We are looking for suggestions for people to be included that fit the following criteria...

Criteria:
To do with town centre (they don't have to have been born there).
To have contributed significantly to establishment, growth or lustre of Chorley town.
To be significant figures of our past history.

Here is a potential list, made up by a Working Party representing several of Chorley’s history/heritage associations. You are very welcome to comment or to make alternative suggestions.

Leo Baxendale (Bash St kids)
Luke Berry (Photo record)
George Birtill (Journalist/historian)
Susanna Brooke (19 cent patron/power)
Oliver Cooper (Chorley Independence)
Abraham Crompton (Donor/Estate)
Dean Crank and/or Robert
Wrennall (Social Reformer/16th Cent. martyr)
Henry Hibbert (Educationalist/Politician)
William Hall (Machine breaker, 1826)
John Hollinshead (First town hall, 1802)
Walter Howarth (Nobel Prize- 1 exists)
Thomas Rawcliffe (Benefactor, Hospital)
Robert Rawlinson (Public Health)
Richard Smethurst (Industrialist)
TC Stephenson (Walker’s rights)

Please send your comments and any other suggestions to website@chorleyheritagecentre.co.uk, no later than 23rd June, 2025. We hope to fund 10 to 12 plaques around the town.

This project is to be funded by Chorley Chamber of Trade legacy and Chorley Heritage Centre Group