The canal continued to be used for the commercial transportation of coal between Bank Hall Colliery, Burnley and the now demolished power generating station at Whitebirk, Blackburn, until 1963.

[3] During the harsh winter of 1963 the thickness of the ice on the canal prevented the movement of barges and coal had to be transported by road.

The Roman Catholic St. Mary's Church which opened in 1819, was originally sited on Burnley Road, east of the town, on the boundary with Altham, as a replacement for the chapel at Dunkenhalgh.

Mercer, a self-taught chemist born in Great Harwood, invented the mercerisation process for treating cotton which is still in use today.

[6] With the mixing of the town's children at common schools, this is no longer the case but the distinction between top and bottom enders still remains.

Clayton-le-Moors was once a township in the ancient parish of Whalley, with Dunkenhalgh in the south-west and Hyndburn Brook forming the boundary with Rishton and Great Harwood as far as the River Calder.

[8] As a consequence of the re-organisation of Local Government in 1974, Clayton became an unparished constituent of the Borough of Hyndburn, centered on Accrington.

[14] Karrimor International, a world-renowned manufacturer of backpacks, footwear, and other outdoor pursuit equipment, was founded in Clayton-le-Moors in 1946.

[failed verification] Prior to receivership and disposal of its UK manufacturing business and retail operations in 2004, it was considered to have a "tremendous tradition", a history that included "legendary" products, and a "very strong brand name",[17] and past owner Industrialinvest stated in 2002 that the company had an "international reputation for outstanding [products]".