Brierfield, Lancashire

]] The building of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, the Blackburn to Addingham turnpike road, and the railway from Preston to Colne, led to the town developing during the 19th century. Before the new transport links were constructed, the town was just a scattering of farmhouses forming part of Marsden township known as Little Marsden, which also covered a large part of what was to become Nelson. The land here was considered part of the manor of Ightenhill. The village of Marsden was centred on St Paul's Church just over the boundary with Nelson. Brierfield was likely one of Marsden's town fields, along presumably with Limefield and Mansfield, located within Brierfield parish, and Scholefield…