Whalley, King Street 1921
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Whalley means 'the clearing or field by the hill', and we can see how close the hill, known as Whalley Nab, is from our photograph. Here we see the main street, with a policeman on traffic duty at the junction with Accrington Road outside the Whalley Arms. The River Calder runs through the village; it was here that a mass baptism took place when Christianity first arrived in around 626-7 AD. The church here was once the mother church for half of Lancashire (47 townships and three large villages). One of Whalley's famous sons was Samuel Brooks, who moved to Manchester to make his fortune - he named an area that he purchased there Whalley Range. On King Street and the corner of Station Road is an old cricket square. This is said to be where the first Lancashire versus Yorkshire match was played.
An extract from Heart of Lancashire Photographic Memories.
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