Mountain Lane

[Deef]

I was up round christchurch the other day and i came across Mountain Lane, i've tried doing a bit of research on the internet but i cant really find any information on it. Could any body enlighten me about history of it? im particularly intrested in number 7 (the first one on the right if you are looking from the rough lee side) as it looks different to all the rest.

Many thanks in advance

Deef

[Deef]

I was up round christchurch the other day and i came across Mountain Lane, i've tried doing a bit of research on the internet but i cant really find any information on it. Could any body enlighten me about history of it? im particularly intrested in number 7 (the first one on the right if you are looking from the rough lee side) as it looks different to all the rest.

Many thanks in advance

Deef

[Benipete]

Would love to help but I don't get to New Zealand very often.

[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by Deef

I was up round christchurch the other day and i came across Mountain Lane, i've tried doing a bit of research on the internet but i cant really find any information on it. Could any body enlighten me about history of it? im particularly intrested in number 7 (the first one on the right if you are looking from the rough lee side) as it looks different to all the rest.

Many thanks in advance

Deef

A lot of the houses on Moutain Lane predate 1840, and the house your quoting has changed over the years, they were originally back to back, & the rear part was known as Richard St, the postcode was BB5 2LU.
Mount Pleasant St has also gone, when Mountain Lane was modernised.

[Atarah]

Hi, you must mean the house thats been up for auction, which apparently never reached the reserve price, and has now been sold privately? The house IS def different than the other 3 on the row.

Somewhere at the back of my mind I feel there was a connection with the house you mention, the Nutter family and the building which became Rough Lee Maternity home, just a little higher up the road.

There used to be seperate houses at the rear of that small block and were once known as Richard Street, but alas, that street name has now been lost in time, as the other 3 houses were knocked through from the Mountain Lane side, and now the only postal address is Mountain Lane. You had to go between the 4 cottages on the RH side and up towards the side of Holly Bank to get to Richard Street. The loss of an old name also applies to the other side of the street. They too were back to back houses, the "other" side being known as Mount Pleasant. There were a few "ginnels" which took you through to Mount Pleasant, but those too have been boarded up as they became "part" of the enlarged properties.

Really old area, think most of it is certainly on 1851 census, might even be on 1841, not too sure, maybe Retlaw will help on that one.

[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by Atarah

Hi, you must mean the house thats been up for auction, which apparently never reached the reserve price, and has now been sold privately? The house IS def different than the other 3 on the row.

Somewhere at the back of my mind I feel there was a connection with the house you mention, the Nutter family and the building which became Rough Lee Maternity home, just a little higher up the road.

There used to be seperate houses at the rear of that small block and were once known as Richard Street, but alas, that street name has now been lost in time, as the other 3 houses were knocked through from the Mountain Lane side, and now the only postal address is Mountain Lane. You had to go between the 4 cottages on the RH side and up towards the side of Holly Bank to get to Richard Street. The loss of an old name also applies to the other side of the street. They too were back to back houses, the "other" side being known as Mount Pleasant. There were a few "ginnels" which took you through to Mount Pleasant, but those too have been boarded up as they became "part" of the enlarged properties.

Really old area, think most of it is certainly on 1851 census, might even be on 1841, not too sure, maybe Retlaw will help on that one.

There are two threads running on the subject of Mountain Lane, I have already supplied info on Richard St, on the othger one.
Retlaw.

[Atarah]

Hi, yep, there are two threads running
http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...ane-57833.html

Will see if I can find anything else for you though

[Bob Dobson]

Rough Lee is so called because the Nutter family came from Rough Lee, which is near Nelson I think. The Nutter also owned land in Cleveleys, where there is a Nutter Rd and other street names linked to the family., Of course, there is also Nutter Rd in Accrington.

[Deef]

Thanks for the replies yeah i posted it on both just in case the histories one didn't get checked or something. Who where the nutter family? Do you think number 7 was some sort of annex of rough lee?

[Deef]

Thank you for the reply