HUNCOAT HISTORY
(A chronological list of significant events)
photo of Old Hall Farm
Old Hall Farm used to stand in Highergate Road
Last up-dated September 2009
Huncoat is a small village near Accrington
situated on the slopes of the Pennine hills
below the 1,340 feet high Great Hameldon

Contents : The list comprises of three separate sections
Section One : Pre 1900
Section Two : Post 1900
Section Three : Miscellaneous Facts

Please note that these lists contain all the information I currently have about the history of Huncoat
therefore I am unable to answer any questions of greater detail or assist with ancestoral research.
However, for more information see the following books and records;
copies of which are stored in the local studies section of Accrington Library.
Huncoat Remembered by John Smith 1906
Old Homesteads of Accrington by Richard Ainsworth 1928
History and Associations of Altham and Huncoat by Richard Ainsworth 1932
Huncoat Revisited by Jim Ashton 2000
Within Grove: A memoir by Thomas G. Hargreaves 2001
Huncoat Uncoated by John Goddard 2004
Volumes of Burgess Roles and Resisters of Electors from 1878
Accrington Gazette and Observer and Times from 1881 (on microfilm)
National Cencus Data (on microfilm)

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