Oswaldtwistle

"OSWALDTWISTLE, a township in the parish of Whalley, lower division of the hundred of Blackburn, county Lancaster, 1 mile from Accrington, its post town, 3½ miles S.E. of Blackburn, and near Church Town station on the East Lancashire railway. The village, which is of large extent, is situated on the Leeds and Liverpool canal. It is lighted with gas, and well supplied with water. The houses are chiefly of stone. A large portion of the inhabitants are employed in the cotton mills and print works. There are also extensive collieries, potteries, and stone quarries. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Manchester, value £300. The church, dedicated to Emanuel, has a tower containing one bell. The parochial charities produce about £5 per annum. There are National schools for both sexes, also Sunday-schools. The Independents, Wesleyans, Wesleyan Association, Baptists, and Primitive Methodists, have each a place of worship, and the three former have a Sunday-school in connection with their chapels. Sir R. Peel, Bart., is lord of the manor."