Sporting Clubs in Blackburn

Blackburn Golf Club was established in 1894 when Blackburn was at it's height as a cotton and engineering town. The 18 hole parkland course today, with its outstanding views of the Pennines Hills and Lancashire coast is a far cry from that original course, where sheep and cattle grazed. Over the past

1st British President of FIFA 1906 - 1918, lived a 1 Crosshill Road and was the 1st President and Treasurer of Crosshill Tennis Club. Daniel Burley was a pupil at Blackburn Grammar School and later joined the Income Tax Office, located in Richmond Terrace. By 1881 he was living at 54 Oswald Street with

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