Oakenshaw, Lancashire

Oakenshaw
The Royal Oak public house
Oakenshaw is located in the Borough of Hyndburn
Oakenshaw
Oakenshaw
Location in Hyndburn
Oakenshaw is located in Lancashire
Oakenshaw
Oakenshaw
Location within Lancashire
OS grid referenceSD742315
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townACCRINGTON
Postcode districtBB5
Dialling code01254
PoliceLancashire
FireLancashire
AmbulanceNorth West
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UK
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Lancashire
53°46′44″N 2°23′28″W / 53.779°N 2.391°W / 53.779; -2.391

Oakenshaw is part of Clayton-le-Moors in Lancashire, England.

Thomas de Clayton was the first grantee of Oakenshaw in the middle of the 11th-century.[1] A Calico printworks was established here (on Hyndburn Brook) by J Peel in the late 18th century.[2]

  1. ^ Farrer, William; Brownbill, John, eds. (1911), The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster Vol 6, Victoria County History - Constable & Co, pp. 417–423, OCLC 270761418, retrieved 27 December 2017
  2. ^ Historic England. "Monument No. 44551 (44551)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 27 December 2017.