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Originally Posted by Accyexplorer
Plantation Road is one of Acrington's most famous roads, during the 19th century it was home to two families of the era (Hargreaves and Grimshaw)..
Between them i think they employed 50-60% of the working population in the printing and cotton industries.
The last person to live at Arden Hall was Alderman Bury,a former Mayor of Accrington.I believe they had a Archaeological Dig around that area too.
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There was a dig up there and we talked to them. One of them was very excited and showed us his finds. Some glass marbles and a couple of clay pipes.