[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by Bob Dobson

There was a Moore St and a Moore Court in the town from the 1860s. They were named to honour John Moore, who was a land agent /manager for the landowning Peel family. There's nopt much, if any, of the street left now, as it got developed and called Eastgate. A Gordon Moore still lives locally ( Baxenden)and is a leading light in the cine club. His late wife was Benita Moore, a librarian/writer.
In the 1820s , a William Beasley or Beesley was a political/union activist in the town, but left under suspicious circumstances

No 56 is still there. Ascertain which school the kids went to. That may still be standing.

One of Beasley's daughters lived wth my G.Grandma in Cockerell Court, then known as Swan Yard. Will buggered of to America till things quietened down.