Feniscowles

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 53.7266
longitude= -2.5381
official_name= Feniscowles
civil_parish= Livesey
unitary_england= Blackburn with Darwen
lieutenancy_england = Lancashire
region= North West England
constituency_westminster= Blackburn
post_town= BLACKBURN
postcode_district= BB2
postcode_area= BB
dial_code= 01254
os_grid_reference= SD645257 Feniscowles is a village in the unitary authority of Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, England. It is situated approximately convert|3|mi|km west of Blackburn. Part of the village is in the civil parish of Livesey. [ [http://www.lancashireparishcouncils.gov.uk/parishes/parish_display.asp?parishid=203 Lancashire Parish Portal ] ]

The village is mentioned in documents as early as 1276 when its name was recorded as 'Feinycholes'. [ [http://www.communigate.co.uk/lancs/feniscowlescricketclub/page6.phtml | CommuniGate | History of Feniscowles ] ]

The village is primarily a suburb of Blackburn, situated on Preston Old Road near the boundary with the borough of Chorley (borough). Many houses in the village have been built since the 1960s, including the Beechwood Drive, Park Farm and Feniscowles Bridge areas.

The village is located on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. It was also on the Blackburn to Chorley Line, which was built in 1866-69. [ [http://www.blackburn.gov.uk/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.19747&viewPage=2 The Reelers Trail : Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council ] ] The village's railway station closed in 1960, with the line closing completely in 1968. Industry in the village includes a Sappi Blackburn Mill [ [http://www.paper.org.uk/papersector/members/members.asp?offset=21 Papermaking Members ] ] , originally built in 1875 [ [http://www.sappi.com/SappiWeb/About+Sappi/Sappi+Fine+Paper+Europe/Blackburn+Mill.htm Sappi Limited - About Sappi | Sappi Fine Paper Europe ] ] as the Star Paper Mill. Another paper mill, also built in the 1870s and known as the Sun Paper Mill, which closed in 1992 [ [http://archive.lancashireeveningtelegraph.co.uk/1998/2/20/807453.html Paper-maker's Sun site rebid ] ] and has now been demolished.

On the edge of the village, next to the River Darwen is Feniscowles New Hall, now a ruin but in the 19th century was the home of the Feilden family. [ [http://www.cottontown.org/page.cfm?LANGUAGE=eng&pageID=2924 Blackburn Encyclopaedia F ] ]

History

Feniscowles Old Hall was built in the 1400s on the north bank of the River Darwen. [cite web | url=http://lhsociety.org/Lancashire.html | title=Land of "Livesey of Livesey" | publisher=Livesay Historical Society | accessdate=2008-03-08 ] In 1800 Feniscowles was a hamlet with a population of around 60 people. [cite web | url=http://www.cottontown.org/page.cfm?pageid=2840&language=eng | title=Feniscowles, Blackburn | work=Cottontown.org | publisher=Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council | accessdate=2008-03-07 ]

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