Name the stream

Tinkerbelle

Tinkerbelle

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:) Now then, I've just been chatting with mtheads dad about local places. He asked if I knew the name of the stream that roughly seperates Ossy from Accrington until it reaches Church.

It roughly runs from Jacob's Lodge, under the Bridge on High Street, down Pendleton Avenue, at the back of St Marys school then Moscow Mill street. It eventually joins the River Hyndburn, we think.

Let's see who get's the right answer first ;)
 
Doug said:
Are you referring to the Tinker Brook, Tinks? Are is that too obvious
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No it's not Tinker Brook Doug. I said that :D

Apparently you can only find it's name on really old maps.
 
Doug said:
Yes, I can see that now you misleading little fairy…..
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I'm quite impressed that you don't know this. :D I did say "if anyone will know the answer it will be Dougie" ;)

I will tell you in a couple of days if no-one gets it correct. :)
 
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I don't know it's name but my brother's garden is the first one it flows through.
 
I'm bugg**ed if I know the name, but the route of the stream, roughly working backwards is as follows:

You can see where it emerges and joins the Stink by standing in the middle of the bridge over the Stink at Church, and looking towards the Sports centre entrance. If you then look down, you'll see the water coming out the side of the bank.

It is then along, to the back of the Bridge pub and then it goes underneath the Sacred Heart school. You can see quite clearly the dip in Tanpits road where the stream once made out a shallow valley. It then goes underneath the old Fraser Eagle coach garage and underneath Blackburn Road between the Snooker Hall & the Oaktree pub.

It is of, course, the eastern boundary between Church & Accy (the sign is there saying "Accy" and of course that is why the Oak Tree pub is so called (Accy being the place where Acorns grew...hence Oak Tree)

Church's western boundary with Ossy, is of course the Tinker, and on leaving Church along Blackburn Road, you can see the Ossy sign right above where the river goes underneath the road.

However, back to the Eastern stream...it was the daming of this that resulted in the reservoir on the Church/Accy/Ossy border, which was susequentlt divided in two by the railway. The new estate lies right on top...go further back, and it goes alongside Ossy Mills.

Changes in drainage in the mid-19th century, around Springhill & northern Ossy means that the stream collects only a tiny amount of waterflow.

I still don't know the name, though.
 
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Tinkerbelle said:
Give your brother a ring and ask him Rind, see if he know's ;)

No Gayle neither of those :D
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He doesn't know even though he's built a bridge over it and the kids dam it.

It must have a name.:confused:
 
I can’t think of any others in the area. I know the one you mean though. I think the Woodnook runs in to it at some point. If it’s the One I think it is It raises just below Green Howarth.
 
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