Reedley Hallows Halt railway station

Reedley Hallows Halt railway station was a station on the East Lancashire line between Brierfield and Burnley in Lancashire, England. It was situated on a bridge crossing Barden Lane near Burnley and was closed in 1956 to passengers. The line remains open between Colne and Burnley, however nothing remains of the halt.

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Thomas Whitham Sixth Form

Thomas Whitham Sixth Form was a mixed 16 to 18 sixth form centre in Burnley, Lancashire.

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New Hall Bridge Halt railway station

New Hall Bridge Halt railway station was a station on the East Lancashire line between Brierfield and Burnley in Lancashire, England. It was situated near New Hall Street in Burnley and was closed in 1948 to passengers. The line remains open between Colne and Burnley, however nothing remains of the halt.

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Reedley Hallows

Reedley Hallows or Reedley is a civil parish in the Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England. It forms part of Burnley and Brierfield. It had a population of 1,994, reducing to 1,960 at the 2011 Census. It is on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, and the construction of a marina started in January 2008 and is expected to be completed in September. The local railway station, Reedley Hallows Halt on the East Lancashire Line, closed in 1956. The marina, and the site of the railway station, are both outside the current boundary of the parish, and are in an unparished area, which is part of the town of Burnley.

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Burnley Rural District

Burnley was a Rural district of Lancashire, England from 1894 to 1974. It was named after but did not include the large town of Burnley, which was a county borough. The district and its council was created in 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894. In 1974 it was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972, with its territory going on to form part of the districts of Pendle, Ribble Valley, Burnley and Hyndburn. The offices of the Rural District Council were in Reedley Hallows, Reedley at what is now the Oaks Hotel on Colne Road. Prior to becoming the Council offices, the building was a private residence known as Oakleigh and the home of Abraham Altham. The Altham family were importers of tea and this is represented in the fine stained glass window found at The Oaks colloquially giving the building the name "Tay-Pot (or teapot) Hall". The Altham's also founded a travel agency business in 1874 which continues to trade throughout East Lancashire, the west of Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire It administered the area containing the civil parishes of Altham, Barley-with-Wheatley Booth, Blacko, Briercliffe, Brunshaw (merged with Burnley in 1911), Cliviger, Dunnockshaw, Foulridge, Goldshaw Booth, Habergham Eaves, Hapton, Heyhouses (part of Sabden after 1904), Higham with West Close Booth, Huncoat (merged with Accrington in 1929), Ightenhill, Old Laund Booth, Newchurch in Pendle, Northtown (today split between Ightenhill, Higham and Simonstone), Old Laund Booth, Read, Reedley Hallows, Roughlee Booth, Sabden (after 1904), Simonstone, Trawden, Wheatly Carr Booth (merged with Old Laund Booth in 1935), Worsthorne with Hurstwood.