Chipping
Chipping maps (2 available)
Map of Lancashire
Beautifully hand-drawn and coloured, dating from around 1840
See this old map of Lancashire
Personalised maps
Create an historic map centred directly on any postcode!
Chipping books (19 available)
- 6 photos on Chipping appear in 3 Frith books - View photos of Chipping
- Read extracts and see photos from these books on Chipping and Lancashire
Chipping memories
Read and share memories of Chipping and Lancashire inspired by Frith photos
Be the first to add a memory of Chipping.
You can also read memories of nearby places in Lancashire below.
Lancashire memories
Seedhill Cottage
The house in the foreground is known as Seedhill Cottage. My family lived there from the mid sixties to late seventies. My father was the gamekeeper for the local shoot and water baliff for Whitewell area. My mother was the school cook at Dunsop Bridge. My sister and brother attended school in Dunsop. The family moved to Hellifield when the shoot closed in 1979. I've been back a number of times and it is still a beautiful place.
A memory of Whitewell contributed by Ian Idiens
the old house
This is a picture of the house I lived in as a 8year old boy, I used to catch trout and eels by hand in the stream/creek. It was called the old mill house, to the left was the old bobbin mill. The driveway was directly opposite to the Bayley Arms.
A memory of Hurst Green contributed by rick procter
Schoolboy memories
Born at the Risedale Maternity Home in 1933 we first lived in James Street. I think it was 1937 when we moved to Clevelands Avenue in the new Beacon Hill estate. Barrow was bombed in May 1941 but it was the older part of the town that suffered the most damage. I recall, as a boy, going round the streets looking for shrapnel from the AA guns I suppose. It didn't half tear holes in our pockets. Of course it was the shipyard that was the main target, but we could also see the flames from Liverpool on tha horizon.
In 1945 I started at Barrow Grammar school under Mr SM Price the headmaster. Very ...read more here
A memory of contributed by David Norman
The place where I was born
I was born in Whalley, in the second cottage opposite the Catholic Church in the Sands, in December 1924. Next door to us was Mr Sutton who was well known around Whalley for his ice cream. He used to stand outside the abbey gates with his ice cream and he always had raspberry vinegar to put on top of the cones. I went to Whalley C of E School. Mr J Chew was the headmaster, Miss Edith as we knew her was my kindergarten teacher, other teachers I remember were Miss Forster, Miss Baxter [ who I was in Love with], Miss Roberts, Miss Dyson. I was in the church choir when I was 7, also the Boy Scouts when I ...read more here
A memory of Whalley contributed by Trevor Williams
Extracts From Chipping & Lancashire books
In Lancashire, man-made stretches of water to serve mills were often called lodges. From the lodge, a channel or 'goit' carried water to the wheel. Berry's Chair Works and at one time Wolfen Mill used this mill pond. Chipping Brook once powered five water mills - one is now a restaurant called the Water Mill. Wolfen Mill made bobbins, then became a cheese factory. By about 1950 it was dilapidated, but it has since been made into a fine house.
An extract from from"Lancashire Villages Photographic Memories".
This was once the home of John de Knoll. The photograph shows Wolfen House after its transformation, in a beautiful woodland setting. Waterfowl, weasels, reed bunting, swallows and bats - and that lovely Bowland flower, the water flag - can be found here. Naturalists, cyclists and ramblers gather in the Cobbled Corner Café opposite the Sun Inn on Windy Street.
An extract from from"Lancashire Villages Photographic Memories".
St Bartholomew's church dates back to 1240, but even before that there was a church on this high ground. The strong tower appeared in 1450. Within is a piscina, part of the original 12th-century building, and the font was probably presented by the Bradley family. Amidst such ancient relics the modern stained glass window celebrating the present-day Berry's Chairworks looks happily at home.
An extract from from"Lancashire Villages Photographic Memories".
Sheep fleeces were the raw material for the five mills which were once working in the village. Chair-making was another speciality, and there is still a chair-maker here by the church. Many of the stone cottages date from the 17th century, and at number 22 lived a cloth merchant, John Brabyn, who founded a Bluecoat school and almshouses in Chipping.
An extract from from"Lancashire Living Memories".
The building on the right jutting into Windy Street is John Brabin's school. He was a great benefactor; his home was on Chipping's main street at what is now the post office. Brabin, who died in 1683, was a dealer in cloth, and he made a fortune dyeing cloth with splendid hues. The old school is now a youth club. John Brabin left money to build a school and pay for books and schoolmaster.
An extract from from"Lancashire Villages Photographic Memories".