Old Court House, Manchester Road, Accrington

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iBase ID

295245

Reference identifier

HAC-H01-R1-483-1

Title

Old Court House, Manchester Road, Accrington

Place

Accrington

Personal names

E. Ellison

General notes

The old court house (dated 1835) and former magistrates clerks' office, known as Bannister's office (after Henry Bannister, deputy magistrate's clerk, who died in 1874). The Police Court was held here; there were cells in the basement. The building was also used by the Accrington Local Board, who held their first meeting here in 1853. It was also used by Congregationalists, Unitarians, the Catholic Apostolic Church and Spiritualists.
The magistrates clerks' office premises were built by the Hargreaves family of Broad Oak and was architecturally similar to Bank Terrace on the opposite side of the road. At the time the photograph was taken, it was E. Ellison's confectioner's shop. All this property was demolished in 1931.

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Medium

Photographic print

Colour

Sepia

Year of image

1929

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Subjects

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