Illustrated view of Ormskirk, c1680. (Courtesy - H. Padfield).
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Provisions Dealer, Grocer and Confectioner's shop on the corner of Green Lane and Hants Lane, Ormskirk, early 1900s.
In the 1950/60s it would be known as Dunn's shop.
Market Day, Aughton Street, Ormskirk, c1895-1900.
Ormskirk Parish Church, c1900.
Market Day, Aughton Street, Ormskirk, c1900.
Market Day, Moor Street, Ormskirk, c1900.
To the right can be seen the Golden Lion Hotel (Pub) and Railway Road.
Church Street, Ormskirk, c1900.
(Photo courtesy - Ernest Rosbottam Collection / Stuart & Lynne Gray)
Looking from Ormskirk Parish Church over Southport Road, Hants Lane and Green Lane, Ormskirk, c1922-24.
(Photo courtesy - Ernest Rosbottam Collection / Stuart & Lynne Gray)
The Corn Exchange & Swift's Restaurateurs and Confectioners, with Market Row running between them, Moor Street, Ormskirk, early 1900s.
(Photo courtesy - Ernest Rosbottam Collection / Stuart & Lynne Gray)
The Old Library, Church Street, Ormskirk, c1900.
The sign on the wall reads as follows..... The 'Charity School' was erected in 1724. The Rt. Hon. James Ld. Derby was the first patron to the school.
For a few years from c1842 the Grammar School was conducted here until the new premises in Ruff Lane were built
In 1854 the premises were opened as a Public Library by the Earl of Derby who gave £100 towards the purchase of books.
(Photo courtesy - Ernest Rosbottam Collection / Stuart & Lynne Gray)
Burscough Street, Ormskirk, c1920s.
(Photo courtesy - Ernest Rosbottam Collection / Stuart & Lynne Gray)
Dyers Lane, Ormskirk, c1900.
Market Day, Aughton Street, Ormskirk, c1905.
(Photo courtesy - Ernest Rosbottam Collection / Stuart & Lynne Gray)
The Westminster Bank Ltd., The Ormskirk Advertiser and Boots Chemist, Church Street, Ormskirk, c1960s.
(Photo courtesy - Ernest Rosbottam Collection / Stuart & Lynne Gray)
Swift's Restaurateurs and Confectioners, next to Market Row, Moor Street, Ormskirk, 1926.
(Photo courtesy - Ernest Rosbottam Collection / Stuart & Lynne Gray)
Staff from Swift's Restaurateurs and Confectioners, pictured in Market Row (off Moor Street), Ormskirk, 1926.
(Photo courtesy - Ernest Rosbottam Collection / Stuart & Lynne Gray)
Church Street, Ormskirk, early 1900s.
Burscough Street, Ormskirk, early 1900s.
Aughton Street, Ormskirk, early 1900s.
Moor Street, Ormskirk, 1902.
Market Day, Moor Street, Ormskirk, c1890s.
Taken from around the Queen's Head Pub, with the Golden Lion hotel to the left, then Railway Road, then various cottages, shops, and the Working Men's Institute on the site of what is now the bus station. In the distance can be seen Wigan Road.
'Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show' parade on Moor Street, Ormskirk, 30th September 1904.
Ormskirk Scouts Band, Derby Street, Ormskirk Youth Festival, Sunday 21st May 1950.
Market Day, Moor Street, Ormskirk, c1900.
St. Anne's Church, Prescot Road, Ormskirk, c1890s.
Bikers at The Wheatsheaf, Ormskirk, 9th November 1924.
The Drill Hall, Southport Road, Ormskirk, 1899. (Now Ormskirk Civic Hall).
Kings Arms Hotel, Moor Street, Ormskirk, c1900.
Moor Street, Ormskirk, c1955.
Ormskirk Parish Church (St Peter and St Paul's), Ormskirk, early 1900s.
Moor Street, Ormskirk, early 1900s.
Moor Street, Ormskirk, c1955.
Artists impression of Ormskirk Parish Church, 1742.
Moor Street, Ormskirk, 1967.
Parade on Moor Street, Ormskirk, c1890 - 1910.
Moor Street, Ormskirk, c1965.
Church Street, Ormskirk, June 1940.
Church Street, Ormskirk, 1894.
Market Day, Aughton Street, Ormskirk, c. late 1960s.
The Clock Tower, Ormskirk, c1960.
Burscough Street, Ormskirk, c1930s.
Queens Hotel, Aughton Street, Ormskirk. Annual Coach trip to Blackpool, 9th July 1937.
Church Street, Ormskirk, early 1900s.
Gala Day outside the King's Arms Hotel, Moor Street, Ormskirk, c1900.
Coronation Park And The Parish Church, Ormskirk, c1955.
Artists impression of Town End, Ormskirk, 1877.
St Anne's Church is to the left, looking towards Holborn Hill from the bottom of Aughton Street.
(Courtesy - H. Padfield).
Market Day, Aughton Street, Ormskirk, c1960.
Market Day, Aughton Street, Ormskirk, early 1900s.
St Anne's Road (and Church), Ormskirk, c1955.
Aughton Street, Ormskirk, early 1900s.
Ormskirk Town Centre, early 1900s.
(Photo courtesy - Colin Williams, Alfapostcards).
Ormskirk Station, early 1900s.
(Photo courtesy - Colin Williams, Alfapostcards).