[Judith Addison]

The Barratt houses on the old Rist Wires' site (Abbeydale Way, etc.) are entirely in Accrington. I remember when they were built I was still doing Local Land Charges at Hyndburn BC. The developer's solicitor sent me a plan of the site and labelled it Oswaldtwistle. I remember writing back and saying the site was in Accrington. I've just called a map up on LCC MARIO and the water course mentioned passes through the adjoining development. That estate is much more problematic. The boundaries of Accrington, Church and Oswaldtwistle all met in the middle of the reservoir that used to be there. However, because the site entrance is off Moscow Mill Street, Oswaldtwistle and the estate is contained within the St. Andrew's Oswaldtwistle electoral ward they have always been treated as Ossy. Some of the houses on Apple Tree Way etc. could potentially be in two townships or even three! Similarly the estate facing the former Queen's Bingo near Church traffic lights was also a reservoir site. The boundary between Accrington and Church went down the middle. However, the properties all have postal address Accrington. They are however in the Church electoral ward, along with all the other properties at the Antley end of Accrington. Make sense of all that!