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Clitheroe Gardens

Probably named after Clitheroe Golf Club, founded in 1891, in Clitheroe, Lancashire, England.

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The name

Clitheroe Gardens probably takes its name from Clitheroe Golf Club. Its James Braid course dates from 1932, and Walter Hagen played an exhibition there in 1937.

Where the club's facts come from: History :: Clitheroe Golf Club, the club's own history.

How sure we are of the match: Likely

The estate's streets were named after golf courses. The streets page explains how each match was made.

In the story

  • Clubs, sport and events: The Clitheroe Club and Embling Hall
    Poor But Proud dates the Clitheroe Club to 1 August 1950, in a two-storey clubroom in Clitheroe Gardens let at £26 a year, with an extension finished in the autumn of 1952.
  • Rebuilding the centre: Why the centre was rebuilt
    In January 2011 the tenants of Nanscott House, a block of flats in Prestwick Road beside the Methodist church, were looking forward to moving into new homes being built beside Clitheroe Gardens, and demolition of the block began that August.
  • Schools, churches and shops
    The Clitheroe Club for older people began in Clitheroe Gardens in 1950, and the Methodist church opened on Prestwick Road in 1953.
  • Carpenders Park and South Oxhey Methodist Church
    By March 2011 Lovell had been chosen to build the first phase of a scheme to redevelop the Clitheroe Gardens site, which included the church, and the second phase was to bring a new church and community centre.

On the timeline

  • 1 August 1950 The Clitheroe Club opens in a two-storey clubroom in Clitheroe Gardens.

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