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Originally Posted by Royboy39
Hi Ber Thanks for your reply.
Church Kirk Bridge (Hump Back) was a special bridge in the early days.
Horse drawn barges were used and the tow path which runs under the bridge from the right hand side. The horses were transferred from the tow path by crossing over the bridge and rejoining the towpath down to the left of the bridge.
Looking ahead from the bridge there is a farm on the right hand side, about 75 yards. That was farmed in the early fifties by Ralph Thornley.
Leaving the farm on your left the road split in two, the road to the left led to Churh Kirk allotments (About 50 in number). The road to the right led to a landfill sight operated by the then Church Council. If you follow the road now you will see a methane gas outlet for the tip. This road continued to a cottage and a farm running alongside the canal at rishton. The farm now demolished was operated by Matt Ellison who was a sawdust merchant.
Back to Church Kirk bridge, the path to the right led to what they called "The Dunk". The path runs along the canal for about 100 yards then goes left for a further 200 yards, you then come to Park Farm on the left. Just beyond the farm the road splits in two, the road to the left was the entrance to a landfill site operated by Rishton Paper Mill. The mill waste was transported from the mill through the gate on the opposite side of the mill through the Dunk to the tip in heavy tippers. The area is now grassed over.
The road going straight down the Dunk leads to that gate and was a fully functioning road when I was a lad.
Regards............Roy
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Conformation of rights of way:
Church Kirk Bridge to viaduct via Park Farm
FP 19.
FP 26 adjoins
FP 19 at the Church end this side of the viaduct takes you under the viaduct to Holt Mill (Rishton Paper Mill)
Church Kirk Bridge to Rishton Canal towpath via allotments
FP 18 & FP 34.
Church Kirk Bridge over the former council landfill (Tip) to meet
FP 34 at Rishton Canal is a bridleway.