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Looking Back

ACCRINGTON and the surrounding towns and districts between them have a rich and varied history ... step back in time here.

Fact-tastic Accrington!

LOCAL historian Bob Dobson and the Accrington Local Studies Library compiled a list of fascinating facts about the town ... you'll be surprised at what you might find.

The Fame Game

ACCRINGTON and its neighbouring towns in Hyndburn have been breeding grounds for many a famous face in the world of entertainment, sport and literature.

Early history

LIKE most of Britain in the Dark Ages, the Accrington area was a rural district with just a scattering of homesteads and small farms inhabited by Saxon tribes living off the land.

Town at the hub of a changing world

UNTIL the advent of the Industrial Revolution, the Accrington area was an isolated rural district, but with a plentiful supply of water and damp weather, it would play a key role in the development of the modern world.

Local inventiveness changed industry forever

THE inventor of the Spinning Jenny, James Hargreaves, has a very special place in the history of the cotton industry. Together with the fly-shuttle, invented by John Kay, the Spinning Jenny made Lancashire one of the most important counties in the UK