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ECCLESHILL, a township in Blackburn parish, Lancashire; 3¼ miles SSE of Blackburn. Acres, 792. Real property, £1,667; of which £213 are in mines. Pop., 543. Houses, 106. John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)
Eccleshill is a civil parish in Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, England. It contains two buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings, all of which are listed at Grade II. This grade is the lowest of the three gradings given to listed buildings and is applied to "buildings of national ...
Eccleshill, a township in Blackburn parish, Lancashire, 3½ miles SSE of Blackburn, 2 miles from Darwen station on the L. & Y.R. Post town, Darwen. Acreage, 797; population, 697. There is a cotton factory in the township, and coal, fire-clay, and stone abound. Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5.
Sep 19, 2024 · Eccleshill, a quaint part of Darwen in Lancashire, often gets overlooked when people are scouting for new places to live. This little corner of the world has its unique charms and quirks, and today, we’re here to take a closer look. Opinions are mixed, to say the least. Some folks absolutely swear by it while others, well, not so much.
ECCLESHILL, anciently called “Ockleshell,” is a small parish constituted in 1894 from that portion of the old township of Eccleshill beyond the borough of Darwen and 3 miles south-south-east from Blackhurn and 1 mile north-east from Darwen, in the union and county court district of Blackburn, Darwen petty sessional division, lower division of the hundred of Blackburn, and Darwen division ...
Since 1988 Eccleshill (#5 on map) has been a civil parish in the unitary authority of Blackburn with Darwen in Lancashire, England. The population of the parish was 319 at the 2011 census. The population of the parish was 319 at the 2011 census.
It contains the hamlets of Eccleshill, Grimshaw and Waterside. Located within the parish is Shaws of Darwen, a manufacturer of sinks and architectural terracotta. The factory, situated in Waterside, opened in 1908 and in the 1920s was Darwen's largest employer. (→Eccleshill, Lancashire)
