Rural Lancashire 18th Century

[Pendlewitch67]

Hi

I am looking for help with links to Internet sources for information about rural life in Lancashire in the 1700s, please, around Pendle and the Ribble Valley.

I've found bits and pieces in studies here and there but they mostly focus on the industrial revolution. My ancestors lived in Newchurch in Pendle and I've gleened some valuable information from the parish registers.

Any help would be very much appreciated.

Thank you.

Amanda

[hanes teulu]

You might try John Housman's "A topographical description of Cumberland, Westmorland, Lancashire ..." printed 1800. Lancashire starts page 106.

https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_a-topographical-descript_housman-john_1800/mode/2up

[Pendlewitch67]

You might try John Housman's "A topographical description of Cumberland, Westmorland, Lancashire ..." printed 1800. Lancashire starts page 106.

https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_a-topographical-descript_housman-john_1800/mode/2up

Thank you. I'll take a look 😁

[Pennines]

There are some great old photos here if you haven't already seen them;

https://www.goldshawbooth.org.uk/newchurch-in-pendle/

It really is a most wonderful area (but with my user name - I would say that wouldn't I !!)

[Pendlewitch67]

There are some great old photos here if you haven't already seen them;

https://www.goldshawbooth.org.uk/newchurch-in-pendle/

It really is a most wonderful area (but with my user name - I would say that wouldn't I !!)

Hi

Thank you. I think my user name is also a giveaway as to where I was brought up. 

[Pennines]

Yes! I am so proud of the fact that George Fox supposedly had the 'vision' on Pendle Hill which led to the introduction of the Quaker movement. Not that I am a Quaker - simply that Pendle Hill is so well known for that and for the witches of course.

Such a landmark for the area, which we tend to take for granted on daily sightings.

[Pendlewitch67]

Yes! I am so proud of the fact that George Fox supposedly had the 'vision' on Pendle Hill which led to the introduction of the Quaker movement. Not that I am a Quaker - simply that Pendle Hill is so well known for that and for the witches of course.

Such a landmark for the area, which we tend to take for granted on daily sightings.

Yes, I agree. I live 200 miles away now but always look forward to the journey back when it takes me back to Pendle. Admittedly, it now takes me longer to get up the hill than it used to. 

[Pennines]

There is a book 'Sabden Past and Present, A Photographic History', which may be of interest.

It's available from Abe Books and Amazon.

[hanes teulu]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/50629947@N07/5448867216/

John Housman, 1800 - "The vale of the Ribble, which the road soon enters, is upon the whole, not unpleasant."