Clayton-le-Moors
Clayton-le-Moors | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | ACCRINGTON | |
Postcode district | BB5 | |
Dialling code | 01254 | |
Police | Lancashire | |
Fire | Lancashire | |
Ambulance | North West | |
UK Parliament | ||
Clayton-le-Moors is an industrial town in the borough of
To the west lies
History
It is thought that the town developed with the fusion of the two hamlets of
The
The town's two main thoroughfares are the A680 Whalley Road, which still has some canal workers' cottages, and A678 which is named Blackburn Road to the west of the junction with Whalley Road and Burnley Road to the east.
Mercer Park, once the grounds of Mercer House, is freely open to the public, and contains an updated war memorial. The house was previously Oakenshaw Cottage, where John Mercer lived towards the end of his life. Mercer, a self-taught chemist born in Great Harwood, invented the mercerisation process for treating cotton which is still in use today. He was also a pioneer of colour photography.
Clayton-le-Moors is said to be a town of two halves. Residents were either 'top-enders' or 'bottom-enders', depending on which side of the Whalley Road canal bridge they lived. The two communities had firm opinions about each other and were said to rarely mix.[6] With the mixing of the town's children at common schools, this is no longer the case but the distinction between top and bottom enders still remains. There was, however, an annual football match between them at the running track at Wilson's Playing Fields (formerly the Woodlands Playing Fields), which lie behind woodland close to Sparth House in lower Whalley Road. The synthetic running track there is surrounded by football pitches, a cricket pitch and changing rooms. It also hosts Hyndburn parkrun, a timed 5 km run every Saturday morning.
Governance
Clayton-le-Moors was once a
Demography
In 2001 town had a population of 8,290.
Sport
- Clayton Amateur Boxing Club, now based in new facilities at the old library serves the local area providing opportunities for young people to express themselves through sport, health and fitness. Head coach is John Brindle who is supported by an outstanding group of coaches.
Clayton ABC have created dozens of North West Regional Champions, national and international Box Cup Champions and National Champions and continues to grow year on year.
- Clayton Le Moors Harriers founded in 1922, is one of the largest athletic clubs in the North of England, catering for cross-country, fell and road running.[11]
- Kuon Ji Ju Jitsu Association [12] is a martial arts club established in October 1982, by Sensei Tony Gregson under the guidance of Sensei Thomas Duckett it meets at the Civic Library on Pickup Street.
- Hyndburn athletics club is the biggest track and field club in the area and is a successful club winning mid-Lancs championships back to back also has many Lancashire champions, combined event champions, English school competitors and competitors for Lancashire. County Medallists such as Marnie Shirtcliffe, Robert Schofield, Stephen Sumner[citation needed]
- Enfield Cricket Club is the town's cricket club and competes in the Lancashire League.[13]
- Clayton le Moors also has a thriving junior football club Clayton Park Rangers FC. Named after the former town club which was dissolved in the early 1980s. The club currently runs 7 teams from the age of 7 to 16.[citation needed]
Amenities
Schools
Secondary education is no longer available within the town. 11 - 18 year olds now have to travel to schools in adjoining Hyndburn townships or beyond. Three primary schools provide education for the under 11s. They are Mount Pleasant Primary School on Earl Street, All Saints Church of England Primary School on Church Street and St Marys Roman Catholic Primary School on Devonshire Drive.[14]
Pubs
There are a few pubs: The Albion, Hare and Hounds, Hyndburn Bridge, Forts Arms, The Royal Oak, Old England Forever, Sparth Manor - built at an unknown date but sold for the first time in 1556, and the Conservative Club, founded in 1890. There were three
Hotels
Hotels include the Dunkenhalgh in Blackburn Road, Maple Lodge in Blackburn Road, Sparth House in Whalley Road and a Bed and Breakfast Inn at Sparth Manor in Sparth Road.
Notable people
- James Almond (1874-1923), footballer
- Jim Bowen (James Whittaker, born Peter Williams; 20 August 1937 – 14 March 2018) was an English stand-up comedian and television personality.
- Jack Simmons MBE, the Lancashire and Tasmania off-spinner, was born and raised in Clayton.
- Alan Ramsbottom was a professional racing cyclist from Clayton-le-Moors; he rode the Tour de France, finishing 16th in 1963. He later moved to Great Harwood, where there is a road named after him.
- Comedian Eric Morecambe OBE (1926-1984), of the double act Morecambe and Wise, lived in Clayton while working in a nearby coal mine as a 'Bevin Boy'.
- Alex Higgins (1949-2010) lived in the town after his arrival from Northern Ireland. East Lancashire had a thriving snooker scene and Higgins was keen to learn from great players in the area.
- Nicholas Freeston (1907-1978) was an English poet who spent most of his working life as a weaver.
- Vicky Entwistle, the actress who played the factory worker Janice Battersby in Coronation Street, has a link to Clayton-le-Moors. Her parents ran a newsagent shop close to the M65 bridge in Whalley Road.[15]
- Netherwood Hughes (1900-2009), originally from Great Harwood, one of the last surviving veterans of World War I, died at the Woodlands Home for the Elderly in 2009, aged 108.
- Sir Clyde Walcott (1926-2006), the West Indies test cricketer was the professional for Enfield Cricket Club between 1951 and 1954,[16] when he lodged in Clayton during the English cricket season.
- Fred Brown OBE FRS (1925-2004), a virologist and molecular biologist, was born in Clayton-le-Moors.
Notable businesses
See also
References
- ^ Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Industrial Heritage - A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Clayton-le-Moors" by Michael Rothwell and published May 1979 by Hyndburn Local History Society.
- ^ "A journey into our canals' past". Lancashire Telegraph. 18 October 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
- ^ "Lancashire OnLine Parish Clerk Project – Parish of Clayton le Moors". Lan-opc.org.uk. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
- OCLC 832215477
- ^ "Visit Lancashire: Official Guide for Short Breaks, Days Out and Places to See in Lancashire - Visit Lancashire".
- ^ "Clayton-le-Moors Tn/CP through time". visionofbritain.org.uk. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- ^ "Clayton-le-Moors UD through time". visionofbritain.org.uk. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- ^ Lancashire Profile Archived 8 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine lancashire.gov.uk
- ^ "Hyndburn Ward population 2011". Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ^ "Clayton-le-Moors Harriers". Clayton-le-Moors Harriers. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ "Kuon Ji Ju Jitsu Association".
- ^ "Club History - Enfield Cricket Club". Enfield Cricket Club. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ "Primary schools reviews for clayton-le-moors | School Guide". www.schoolguide.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
- ^ "Vicky Entwistle". corrie.net. Retrieved 28 February 2008.
- ^ Enfield professionals at lancashireleague.com
- ^ "Karrimor Saved From Liquidation". Archived from the original on 1 February 2014.
- ^ InvestIndustrial's description of its investment in Karrimor Archived 22 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ British manufacturing: the best thing since sliced bread - The Independent, 1996-08-18, David Bowen