[Bob Dobson]

I cannot find my copy of 'An Accrington Mixture' which might give an address for the Cricketers' Arms. It will also tell whether it was a beer house or did it sell spirits and wine. The custom of mill owners providing housing did not apply in Accrington - usually only in villages. Join (on-line) the Lancashire County Library library, which will give you access too 19th century newspapers. Using keyword Ingham and Cricketers, Pitt, select the Blackburn papers - it may bring something up. Look at censuses 1881 1891 and 1901. Moving from labourer to publican was a step up the social ladder