 infants; average attendance, 650 mixed & 295 infants.

Council. Hesandford (special), for 65; average attendance, 60.

Council, Bose grove (mixed. & infants); built in 1898, for 712 mixed & 300 infants; average attendance: 362 mixed & 300 infants.

Council, Burnley Wood (mixed & infants), for 800 mixed & 462 infants; average attendance, 1,139.

Council, Hesandford (mixed & infants), opened in 1903, for 1,110 children; average attendance, 830.

Council, Claremont street (mixed & infants), built in 1875, for 739 mixed & 356 infants; average attendance, 933.

Council, Hargher Clough (mixed & infants), opened in 1904, for 676 children; average attendance, 440.

Non-Provided Schools

St. Peter's, Church street (mixed & infants), for 740 children; average attendance, 361.

Holy Trinity, Trafalgar street (boys, girls & infants), for 643 boys, 354 girls & 376 infants; average attendance, 870.

St. Andrew's (mixed & infants), Colne road, built in 1865, for 900 children; average attendance, 585.

St. James’, Bethesda street (mixed & infants), for 652 children; average attendance, 410.

Lane Head (mixed & infants), for 409 children; average attendance, 169.

St. Margaret’s (infants), built in 1885, for 230 children; average attendance, 94.

Higher Grade School, Mechanics’ Institute, for 160 children; average attendance, 75.

Pickup Croft, St. Peter’s (infants), for 200; average attendance, 70.

Wood top, Accrington road (mixed & infants), built in 1876, for 517 children; average attendance, 495.

St. Matthew's, Back lane (mixed & infants), built in 1835, for 352 children; average attendance, 140.

St. Paul’s, Saunder bank (mixed & infants), built in 1846, for 419 children; average attendance, 198.

St. Stephen’s; Burnley wood (mixed & infants), built in 1869, for 725 children; average attendance, 487.

Healey Wood (mixed & infants), built in 1883, for 392 children; average attendance, 369.

Lowerhouse (infants), for 236 children; average attendance, 43.

Other Schools

Catholic (St. Maiy Magdalene), Haslam street (mixed), built in 1883, for 480 children; average attendance, 364.

Catholic (St. Mary’s), East gate, for 1,158 children; average attendance, 794.

Catholic (St. John the Baptist) (mixed & infants), opened 1894, for 336 children; average attendance, 335.

Catholic (St Thomas’s), King street (girls & infants), for 360 children; average attendance, 274.

Catholic (St. Augustine’s), Lowerhouse, built in 1898 for 270 children; average attendance, 63.

Wesleyan Infants’, Whittlefield, built in 1879, for 160 children;: average attendance, 154.

Wesleyan (mixed), Pulledge, for 1,048 children; average attendance, 967.

Wesleyan, Bed Lion street (mixed), for 550 children; average, attendance, 448.