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Withnell Fold, near Chorley, Lancs. UK.
 
Withnell Fold is a village off the beaten track. It's partial obscurity is due to not being on a 'through road'. It takes it's name from the nearby farm of Withnell Fold which has a date stone of 1736. However the building of the village wasn't started until 1843/44 to house mill workers. The building of a 'Paper Mill' was started by Thomas Blinkhorn Parke in 1843 and the first paper was produced in 1844.
Withnell Fold Paper Mill and Village, some photographs.
Withnell Fold Paper Mill, list of employees attending Centenary celebrations 29 June 1953
Withnell Fold Paper Mill. Notes of Centenary celebrations 29 June 1953
Withnell Fold Primary School 1959
Memories of Old Withnell Fold - by - Florence Scott
(with many thanks to Hilary, Flo's daughter, for permission to copy the text to this site)
Private James Miller VC (posthumous Victoria Cross) a worker at the Paper Mill
Withnell Fold local history walk
Over the Five Barred Gate (Withnell Fold article) by the late George Birtill
Withnell Fold, details from 1891 Census
Withnell Fold Paper Mill (fine papermaking) DVD / Video by Kenneth Whitehead and Hugh Howorth
  


  





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