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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp
I was told it meant Oswald's Boundary but according to Hyndburnlife it is something to do with the fork in two rivers.
Love the poem.
Where are/were Twenty Steps?
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Twenty Steps (not really 20 I've counted 'em) are in Church, on Blackburn Road immediately on the left after you go under the railway bridge past Blythes. They lead via an overgrown path to White Ash Playing Fields passing by the western edge of Hill Street.
Immediately in front of Hill Street facing the railway is a big meadow which use to be a football pitch (I've played on it for Spring Hill WMC). I believe that Oswaldtwistle Rovers use to play on it in the Accy Youth League.
The area around there is steeped in history from the early 1800's and there are some funny walls and openings on Coach Road which use to lead to a farm and a manor house.
If you look at the map at
http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environ...cc/accwest.jpg
You'll see the area in some detail. When you look at the area marked 927 - 1.134 at the building at the rear of Hill Street and on Foxhill Bank, this is Foxhill Bank House, which still stands to-day (I know cause I stay there when I'm over).