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Clayton-le-Moors is a village in Hyndburn in Lancashire, England. The village is locally referred to as 'Clayton'. To the west lies Rishton, to the north Great Harwood, and two miles to the south, Accrington. Clayton-le-Moors is situated on the A680 road alongside the M65 motorway. ==History== It is thought that the village developed while the Leeds Liverpool Canal was being built. The half-way point of the Leeds Liverpool Canal is Clayton-le-Moors. A mural that depicted this fact has been demolished. The town's main thoroughfare is Whalley Road, which still has some canal workers' cottages. Attractions include Mercer Park, freely open to the public, with an updated war memorial, once the grounds of Mercer House. The house was previously Oakenshaw Cottage and it was where John Mercer lived towards the end of his life. Mercer, a self-taught chemist born in Great Harwood, invented the mercerisation process for treating cotton which is still in use today. He was a pioneer of colour photography. Clayton-le-Moors is said to be a town of halves. Residents were 'top-ender' or 'bottom-ender', depending on which side of the Load O'Mischief pub, now demolished to make way for the M65 motorway. The two had firm opinions about each other and rarely mixed〔http://www.visitlancashire.com/site/destination-guide/search/clayton-le-moors-p96170〕 There was, however, an annual football match between each at the running track at Wilson's Playing Fields. The fields sit behind a woodland in Whalley Road - close to Sparth House. The synthetic track is surrounded by football pitches, a cricket pitch and changing rooms. There are shops around Pickup Street and Barnes Square. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Clayton-le-Moors」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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