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Forum: Heritage and History 27-09-2008, 20:59

Replies: 39 Kings Highway and appeal to landowners Views: 4,743 Posted By Retlaw Re: Kings Highway and appeal to landowners Back in the time I'm refering to, before the Northwest Water Board was formed, all the land I refered to, was known as Black Moss Common, and Accrington had its own Gas and Water Board. Then...

Forum: Heritage and History 12-09-2008, 19:35

Replies: 39 Kings Highway and appeal to landowners Views: 4,743 Posted By Retlaw Re: Kings Highway and appeal to landowners Hi Chris Its some years since I was at that farm, the barn was on fire, the hydrant in the field was useless, to many people using water down in Accy, we had to relay water from heights farm,...

Forum: Heritage and History 03-02-2008, 19:43

Replies: 39 Kings Highway and appeal to landowners Views: 4,743 Posted By Retlaw Re: Kings Highway and appeal to landowners Hi Homegrown. All the moorland on Moleside and parts of Hambledon were regarded as common land, until one day I was up there a heck of a long time back and there were survey makers all over the...

Forum: Heritage and History 03-02-2008, 14:38

Replies: 39 Kings Highway and appeal to landowners Views: 4,743 Posted By Retlaw Re: Kings Highway and appeal to landowners The present day line of the Kings Highway, was used as a boundry line way back in the 1100's as written in the Coucher book of Kirkstall. There are a number of old quarries along that old highway....

Forum: Heritage and History 31-01-2008, 15:31

Replies: 39 Kings Highway and appeal to landowners Views: 4,743 Posted By Retlaw Re: Kings Highway and appeal to landowners Spire Farm is not on the old Kings Highway, the Kings Highway runs over the back of Hambledon lodge, past what used to be calle Hambledon Hall Farm. The last tenants of that farm were called Wright....

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