Your guide to Pleasington
THE village of Pleasington rests on the quiet edges of Blackburn's western suburbs and meets the River Darwen as it flows out of the town.
Approaching from Preston Old Road, the first sights of the area can only be described as pretty and quaint.
Immanuel's Church, although a venue of the Parish of Feniscowles, is considered part of Pleasington, and with its cosy atmosphere and unobtrusive spire, fits perfectly with the surroundings of the green belt countryside.
Immanuel's was built in 1840 on a site which was donated by Sir William Feilden and at that time its construction cost 2000. By today's monetary value, that figure is reaching somewhere towards 150,000.
The Feildens connection to Immanuel's is obvious; a spire-shaped monument has been erected at the front of the church grounds, in honour of Lady Feilden.
At the other end of Pleasington is the Roman Catholic St Mary and St. John the Baptist church, better known as Pleasington Priory.
The Priory was built by John Palmer, the same man who created the magnificent Blackburn Cathedral and the Priory's foundation stone was set in 1816.
The construction was paid for by John Butler Esq., a resident of Pleasington Hall and a member of the Butler-Bowden family.
Butler donated 20,000 which in 1816 was a considerable amount of money; by today's rates, that is approximately 1.5m.
The Priory is one of only two GradeI listed buildings in the whole of the borough, the other being Turton Tower.
2:55pm Tuesday 3rd July 2007
Print 
Email this 
Comment
What are these links for?
If you liked this article and would like to share it with others on the web who might be searching for good content we've made it easy for you to do it.
At the bottom of all articles, you'll see links to six sites. These sites - commonly called 'social bookmark' or 'social news' sites - have large communities of web users who share and rate interesting, useful and fun things on the web.
Clicking the links will automatically add the address of the story you are reading to one of these sites, letting you share it with others. Each site will ask you to register to share stories. Registration is free and once a member, you can store, recommend and search for stories that interest you.
More on Digg
More on del.icio.us
More on Furl
More on reddit
More on NowPublic/
More on Yahoo!
