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Last year I was looking at the Turnpike Road that came to Walton le Dale from the east. It was known as the ‘Balderston to […]

Little Walton Hall in Walton-le-Dale was a seventeenth century building, which stood on the site of Bamber Bridge Co-operative Stores in Station Road. It was […]

Walton le Dale | A History of the Village by Frank Coupe (under the patronage of the Walton-le-Dale Urban District Council) Publication date: 1954 | […]

I witnessed an unusual ‘phenomenon’ (…well to me at least) on the River Ribble at Fishwick in Preston, looking back towards Walton le Dale, in […]

This building was captured on several photographs and had been painted on a number of occasions. It was referred to by one of the artists, […]

In late June 1905, a tragic drowning occurred in the River Ribble at Walton-le-Dale. On the afternoon of Wednesday 28th June, two men—John Mahoney, aged […]

BRAVE DEEDS REWARDED. Among recent recipients of the medal of the Royal Humane society none more richly deserved it than Edward Briggs, of Ribbleside farm, […]

The Ryder Cup, Born in Walton-le-Dale The Ryder Cup has become one of the world’s greatest sporting events. Every two years, 24 of the best […]

THIS church is now in course of erection, and consists of nave, gallery, approached by stairs in the bell turret. The church is built with hollow […]

One of the worst-shaped and steepest bridges in Lancashire the Darwen bridge at Walton—is at least to be improved. The bridge is a terror to […]