Bolton AES Lecture - Lancashire in the Civil War
21st October 2025 - 7.30 pm
Speaker:
Stephen Irwin - Local Historian
In this talk Stephen will look at the country’s situation at the outset of the war and incidents that led up to the ‘battle’ that secured Lancashire for Parliament. Lancashire was a bitterly divided county from the very start of the civil war; the first named casualty of the war came from Manchester. Vital to both sides, Lancashire was fought over from the beginning of the war and suffered accordingly. The end of the civil war in 1645 was not the end of the fighting in the county and the aftermath left Lancashire in a parlous state.
About the speaker
Stephen is a local historian, and has given several lectures to the Society, including his lecture, last year on Early Aviation in Lancashire.
Stephen worked as a secondary school teacher before becoming a museum education officer in a local authority museum. Since retiring, Stephen is now an active member of Halliwell Local History Society.
Come along to the lecture at Bolton Library – Basement Lecture Theatre.
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