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Ightenhill is the area where we live, so this is very exciting for us!!
The site of a long-forgotten building is to become a considerable story in Burnley in the next few months.
Ightenhill Parish Council has been awarded almost £30,000 by the Heritage Lottery Fund, to undertake archaeological and interpretation work at the site of the ancient Manor House which is in the ownership of the council.
Throughout the remainder of this year I will let you know how the project develops but, needless to say, members of the parish council and local community are excited about what the project might reveal.
It is important to make the point that the project is to be community based – school children will be involved and it is hoped others from the local community will want to help in what will be the most important archaeological work undertaken in Burnley for years.
I will include details of the many partners already involved in the project as work progresses but, today, I will tell you the background to the manorial system as it operated in the Burnley area.
I will also refer to the Manor House at Ightenhill, where the building was, and will speculate about what the building might have looked like though this, hopefully, will become a little clearer as the archaeologists get to work later this year. I will leave for another occasion what a Manor House was for and how the one at Ightenhill fits into our local history.
When we think of the history of our town, most of us think of Burnley’s more recent history, the times when Burnley was one of the leading manufacturing towns in England.
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