-
Worthingtons who
lived there until after the
Civil War. A
water mill at
Birkacre was
leased by
Richard Arkwright for
cotton spinning in 1778 but was set...
- Cromford,
Arkwright returned to
Lancashire and took up a
lease of the
Birkacre mill at Chorley,
which was to
become a
catalyst for the town's
growth into...
- would-be
rioting textile workers, who had
burned down
another of his
mills in
Birkacre, Lancashire. The
cannon was
never used. The mill
structure is classified...
-
Scottish Borders 55°38′N 2°20′W / 55.64°N 02.33°W / 55.64; -02.33 NT7939
Birkacre Lancashire 53°38′N 2°39′W / 53.63°N 02.65°W / 53.63; -02.65 SD5715 Birkby...
- Hole,
Burnley Bell Isle,
Tinnicliffe Belthorn, Yate -
shown disused 1908
Birkacre,
Birkarce Blackburn,
Whitebirk Bog Farm,
Darwen Brandlewood Moor, Stacksteads...
- 2
killed and 8 wounded.
Birkacre Printworks SD571151 53°37′52″N 2°39′00″W / 53.631°N 2.650°W / 53.631; -2.650 ("
Birkacre Printworks ")
Canal Mill...
- trout, chub, Dace and barbel. Fish p****es have been
installed at Pin****,
Birkacre and Duxbury, to
enable upstream spawning of fish
which would be unable...
-
Duxbury is now part of the
Yarrow Valley Park
which also
includes the
nearby Birkacre lodges and the
large Burgh estate which was once
owned by
Duxbury Hall...
- for warp, was even more unpo****r. In 1777,
Arkwright built a mill at
Birkacre in Chorley. By 1779, the
momentum against power-driven
spinning machinery...
-
contains much
woodland and
includes nature reserves, the best
known being Birkacre and
Duxbury Woods.
Parts of the park are
reclaimed collieries and other...
