Oakenclough

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Oakenclough
Oakenclough (Lancashire)
Oakenclough

Oakenclough shown within Lancashire
OS grid reference SD538474
District Wyre
Shire county Lancashire
Region North West
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town PRESTON
Postcode district PR3
Dialling code 01995
Police Lancashire
Fire Lancashire
Ambulance North West
European Parliament North West England
UK Parliament Lancaster and Wyre
List of places: UKEnglandLancashire

Coordinates: 53°55′12″N 2°42′11″W / 53.92, -2.703

Oakenclough is a village in Lancashire, England. Oakenclough is a small and scattered community, which appears to have developed largely as a result of a paper mill being sited here to make use of the waterpower available from the swiftly flowing River Calder. In 1827 Quaker John Jackson bought the paper mill from Richard Curtis a paper manufacturer and farmer who had gone bankrupt. John Jackson built and lived in the adjacent house known as Calder Bank, where his descendants continued to live for well over a hundred years. John’s brothers Jonathan & Richard founded Calder Vale in 1835 when they built a mill on the River Calder. It was used to weave cotton and is still in use today even though the river no longer provides the power. Built by public subscription St John's Church, and the small church school next to it, stands at the top of Church Wood between Calder Vale and Oakenclough .