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Originally Posted by z900guy
Hi Retlaw
No such thing as common land Im afraid , that land is owned by the water board and used as a gathering ground for the reservoirs and leased for grazing to local farmers .
My family own Higher Heys farm bordering Hambledon and with Kings Highway running through Warmden Quarry on my fathers land.
However Im also a detector fan , or was 25 yrs ago , and searched Gamblers caves and found loads of old coins and bullets but nothing of value
Chris
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Back in the time I'm refering to, before the Northwest Water Board was formed, all the land I refered to, was known as Black Moss Common, and Accrington had its own Gas and Water Board. Then Northwest Water came along and laid claim to everything that wasn't nailed down.
Retlaw