This could be a typically English scene from any where in the country – a church, a village school, the local stocks, with, though you can’t see it, a great pub adjacent to the horse and card at the side of the road, right. The church was founded as a chantry chapel in 1533 but the one in the image was built, and paid, for by Dr Thomas Dunham Whitaker, the clergyman and historian of this area, towards the end of the eighteenth centuryThis could be a typically English scene from any where in the country – a church, a village school, the local stocks, with, though you can’t see it, a great pub adjacent to the horse and card at the side of the road, right. The church was founded as a chantry chapel in 1533 but the one in the image was built, and paid, for by Dr Thomas Dunham Whitaker, the clergyman and historian of this area, towards the end of the eighteenth century
This could be a typically English scene from any where in the country – a church, a village school, the local stocks, with, though you can’t see it, a great pub adjacent to the horse and card at the side of the road, right. The church was founded as a chantry chapel in 1533 but the one in the image was built, and paid, for by Dr Thomas Dunham Whitaker, the clergyman and historian of this area, towards the end of the eighteenth century

Fascinating pictures of Cliviger and its villages throughout history

Local historian Roger Frost has delved into the Burnley Civic Trust collection once again, this time to take us for a pictorial guided tour through the historic parish of Cliviger and its villages.
By Dominic Collis
Published 7th Oct 2022, 15:45 BST

Cliviger has four villages – Holme, Walk Mill, Mereclough, and Sothward Bottom – and is one of the largest parishes in England, but, until 1894, it was larger still as Cornholme and Porstmouth were removed to be included in the new Borough of Todmorden.

The village of Walk Mill showing that it was an industrial village in the early twentieth century, which was dominated by the coal industry. On the left is the Cliviger, or Union, Colliery, with, above it, the Railway Colliery, which was part of the Union Mine. On the extreme right, is Walk Mill’s only cotton mill. Centre, the square chimney is an air shaft used by the Cliviger Colliery, with another just above it in the fields. Note the terraced houses of the industrial period.

5. Walk Mill

The village of Walk Mill showing that it was an industrial village in the early twentieth century, which was dominated by the coal industry. On the left is the Cliviger, or Union, Colliery, with, above it, the Railway Colliery, which was part of the Union Mine. On the extreme right, is Walk Mill’s only cotton mill. Centre, the square chimney is an air shaft used by the Cliviger Colliery, with another just above it in the fields. Note the terraced houses of the industrial period. Photo: S

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The Burnley Road in Walk Mill showing two of the shops in the village. The one on the right, a grocer’s and, at one time the Post Office, has a huge advert for Will’s Capstan cigarettes on the gable end. The top of the village telephone box can be seen nearby. On the extreme left the chimney to the Cliviger Colliery can be seen. On the right is one of the two long terraces of houses on the roadside. Longfield Terrace can be seen, left.

6. Burnley Road

The Burnley Road in Walk Mill showing two of the shops in the village. The one on the right, a grocer’s and, at one time the Post Office, has a huge advert for Will’s Capstan cigarettes on the gable end. The top of the village telephone box can be seen nearby. On the extreme left the chimney to the Cliviger Colliery can be seen. On the right is one of the two long terraces of houses on the roadside. Longfield Terrace can be seen, left. Photo: S

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A rare view of Sutcliffe’s Egg Packing Station. Egg packing became a significant industry locally as other agricultural industries declined because of foreign competition. Sutcliffe’s (Cliviger) Ltd., advertised that they sold the “Freshest of Eggs”. Their packing station was in Park Road, Cliviger, on a site which had been used for corn milling, brewing and once had an ice factory. The image shows that Sutcliffe’s was no small firm.

7. Egg-packing

A rare view of Sutcliffe’s Egg Packing Station. Egg packing became a significant industry locally as other agricultural industries declined because of foreign competition. Sutcliffe’s (Cliviger) Ltd., advertised that they sold the “Freshest of Eggs”. Their packing station was in Park Road, Cliviger, on a site which had been used for corn milling, brewing and once had an ice factory. The image shows that Sutcliffe’s was no small firm. Photo: S

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Copy Colliery, in Cliviger, was located on the former Burnley to Todmorden turnpike, and was opened, in 1830, giving access to an outcrop of the Dandy coal seam. The coming of the railway, in 1844, resulted in the building of sidings, screens and coke ovens and the name changed to the Cliviger Coal & Coke Co. The cottages on the left were lived in by some of the mining families.

8. Copy Colliery

Copy Colliery, in Cliviger, was located on the former Burnley to Todmorden turnpike, and was opened, in 1830, giving access to an outcrop of the Dandy coal seam. The coming of the railway, in 1844, resulted in the building of sidings, screens and coke ovens and the name changed to the Cliviger Coal & Coke Co. The cottages on the left were lived in by some of the mining families. Photo: S

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