what is the real name for the river stink

[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by Pheonix

I was always told that that the river hyndburn was an amalgamation of two words, obviously "burn" is a small river and because Deers "Hynds" were always watering there in days gone by and I mean a few centuries ago, it became known as the River Hyndburn.

What does post 14 say, 1192 anno domini,
You won't find any earlier documentation than that, and if it was called Hindburn then whats the problem.

Retlaw.

[Eric]

Whatever the origin of the name, I remember that you could smell it from Swales' farm ... Ringstonhalgh, I think it was called ... it even overpowered the smell of the cow****.

[AngleIron]

Yes I was led to believe it was the river hyndburn, and it was a dirty old river..my aunt fell in when she was a child and this resulted in her contracting polio... RIP auntie Dora