| 1243 | Manor known as Upton.R5 |
| 1242 | Hapton held by Reyner de Arches.R6 |
| 1302 | Thomas de Hautrey held Hapton.R6 |
| 1303-4 | Thomas de Atte Ripa, lord of Carlton in Craven, gave the manor of Hapton to Gilbert de la Legh.R6 |
| 1310-11 | Gilbert de la Legh and his son, John, attested a local deed, this was not sanctioned and Henry de Lacy declared Hapton manor forfeit and gave it to Edmund Talbot of Bashall.R6 |
| 1316 | North Lancashire was by Scottish Borderers. |
| 1318 | Birtwistles move to Huncoat. John de Huncoat exchanged Huncoat Hall for similar possession in Hapton.R6 |
| 1321 | Nicholas de Kighley gave lands in Birtwistle to Gilbert de la Legh.R6 |
| 1322 | John Talbot aged 18, who held part of Hapton sold the right to Gilbert de la Legh.R6 |
| 1333 | Robert Dautrey claimed 2 mills and 60 acres in Hapton against Gilbert de la Legh.R6 |
| 1336 | Gilbert de la Legh grants the manor of Hapton to his grandson, Gilbert son of John.R6 |
| 1381 | Richard Towneley died (assumed Towneley as his name, his mother was a Towneley, he would have been a de la Legh).R6 |
| 1388 | Alice (widow of Gilbert de la Legh) died in possession having had no issue. The heir was John, son of Richard de Towneley, brother of Gilbert.R6 |
| 1389 | Black Death. |
| 1451 | Padiham Church, founded by John Marshall of Bentley Wood Green, Hapton.R6 |
| 1497 | Licence to build a Tower. |
| 1510 | Sir John Towneley built Hapton Tower as Henry VIII came to the throne. |
| 1514 | The enclosing of a large part of the township by the Towneley tenure. |
| 1542 | War with Scotland. |
| 1596 | The boundaries between Hapton and Huncoat and Hapton–Henheads were fixed. |
| 1597 | The bounds of Hapton, Huncoat and Henheads were surveyed. |
| 1626 | William Eaves and several other convicted recusants were in Hapton. |
| 1634 | Death of Jane Towneley. |
| 1644 | Battle of Marston Moor and death of Charles Towneley. |
| 1645 | The number of acres in the manor was 1,857. |
| 1666 | There were 78 hearths liable to be taxed; Ashton’s house had 12 hearths. |
| 1792 | Spinning mill built at Castle Clough.R! |
| 1794 | Henry Ashwoth of Birtwistle, Hapton was born. He was an apponent of The Corn Laws and wrote “Recollections of Richard Cobden”. |
| 1797-1801 | Burnley to Enfield part of the canal was onstructed.R1 |
| 1801 | Population was 395.R4 |
| 1804 | Charles Towneley trading as Hapton Coal company.R1 |
| 1811 | Population was 533.R4 |
| 1813 | Severe winter, canal froze. |
| 1821 | Population was 568.R4 |
| 1882 | P.E. Towneley acquired Castle Clough Mill.R1 |
| 1841 | P.E.Towneley leased Castle Clough Mill to Henry Haworth of Church.R1 |
| 1842 | John Riley and John Smalley Grimshaw founded the Chemical Works.R1 |
| 1843 | The School House was opened. |
| 1846 | Castle Clough Print Works opened.R1 |
| 1853 | Hapton Valley opened and the first two shafts were sunk. R7 |
| 1854 | Population was 700.R4 |
| 1860 | Richard and John Riley of Oakenshaw rented Castle Clough for calico printing.R1 |
| 1860 | Hapton Railway Station opened. |
| 1861 | Population was 1003.R4 |
| 1863 | St. John’s R.C. School, Padiham (then Hapton) opened. |
| 1867 | William Wilson & Son took over calico print works at Castle Clough.R1 |
| 1867 | Simpson’s Perseverance Mill began production.R1 |
| 1872 | School House closed. |
| 1871-2 | The Methodists opened their Canal Bridge School. |
| 1873 | The Hapton Local Board was formed. |
| 1881 | St. John’s Church was built. |
| 1885 | The Methodist Chapel on Manchester Road was built.R2 |
| 1887 | A major extension to Perseverance Mill was built housing 1000 looms in total.R1 |
| 1888 | Part of Hapton was lit by electric lights powered from the Simpson Mill.R1 |
| 1890 | The Liberal Club was opened. |
| 1891 | The population was 3,395. |
| 1897 | Hapton F.C. Won the Lancashire Junior Cup. |
| 1897-8 | Hapton Brick Company Limited built a brick works near the Leeds/Liverpool Canal, south of Castle Clough.R1 |
| 1902 | Hapton Brick Company ceased trading.R1 |
| 1904 | Perseverance Mill re-equipped with new looms and leased to Hapton Manufacturing Company, taken over in 1924 by Ashworth brothers.R1 |
| 1905-6 | Robert Watson’s weaving shed, 1930 taken over by Mather Brothers & Company Limited.R1 |
| 1908 | Fire at Hapton Valley Colliery.R7 |
| 1912 | The Council School was opened. |
| 1914 | World War 1 |
| 1915/6 | William Blythe & Company purchased the chemical works.R1 |
| 1920/1 | Premier Bleaching Company was formed and a new bleaching plant was installed at Castle clough.R1 |
| 1921 | The War Memorial was set up made of Aberdeen Granite. |
| 1926 | August 21st, the foundation stone was laid at St. Margaret’s Church. |
| 1930 | Fire at Ashworth’s Mill.R1 |
| 1939 | World War 2 |
| 1942 | Magnesium Elektron Limited built by the government to produce metal for aircraft industry.R1 |
| 1946 | Mathers taken over by Derby and Midland Mills Limited.R1 |
| 1948 | Consecration of St. Margaret’s burial ground. |
| 1950 | Thorny Bank Colliery developed.R1 |
| 1951 | Eric Cowpe (Diana Cowpe Organisation) began candlewick manufacturing on the Castle Clough site.R1 |
| 1960/1 | Operations ended at Castle Clough.R1 |
| 1962 | Hapton Valley Pit disaster. 19 men were killed and 22 injured in a methane gas explosion.R1 |
| 1965 | Mathers closed. The site was later occupied by Lucas |
| 1966 | Hepworth Iron Company took over the MEL works.R1 |
| 1981 | Hapton Valley Pit closed.R1 |
| 1995 | Demolition of Lucas/Mathers Mill.R1 |
| 1999 | Simpson Brothers closed.R1 |
| References | |
| R1 | “Industrial Heritage” by Mike Rothwell |
| R2 | Barrett’s Directory of Burnley 1885 |
| R3 | North and east Lancashire Mannex 1868 |
| R4 | History, Topography and Directory Mannex 1854 |
| R5 | “The Place Names of Lancashire” Ekwall |
| R6 | History of Whalley 1801 Whittaker Vol 2 |
| R7 | Coal mining in East Lancashire – CommuniGate |
