Publications

Updated April 2023

Hyndburn Local History Society is pleased to announce its latest publication

"Industrial Heritage: a Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Clayton-le-Moors, Great Harwood and Rishton"

The author, the late Mike Rothwell spent many years of detailed research revising, combining and extending the three separate editions published by the Society between 1979 and 1981. 

This new illustrated edition is full of photographs, maps, drawings and diagrams charting the three townships vanished industrial past and forms a companion volume to: 

“Industrial Heritage: A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Accrington including the villages of Altham, Baxenden and Huncoat” 

This fully revised illustrated edition published in January 2018 is also full of photographs, maps, drawings and diagrams charting the area’s vanished industrial past.

Priced at £12 both are available locally at Accrington Library, and Hyndburn Heritage Museum. The Clayton-le-Moors, Great Harwood and Rishton book is also available from Great Harwood Library. 

Postal sales at £15.00 to UK addresses are also available from the Secretary, David Climpson, 31, Whitewell Road, Accrington BB5 6DA

Tel 01254 237229

email climpsond@madasafish.com

A Hyndburn Chronology 1924-1974' compiled by Paul Lanham, additional material by William Turner, edited by Jack Broderick and John Goddard, published by Hyndburn Local History Society, 1999 Priced at £5.00, postal sales £8.00

as above available from Hyndburn LHS Secretary. 

Programmes

Hyndburn Local History Society hold a regular series of lectures on the first Thursday of each month between October and April in Accrington Library Lecture Hall at 7.30pm

Publications

A variety of publications have been produced which are available through Hyndburn Local History Society.