| 词条 | Withnell Fold |
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|coordinates = {{coord|53.702|-2.589|display=inline,title}} |static_image_name = Withnell Fold Methodist Church - geograph.org.uk - 490327.jpg |static_image_caption = Withnell Fold Methodist Church |official_name= Withnell Fold |population= |os_grid_reference= SD612231 |civil_parish= Withnell |shire_district= Chorley |shire_county= Lancashire |region= North West England |country= England |post_town= CHORLEY |postcode_district= PR6 |postcode_area= PR |dial_code= 01254 |constituency_westminster= Chorley |pushpin_map= United Kingdom Borough of Chorley |pushpin_map_caption= Shown within Chorley Borough }}Withnell Fold is a village situated between Blackburn and Chorley, in Lancashire, England.[1] HistoryWithnell Fold, a model village and paper mill were built on a greenfield site in 1843. The owner and builder was Thomas Blinkhorn Parke (1823–1885), the son of Robert Park, a local cotton mill owner.[2] The houses in Withnell Fold had gardens and outside toilets. The mill was started in 1843 and opened and began production on 15 January 1844, with one machine.[3] Three years later a second machine was installed, and the business was so successful that a third machine was installed in 1855. The machines were known as "74", "66" and "60", the widths of the paper produced. The quality and variety of the paper improved, and in 1849, tissue paper was made, followed in 1856 by coloured tissue. Writing papers were introduced in 1863 and had a reputation for being of the finest quality. Cartridge paper came in 1878. The mill supplied newsprint for Preston, Bolton and Liverpool newspapers. The firm continued as a family concern until 1890 when it combined with Wiggins Teape & Co., an old established firm of stationers. Although the merger did not take place until 1890, the mill had supplied paper to Wiggins and Teape from 1847, and in an old diary kept by Mr. T. B. Parke, there is an entry for February of that year, which reads "Am now making double cap ordered by Wiggins & Teape". Notable dates in the village chronology are:[4]
EducationBy 1897, the school was too small so Herbert Thomas Parke, son of Thomas, built a new school by the village square. This is now Withnell Fold Primary School.[6] By the entrance to the school is a sculpted tree which represents Thomas Blinkhorn Parke, the villages’ founder. The date stone to the right of the school’s main entrance door shows HTP 1897, the initials of Herbert Thomas Parke and the date the building was completed. Lessons did not start until 2 May 1898, when the children moved from the old school. The headmistress was Esther Jenkins, who took up her duties on 7 February 1898.[7] She continued to teach at the school until her retirement in 1935.[8] See also
References{{commons category}}1. ^Birtill, George (1982). Over the Five Barred Gate, Chorley Guardian Publishing. {{ISBN|978-0-9500615-8-0}} {{Borough of Chorley geography}}2. ^Parke family papers, file ref: DDX 912, Lancashire Record Office, Bow Lane, Preston, Lancashire, PR1 2RE, United Kingdom 3. ^Scott, Florence (1988). Memories of Old Withnell Fold, A Countryside Publication, Brinscall, Chorley. {{ISBN|0-86157-285-8}}. 4. ^Diaries of Thomas Blinkhorn Parke held by Arjo Wiggins archive 5. ^Diaries of Thomas Blinkhorn Parke held by Arjo Wiggins archive 6. ^http://www.withnell.lancsngfl.ac.uk 7. ^Withnell Fold School diaries held in the school 8. ^Scott, Florence (1988). Memories of Old Withnell Fold, A Countryside Publication, Brinscall, Chorley. {{ISBN|0-86157-285-8}}. 2 : Villages in Lancashire|Geography of Chorley |
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