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Historic maps of Lostock Hall and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Lostock Hall maps
Lostock Hall area books
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Lancashire memories
Rodgett/Bashall
I'm only a soft southener, but my several times great-grandparents were from 'up north' in cotton, my great-grandmother married a vicar in Dorchester, in the 1890s, had 8 kids. Can anybody tell me anything about the Rodgetts or Bashalls? Thanks
Front Page News
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?
Marriage of John Naughton & Ann Conroy
John Naughton (b.1842; Kings County, Ireland) & Ann Conroy (b.1851; Queens County, Ireland) were married in St Walburge's RC church, 3 April 1880.
John was known as a "peaceable" & quiet man who played the flute. They had 3 daughters, Mary Ann, Julia (known as Jessie) & Catherine, but sadly John died suddenly in 1886 before Catherine was born, leaving Ann 3 months pregnant to bring up the girls on her own. Their oldest daughter, Mary Ann, went on to marry Austin Shorney in Herons Ghyll, E Sussex in 1906.
Information About This Church
* St Walburge's is the tallest spired parish church and the third tallest church spire of any type in Britain.
* Preston was made a City for the millennium celebrations so it is likely that St Walburge's will be elevated to cathedral status in time.
* Completed in 1854.
Horrockes
My mother (90) is the daughter of Fred Goodier who was the chief cotton buyer for Horrockes between the wars.
Anchor Court
Between two of the shops on this photo runs a small lane called Anchor Court. It is still there, but all the houses which formerly lined it have been demolished or altered beyond all recognition. In the court there was a shop selling farmers' supplies, and my brother and I used to like going there, just for the fun of it and looking around. I can't remember the name of this shop - perhaps someone else can?
Father Taught Here
From 1944 to 1956 my father Mr. G. Pember was head of the Electrical Engineering Department of the Technical School, which was also known as the Harris Institute. I can remember going there only once, at the time of the Preston Guild celebrations of 1952, when he let me watch some of the processions from the steps on the photo. Others I watched from one of the upstairs windows.
