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cmee · 22-10-2003, 16:13

Hi Barnsie, The house we have been talking about is "Dyke Nook Lodge" which was definitely built in 1907 by my grandparents, but I believe there once existed a "Dyke Nook House". A couple of years ago I was enquiring about a project I heard about to design a community garden at Dyke Nook and I had some correspondence with Hyndburn Borough Council who told me that the land on which the community garden was to be made was partly donated and partly purchased by the Borough of Accrington in the late 1930s to form the entrance to a new council housing development. The area was never part of the grounds of Dyke Nook LODGE "but was located on the site of the demolished Dyke Nook HOUSE". So - presumably the name Dyke Nook was that of your family's estate and  my grandfather's house was built adjacent to it, or on land purchased from your family, and took its name from the estate. Dyke Nook Lodge was the children's home, but I'm afraid I can't tell you any more about Dyke Nook House.

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cmee Junior Member+ Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 22 Liked: 2 times Rep Power: 0	Re: DYKE NOOK, Whalley Road, Accrington Hi Barnsie, The house we have been talking about is "Dyke Nook Lodge" which was definitely built in 1907 by my grandparents, but I believe there once existed a "Dyke Nook House". A couple of years ago I was enquiring about a project I heard about to design a community garden at Dyke Nook and I had some correspondence with Hyndburn Borough Council who told me that the land on which the community garden was to be made was partly donated and partly purchased by the Borough of Accrington in the late 1930s to form the entrance to a new council housing development. The area was never part of the grounds of Dyke Nook LODGE "but was located on the site of the demolished Dyke Nook HOUSE". So - presumably the name Dyke Nook was that of your family's estate and  my grandfather's house was built adjacent to it, or on land purchased from your family, and took its name from the estate. Dyke Nook Lodge was the children's home, but I'm afraid I can't tell you any more about Dyke Nook House.