Laund Farm, Baxenden

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302720

Reference identifier

HAC-H011-D43-1098-1

Title

Laund Farm, Baxenden

Place

Baxenden

General notes

Grafton house is in the background.
In times goneby, the Laund was a vaccary of the Forest and received its name from the Laund or Park a place maintained for the purpose of rearing the larger animals of the chase. After the deforesting in the regin of Henry VII it was occupied by a branch of the Riley family who are mentioned in the Country Rolls of the 16th Century. A brand of the Worsleys of Rising Bridge afterwards lived here. These became a notable family and they build the present mansion at the Laund. Wheel Rim, a local leader during the power loom riots of 1826, lived at one of the cottages, and when the soldiers searched the house for his arrest, he hid himself in the adjacent wood and escaped.

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Medium

Photographic print

Colour

Monochrome

Year of image

Mid 20th Century

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Subjects

Place Names > Baxenden

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