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Forum: Heritage and History 03-12-2014, 12:40
Replies: 261
Views: 24,198
Posted By Retlaw
Re: Street Names

Arthur Basil Horsfall was killed in action 27-03-1918, age 23, lived in Potwalla British Columbia, Plantation Grower. Basil was killed during an action when the enemy attacked at Ablainsville, he...
Forum: Heritage and History 25-03-2014, 21:57
Replies: 261
Views: 24,198
Posted By Retlaw
Re: Street Names

I have a street plan some where of Accrington dated 1863 which shows all the proposed new streets being planned, most of them were completed by 1890, there are quite a few names on it that were never...
Forum: Heritage and History 23-01-2013, 21:07
Replies: 261
Views: 24,198
Posted By Retlaw
Re: Street Names

Major Slinger of Rough Lee, Accrington, was a solicitor, qualified to work in the supreme court.
Forum: Heritage and History 17-01-2013, 23:02
Replies: 261
Views: 24,198
Posted By Retlaw
Re: Street Names

Doesn't matter whether its a street, row or terrace its named after a trade, thats what you were originally on about. Trades.
Forum: Heritage and History 17-01-2013, 21:27
Replies: 261
Views: 24,198
Posted By Retlaw
Re: Street Names

What about Colliers Row.
Forum: Heritage and History 15-01-2013, 22:37
Replies: 261
Views: 24,198
Posted By Retlaw
Re: Street Names

Major Slinger lost two sons in WW1, he lived at the top of Rough Lee Rd, in what became the maternity hospital.
He was one of the oficers in th 11th East Lancs but Rickman sidelined him into the...
Forum: Heritage and History 15-01-2013, 22:28
Replies: 261
Views: 24,198
Posted By Retlaw
Re: Street Names

Let me know by PM when your next in the Library, I have a map you might want to look at. It will explain about the missing streets, and name changes.
Forum: Heritage and History 07-01-2013, 18:55
Replies: 261
Views: 24,198
Posted By Retlaw
Re: Street Names

There are several references to St Peter's School in my WW1 files, also a mention of St Peter's Sunday School, St Peter's Church has a WW1 War Memorial. No locatiion is given for the school.
Forum: Heritage and History 02-02-2012, 14:47
Replies: 261
Views: 24,198
Posted By Retlaw
Re: Street Names

She'l still get thi because thar associating it With the
HOwArth Park.
Forum: Heritage and History 19-12-2010, 14:35
Replies: 261
Views: 24,198
Posted By Retlaw
Re: Street Names

Tremellen St, on Blackburn Rd, near the Old Grammar School.
He didn't write that, but some cloth eared clerk who didn't understand the Lanky dialect. His writing will be where he signed his name. ...
Forum: Heritage and History 15-12-2010, 21:20
Replies: 261
Views: 24,198
Posted By Retlaw
Re: Street Names

Just checked my 1863 map, it shows the layout for over 70 new streets, most of them are named, including Lydia St & Marsden St.
Those houses in those 70 odd streets weren't built untill the 1890's &...
Forum: Heritage and History 30-10-2010, 12:26
Replies: 261
Views: 24,198
Posted By Retlaw
Re: Street Names

And attached is then street plan again.

Retlaw.
Forum: Heritage and History 28-10-2010, 21:41
Replies: 261
Views: 24,198
Posted By Retlaw
Re: Street Names

The monks of Kirkstall had been long gone before any thing was built in that area. The monks were incapable of digging thro rock, and gunpowder wasn't known until after they left.
There was never...
Forum: Heritage and History 28-10-2010, 21:28
Replies: 261
Views: 24,198
Posted By Retlaw
Re: Street Names

NEVER, as far as I'm concerned its either Huncote or Huncoyte, and that present day spelling is because some one dropped a clanger.

All references in my files are spelt Huncote, as it should be. ...
Forum: Heritage and History 28-10-2010, 20:03
Replies: 261
Views: 24,198
Posted By Retlaw
Re: Street Names

No, even back as far as the 1841 census it was called Eagle St.
Very few were refered to as roads then, 99% were called streets.
There is a Station Rd in Huncote. [and before any one says I've...
Forum: Heritage and History 15-10-2010, 11:37
Replies: 261
Views: 24,198
Posted By Retlaw
Re: Street Names

Plantation St.
Retlaw.
Forum: Heritage and History 24-03-2009, 16:34
Replies: 261
Views: 24,198
Posted By Retlaw
Re: Street Names

I've already said my piece on the so called tunnels tunnels around Black Abbey St area in another thread on this subject. They NEVER existed.It would have needed ton of explosives to get through the...
Forum: Heritage and History 21-07-2008, 10:49
Replies: 261
Views: 24,198
Posted By Retlaw
Re: Street Names

It was originally Walmsley's Leather Works.

Retlaw.
Forum: Heritage and History 20-07-2008, 21:37
Replies: 261
Views: 24,198
Posted By Retlaw
Re: Street Names

Jack Broderick who did a lot of work on the local parish registers, I think recorded it as an early spelling of Bannister.
I'll check next time I'm in the Library.
Retlaw.
Forum: Heritage and History 26-06-2008, 13:11
Replies: 261
Views: 24,198
Posted By Retlaw
Re: Street Names

About 1920/30

Are you not on it.

Retlaw.

:hidewall:
Forum: Heritage and History 25-06-2008, 13:36
Replies: 261
Views: 24,198
Posted By Retlaw
Re: Street Names

Willow St School.
Is one of these you Willow.
Forum: Heritage and History 24-06-2008, 21:31
Replies: 261
Views: 24,198
Posted By Retlaw
Re: Street Names

Hyndburn Rd, Accrington, originally Allom Lane, when the Baptist built their Chapel (Macpelah) nicknamed by some a Hellhome Lane, (these who wern't Baptists).
They originated from Clayton le Moors...
Forum: Heritage and History 24-06-2008, 16:48
Replies: 261
Views: 24,198
Posted By Retlaw
Re: Street Names

Chapel St was named after a Calvanist Chapel that used to be on the corner with Quarry St, during the late 1940's it was a shop.

Crawhaw St, my Aunt used to live three doors up from Fitzpatricks...
Forum: Heritage and History 23-06-2008, 21:58
Replies: 261
Views: 24,198
Posted By Retlaw
Re: Street Names

Heifer Bank is a bit further down Abbey St, it is under what used to be the old Palace Cinema at the top of Peel St.
Peel St was originally Mr Peels private road, from the bottom of Avenue Parade...
Forum: Heritage and History 17-06-2008, 21:51
Replies: 261
Views: 24,198
Posted By Retlaw
Re: Street Names

Birtwistle St in 1848 was called Plantation St, which joined Plantation Lane around where Midland St was built.
Plantation St as we now know it, was blocked of at Elephant St, and was named...
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