Brinscall
Brinscall lies in the valley at the foot of the West Pennine Moors and owes its development from a farming community as well as the cotton industry. When the cotton industry came to Lancashire in the 19th century, a thriving community of handloom weavers existed in the valley area. William Christopher Wood built the present Brinscall Hall in 1876, and a calico printworks, which employed a number of people but finally closed in 1928. The ruins of many of these buildings are now surrounded by woodland known as Wheelton Plantation. The area is now owned by North West Water Authority and is part of the Anglezarke link of reservoirs and also a nature conservation area.
Halfway up School Lane , the main street of Brinscall, is Hillside Methodist chapel, where the famous singer Kathleen Ferrier was married. The village school, St John's , was the first combined Church of England/Methodist primary school in Lancashire .
The swimming baths in Brinscall were built to celebrate the coronation of King George V, with generous donations from Withnell Fold papermill owner and benefactor Herbert J. Parke. The cottage hospital was built to celebrate the coronation of King Edward VII by the same benefactor in 1902. The village cricket field, which accommodates three thriving teams, is held in trust by the villagers, also by courtesy of the Parke family.