Club Row in Longridge
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Club Row in Longridge
Image: © Phil and Juliette Platt Taken: 28 Jun 2011
This terrace of 20 properties, erected between 1794 and 1804 is thought to be the oldest surviving example in the world of properties built by a building society. Each house had a basement room for a handloom, a coalhouse and a "Necessary". The 20 men who clubbed together to form the building society were: 9 yeomen, 4 handloom weavers, 2 stonemasons, 1 carpenter, 1 shopkeeper, 1 clogger, 1 travelling dealer and 1 cotton spinner. (The source of this information is gratefully acknowledged to be the Longridge Heritage Committee.)
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Image Location
Latitude
53.831464
Longitude
-2.59663