Oakenshaw, Lancashire

Oakenshaw
The Royal Oak public house
Oakenshaw
Location in Hyndburn
Oakenshaw
Location within Lancashire
OS grid referenceSD742315
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townACCRINGTON
Postcode districtBB5
Dialling code01254
PoliceLancashire
FireLancashire
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament

Oakenshaw is part of Clayton-le-Moors in Lancashire, England.

Thomas de Clayton was the first grantee of Oakenshaw in the middle of the 11th-century. A Calico printworks was established here (on Hyndburn Brook) by J Peel in the late 18th century.

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