What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Club Row This terrace of 20 properties was erected between 1794 and 1804. Thought to be the oldest surviving example of properties built by a building society in the world. Each had a basement room for a handloom, a coalhouse and a 'Necessary'. The 20 men who clubbed together to form the building society were local yeomen, handloom weavers and stonemasons. Recorded plaque organisation: Longridge Heritage Committee.
Club Row represents the oldest known properties built by a building society globally, showcasing early cooperative housing initiatives among local artisans in the late 18th century.
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