‘In 1911 the lord of the manor was the seventh Earl of Abingdon, in right of his first wife Caroline Louisa, eldest daughter and co-heir of Charles Towneley. In Lord Abingdon put 2500 acres out of a total of 4,008 acres for the original township and 3,577 acres for the reduced civil parish up for auction. This included two farms-Old and New Barns- which made up the majority of the former Hapton Park south of Accrington Road and ‘
Burnley Express and Advertiser 24/03 1920
It was gratifying to see that a good many of the tenants, some of the old tenants, availed themselves of the opportunity to purchase their holdings, and the auctioneer informed us last night that he hopes to have cleared the major portion of the estate before many days have passed.
See below
M0120887 LC Index Dated 1920
PARTICULARS WITH PLANS OF FINE ESTATE – HAPTON ESTATE
Lot Description Acreage
1 The “Waggoner’s Inn 36.991
2 Accommodation Pasture Land 25.461
3 Clow Farm 88.383
4 Huncoat Hall 76.605
5 Accommodation Grazing Land 15.885
6 Accommodation Grazing Land 10.459
7 Accommodation Land 13.735
8 Meadow 2.988
9 Windy Harbour Farm 45.917
10 Hameldon Hall 13.583
11 Dunnockshaw Close 41.385
12 Childers Green 43.660
13 Blind Lane Ends Farm 15.223
14 Accommodation Pasture 4.195
15 Stone Hey 4.509
16 Accommodation Land 2.265
17 Accommodation Pasture and Building Land 6.000
18 West Hall Farm 47.504
19 Accommodation and Building Land 12.143
20 Freehold Accommodation Pasture Land 6.762
21 Mill Hill 49.973
22 Accommodation Land or Building Site 3.276
23 Sellars Fold 19.554
24 Accommodation or Building Site 8.006
24a Freehold Field 5.954
25 Accommodation or Building Land 6.650
26 Accommodation or Building Land 3.559
27 Hapton Hall 31.187
28 School House, Hapton 10.450
29 Toll Bar Cottage 0.301
30 Three Modern Cottages 0.145
31 Accommodation or Building Land 13.252
32 Bentley Wood Green – Dwelling House 2.471
33 Accommodation or Building Land 13.597
34 Freehold Building Plot 6.809
35 Accommodation Holding and Woodland 60.688
36 Accommodation Land and Building Site 9.643
37 Accommodation Pasture Land 7.041
38 Site 1.743
39 Building Site 3.422
40 Building Site 2.285
41 Accommodation Land 7.567
42 Riley’s Farm 44.279
43 Pollard Moor Farm 27.808
44 Bradley Fold Farm 44.591
45 Fennyfold Farm 38.873
46 Eaves Barn 23.459
47 Fennyfol Farm 32.087
48 Shuttleworth House 3.226
49 Shuttleworth House Farm 42.019
50 New Barn Farm 622.447
51 Old Barn Farm 586.374
52 Barley Green 75.823
53 Thornybank Farm 79.997
54 Watson Laithe Farm 98.744
54a Higher Nutshaw Farm 23.049
54b Lower Nutshaw Farm 126.686
55 Castle Clough Bleach Works 33.129
Sold privately were £
Castle Clough Works 12,ooo
Lower Nutshaw 1,700
Higher Nutshaw 700
Shuttleworth House Farm 3,375
Clow Farm 1,800
Waggoner’s Inn 1,800
Windy Harbour Farm 300
Blind Lane Ends Farm 900
West Hall Farm 1,295
Toll Bar Cottage 230
Bentley Wood Green 800
Riley’s Farm 1,600
Bradley Fold Farm 1,800
NOT SOLD Withdrawn at £
New Barn Farm 7,000
Old Barn Farm 5,500
Watson Laithe 2,500
Fennyfold Farm 1,900
Barley Green 1,500
Hapton Hall 1,750
Mill Hill 1,700
Hambledon Hall 150
Childer’s Green 1,375
Sellers Fold 800
Three cottages 750
Pollard Moor 1,100
Thornybank Farm 800
Several well known local people were among the purchasers. Burnley Express and Advertiser 14/03/1920
