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Old 19-10-2007, 14:23   #505
Gayle
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Re: Hyndburn to be axed.

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris View Post
The name of the pre-1973 borough was Accrington
The name of the town was Accrington. The only other area that it encompassed was Huncoat as far as I can see on the records I've found. Other towns remained individual i.e. Oswaldtwistle, Gt Harwood, Rishton, Clayton and Baxenden - these were not part of Accrington pre-1973. I can't quite see from the maps about Church, whether it was or wasn't.

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

The name of the post-1973 borough (admittedly expanded to take in a number of smaller surrounding towns) is Hyndburn.


In my view, that's replacing it.
This was not a replacement - this was the towns coming together to form one larger district. By coming together this gave them more political power.

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris
The name of the borough in a few months time will hopefully be Accrington & Districts. Personally, I'd prefer just a simple Accrington, but I'd much rather have Accrington & Districts than Hyndburn!
That's outrageous - you can not change the names of all the towns within Hyndburn to Accrington! Oswaldtwistle, Great Harwood, Rishton, Clayton and Baxenden might well come under the administrative title of Hyndburn but they have never been part of Accrington!!!!!
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