Gisburn, Main Street 1921

More about this scene

The road running through the village is the A59 from Clitheroe to Skipton. Note the New Inn on the left of the picture, and how large the name-board of the publican was. The village policeman in his cape stands in the middle of the road. Guy of Gisburn, of Robin Hood fame, was said to have come from this village. In 1260 a charter was granted to the Abbot of Sawley Abbey to hold a fair in Gisburn. The width of the street shows that the village was laid out with room for the country market that was once held here, with stalls on the cobbles either side. Some of the cottages go back to the 1500s. The local lords were the Lister family, many of whom lie in the small village church.

An extract from Heart of Lancashire Photographic Memories.