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Hoghton, Lancashire
Hoghton maps
Historic maps of Hoghton and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Hoghton maps
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Illustrated Victorian map of Lancashire
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Hoghton books
Displaying 3 of 14 books about Hoghton and the local area. View all Hoghton books
Lancashire - A Second Selection Photographic Memories
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Heart of Lancashire Photographic Memories
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The Fylde Photographic Memories
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3 Hoghton photos appear in 2 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Hoghton
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I spent many a Saturday, walking the woods of the tower, beating sticks and making noise.
After a good 8 hours trudging up and down slopes and in the mud, they feed us a bowl of bad stew and beer. There was always a joke about who got the only piece of meat. I was the lucky recipient once, had to... [more]
Shared on 17 January 2008
Lancashire memories
My nannie was born in Higher Walton, Catherine Hawker. When she was 6 or 7 she was in the paper for stealing a shawl and pawning it to feed her brother as her father had to go to sea. I want to find out if there is any chance we can get that paper, can anyone help?
Shared on 15 September 2008
This is actually Withnell Fold. I grew up here from 1962 until 1977 when I left to get married. It was a fantastic place to live. My dad Terry West was a maintainence joiner originally, at Wiggins Teape paper mill until it closed. My mum Glenda worked for a while as a cook at the old folks home, which had been... [more]
Shared on 02 September 2009
As a young boy I used to stay at my aunt's house in Commons Lane. It may well be the house pictured? During summer school hols my brother Ken and I were often taken by our 'mam' on the Ribble bus to Mellor Brook, from where we had to walk to get to auntie's house, probably about 3 to 4 miles.... [more]
Shared on 04 June 2008
My Mother: Veronica Kenny (Vera) Preston Lancashire
My mom had a best friend, her name was Marie, who married Bill and my mother was their maid of honour. My family in Scotland still have the picture of the wedding day with Bill in his army uniform.
I was born in Preston in 1944. Mom married and moved to Scotland, friendships in Preston continued and around 1950... [more]
Shared on 13 June 2009
My great-grandfather Hugh Bell (born 1854) was the 13th child to be baptised at the then new church. He was later married there in 1874 to an Alice Gradwell from Preston. One of many children of William Gradwell (born 1818) and a descendant from the famous GRADWELL family. I, Brian Freeman, was a painter and decorator and served my apprenticeship with... [more]
Shared on 01 December 2008
We are sure that the policeman standing in his box doing point duty was our dad, PC Mcginty or number 100. He was a policeman for forty years with Preston borough and we and a lot of Preston people have fond memories of him standing in that spot.
Shared on 10 September 2008
In Spring 1948 I caught my finger in a folding chair at school and by the evening an abscess had formed. It was so painful that because our doctor's surgery was already closed my father took me to the Infirmary, but we landed in the maternity department, where we were really out of place! The next day we went again,... [more]
Shared on 14 February 2008
Extracts From Hoghton & Lancashire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Hoghton, inspired by Frith photos.
Heart of Lancashire Photographic Memories
The home of the de Hoghton family, the house (which is still there today) was mainly built in the reign of Elizabeth I. In the early 14th century, Sir Richard Hoghton and his wife, Sybilla de Lea, presided over an estate which was was already over 40,000 acres. The Tower will always be associated with the visit of James I when... [more]
This is an extract from Heart of Lancashire Photographic Memories.
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Heart of Lancashire Pocket Album
The home of the de Hoghton family, the house (which is still there today) was mainly built in the reign of Elizabeth I. In the early 14th century, Sir Richard Hoghton and his wife, Sybilla de Lea, presided over an estate which was was already over 40,000 acres.The Tower will always be associated with the visit of James I when he dubbed a simple loin... [more]
This is an extract from Heart of Lancashire Pocket Album.
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This unusual view of Stoneyhurst College shows the chapel on the left. There are many articles of interest from the past kept at the school, including Mary Queen of Scots' book of hours and Bonny Prince Charlie's flask. The College is open to visitors every summer, and is well worth the effort to see.
This is an extract from Preston Pocket Album.
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