Saturday 6th June
10:00am Heritage Day Opens
10:30am An introduction to the 1901 census in Luddenden Valley
Phil Radford from Luddenden History Group
12:30am The Wainstalls Waifs
Kim Pearson from Wainstalls Community Action Group
1:30pm Houses of the Luddenden Valley
Tony Hillyard from Luddenden Conservation Society
2:30pm The Luddenden Corn Mill
Phil Radford from Luddenden History Group
Also at 11:30am
Luddenden Village History Walk
One hour gentle walk around the village identifying historical
buildings and homes.
Sunday 7th June
11:30 until 14:00
Local Census Experts on hand downstairs in the Church.
Let us help you find more about the families who have lived in your house.
Wainstalls Waifs
Wainstalls Community Action Group tells the story of the hundreds of young women from Liverpool who came to work in the mills in Wainstalls, along with the group’s plans to commemorate their journey.
Luddenden History Group
Online local census with help!
Find who lived in your house in 1901
Who worked where in the village?
Healthcare in Luddenden in 1901
Luddenden Conservation Society
Books, leaflets, walks and videos on life in the village
St. Mary's Church
40 years of the parish magazine An entire social history of the village!
Display of the trowel used by the Murgatroyd family to lay the foundation stone of St Mary’s School in 1825.