building now houses the Ben Brierley Legal Advice Resource Centre. Partial bibliography Chronicles of Waverlow, 1863 The Layrock of Langley-side: a Lancashire Story, 1864 (Google Books) Irkdale, or, the Odd House in the Hollow: a Lancashire Story, 1865 Traddlepin Fold; and Other Tales, 1867 Red Windows Hall; a Lancashire Story, 1868 Ab-o'th' Yate in London: or, Southern Life from a Northern Point of View, 1881 Ab-o'th'-Yate in Paddy's Land: From his Own Goose-wing, 1881 Ab-o'th'-Yate in Yankeeland: the Results of Two Trips to America, 1885 (Google Books) Tales and Sketches of Lancashire Life, 1886 Cotters of Mossburn, 1886 Spring Blossoms and Autumn Leaves, 1893 See also Edwin Waugh John Collier (caricaturist) Notes References C. W. Sutton, ‘Brierley, Benjamin (1825–1896)’, rev. John D. Haigh, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, October 2008, accessed 15 January 2012 External links An indepth account of the life of Ben Brierley by David Huk and Jim McMahon. Ben Brierley Centenary. 1825 births 1896 deaths English essayists People from Failsworth