Proposals to build 380 new affordable homes just off Church Street have been lodged. Onward has been eyeing up the former Horrocks Mill site and consulting on its proposals. The […]
8 months ago Horrocks Mill plans in Preston city centre consultation beginsProposals for 380 new homes and apartments in Preston city centre are preparing to be lodged. Onward Housing, which currently manages the tower blocks in Queen Street and Avenham, is […]
10 months ago The Harris to host Horrockses Fashions event at Preston MarketThe Harris will host a free Horrockses Fashions-themed event with the ‘X Joanie’ collection this Saturday. On Saturday, 27 August, the ‘Harris in the City: Bringing the Horrockses Fashions X […]
2 years ago Young Preston man attacks Samuel Horrocks with meat cleaver, 1823On a fine Sunday in 1823, Andrew Ryding, a young man of Preston, decided to attack one of the largest mill owners in the town, with a blunted meat cleaver. […]
2 years ago Advertisement Advertisement History of Horrockses Mill to be explored at Lancashire ArchivesWant to know more about the history of Horrockses Mill in Preston? The centre of the cotton manufacturing industry in the UK the building, set up by John Horrocks in […]
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