HISTORY OF BURNLEY

CONTENTS

PREFACE
INTRODUCTION

PREHISTORIC TIMES
THE ROMAN PERIOD
THE ENGLISH FOUNDATION OF BURNLEY
PLACE NAMES
THE NORSE INVASIONS
BURNLEY 1000-1100
NATIONAL AND LOCAL HISTORY, 1066-1400
THE HONOR OF CLITHEROE AND ITS DIVISIONS
BURNLEY IN 1300
THE FARMS IN 1300
THE WASTES
THE CORN MILL AND THE FULLING MILL
THE MARKET AND THE FAIR TRADE INDUSTRY
LAW AND ORDER
THE CHURCH
ROADS AND CROSSES
TOWNELEY AND THE DISTRICT AROUND BURNLEY
CONCLUSION

APPENDIX
PREHISTORIC IMPLEMENTS
PREHISTORIC BURIAL MOUNDS
MEDIAEVAL DOCUMENTS
INHABITANTS, 1250-1350

ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS
MESOLITHIC AND NEOLITHIC IMPLEMENTS
BRONZE AGE IMPLEMENTS
BURIAL URNS
ELL CLOUGH BURIAL SITE
RINGSTONES
MAP. MEDIAEVAL BURNLEY
MAP. TUMULI AND EARTHWORKS

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