Sabden, Wesleyan Church And Wesley Street c.1960
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This photograph was taken from Wesley Street. It was only a mile away that George Fox, the Quaker, stood on the 'nick' of Pendle in 1652 and declared himself moved to start a religious order, the Society of Friends. Sabden is unique in that it was almost an industrial village. It had six mills at one time, and yet it sits astride the old pack-horse trails in a green and remote area within Pendle's rim. It will always be connected with Richard Cobden, the reformer, who owned one of the mills here - much of his wealth came from that mill. Sabden was noted for its production of gentlemen's handkerchiefs for a time. Sabden's 'Treacle Mine' was a well, or spring, whose water was used to 'treat all' complaints.
An extract from Heart of Lancashire Photographic Memories.
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