Valley Street, Burnley

iBase ID

267135

Reference identifier

EBU20150105003

Title

Valley Street, Burnley

Place

Burnley

General notes

Valley Street was one of three streets off Rossendale Road, along with Hapton and Griffin Street, which made up the area known as 'Little Cornwall'.
The name derived from the Cornish miners who were originally brought to Burnley to break the Cliviger miners' strike of 1873/4 and who also worked at other pits in the town. These streets were built as an enclave for the miners who were intended to be employed in the near-by Barclay Hills pit. However, the houses weren't finished until after the influx of people from the South West had subsided and therefore were never occupied by the Cornish; the name 'Little Cornwall' stuck though. The houses were demolished shortly after this photograph was taken.

Medium

Photographic print

Colour

Monochrome

Original image size

16.4 x 10.5

Year of image

1977

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Locator

N1 (streets): Valley Street

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