The Local History section of the site is where we hold such information and this is maintained and developed by a team of volunteers who update it.
This done remotely via a web browser where you log in to our website and can the add or edit the pages in our local history section. You do not need specialist skills to do this as a screen is displayed with boxes provided to add information into the sections within our pages.
There will be pages giving information about places and events with pictures and locations marked on a map. These will be listed according to the district in which they are or were located. The districts being:
The exact boundaries of these have changed over time in particular Fairhaven which was named by the company building that area and extended into what many now regard as being St. Annes. So we are currently not defining precise boundary lines for the districts.
It is envisaged that we will also add maps and transcripts of useful information such as extracts from gazetteers and directories.
As information is added we hope to be able to add maps with multiple entities marked upon them like local churches. That map is not generated from our site but shows what can easily be achieved.
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