Peel Fold

Peel Fold
Peel Fold
Peel Fold
iBase ID
230019
Reference identifier
hac19122009028
Title
Peel Fold
Place
Oswaldtwistle
General notes
Peel Fold was the birthplace of the first Sir Robert Peel, and home of the Peel family. Formerly known as Oldhams Cross, from the family of that name who lived here. Robert Peel, born 1723, at Peel Fold was the founder of the family fortune and it was here that he experimented in calico printing which proved the beginning of the Peels entering the calico printing trade at Brookside Oswaldtwistle, afterwards founded Church Works (Steiners), Oakenshaw and others.
Medium
Photographic print
Colour
Monochrome
Original image size
20.2 x 14.5
Locator
Accrington: H02/D42 accession 2905
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