[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by anzac

So maybe we are all not the expert that you seem to be but this reply was rude and arrogant to a fairly new member who has joined this forum and put in what they thought.

Not very welcoming in my opinion

May be it did seem rude and arrogant to you, but after a time I get fed up with people using the same posting as opposite the Swan Hotel, when the exact location had been quoted in previous posts.
Over 60 years of collecting information regarding Accrington's history, may have made me some sort of expert, but there is still a lot I don't know about the goings on between 1290 and the mid 1500's. Now there's a task for you, but you will probably need to spend a couple of weeks down at the Record Office at Kew.
Retlaw.