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Heights Golf Club, Accrington. (1912 - 1918)
The club was appearing prior to WW1.
Report on a meeting held in January 1913.
Haslingden Gazette Saturday 11 January 1913.Public domain.
The following report appeared in the Burnley Express on Saturday 15 February 1913 - "A number of members who recently seceded from the Heights Golf Club, Accrington, on account of the Heights Club having put a ban on Sunday golf, have formed a new club known as the Baxenden & District Club."
Haslingden Gazette Saturday 10 May 1913. Public domain.
Pre WW1 postcard of the clubhouse of the Heights Golf Club, Hyndburn, Accrington.
Haslingden Gazette Saturday 11 October 1913. Public domain.
Report on the annual meeting in November 1915.
Accrington Observer and Times Saturday 20 November 1915. Image © Reach plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
Whist Drive and dance in December 1915.
Accrington Observer and Times Saturday 11 December 1915. Image © Reach plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
Report on the annual meeting in November 1916.
Accrington Observer and Times Saturday 18 November 1916. Image © Reach plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
In October 1917 the tenancy of the Heights Golf Club on land near Lower Whithams Farm was terminated. The club were to dispose of the whole of its effects; Weather Boarded Structure with matchboard lining, approximately 27ft x 12ft, with three widows, double door, and two outbuildings; lockers, stoves, ladders, rollers, mowers, posts and tools. Particulars were available from the secretary at, 241 Avenue Parade, Accrington.
It was reported in August 1918 that Private T Dewhurst age 26, Seaforth Highlanders, and one of the founder members of the Heights Golf Club, had been killed in action.
Pre-WW1 Ordnance Survey Map showing Heights (golf course not marked).
O.S. Map Revised 1909; © Crown Copyright {year of publication 1913}.
The Google Map below pinpoints Lower Whithams, location of the former Heights Golf Club.