- Stoneyholme
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Stoneyholme developed between 1860 and 1914 to house Burnley's expanding workforce. It had fewer industrial buildings than its near-neighbour Daneshouse, but these included the Ashley Street Dye Works (opened 1909; now converted to workshop units) and several gas holders, two of which survive. [http://www.burnley.gov.uk/downloads/daneshouse.pdf] In recent years, it has suffered from housing market failure, [http://www.burnley.gov.uk/downloads/HMR.pdf] and is now part of East Lancashire's Elevate scheme to clear, rebuild or remodel sub-standard housing. [ [http://www.burnley.gov.uk/elevate Burnley Borough Council - Elevate - Introduction ] ]
It lies in the Daneshouse with Stoneyholme ward, which is 63.85% Asian or
Asian British . [ [http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=3&b=5945155&e=16&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&enc=1 Neighbourhood Statistics ] ] The index of multiple deprivation places the ward among the 5% most deprived in the United Kingdom. [ [http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/office_of_the_chief_executive/lancashireprofile/deprivation/budeptable.asp Lancashire County Council: Lancashire Profile ] ] 40.22% of children in the ward are eligible forfree school meals . [ [http://www.saferlancashire.co.uk/statistics/statistics/education.asp Statistics - Lancashire MADE Public ] ] There were 339.8 crimes per 1,000 inhabitants in the year to December 2007 (Lancashire average 89.4), an increase of 3.1% on the previous twelve months. [ [http://www.saferlancashire.co.uk/statistics/statistics/table-ward-rolling.asp Statistics - Lancashire MADE Public ] ]A £3.6m privately-financed project to construct the Burnley
Islamic Cultural Centre, together with a new building for the Shah JalalMosque andMadrasah , is currently underway in the ward. [http://www.salaam.co.uk/mosques/new/burnley.html]References
External links
* [http://www.stoneyholmenursery.org.uk/index.html Stoneyholme Community Nursery School]
* [http://www.stoneyholme.lancsngfl.ac.uk/ Stoneyholme Community Primary School]
* [http://www.surestart-daneshouse.co.uk/?movieShown=yes Sure Start Daneshouse & Stoneyholme]
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