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Originally Posted by Atarah
Hi, there was a Jonathan Barnes lived in Accrington House. A branch of the family also lived in the Daisy Hill area of town, i.e. near Oak Hill Park area, Manchester Road. An old book on Accrington mentions "an old tradesmans diary which mentioned Jonathan Barnes mowing grass in the meadows behind Abbey Street". It was from him that Barnes Street takes its name!
I think, Janet, that the Bridge Pub could be called such cos of the culverting of the river underneath it. A few years back (about 7/8 at a guess) they were repairing the road, and the arch of the bridge came into view.
Atarah
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Hi back, Jonathan Barnes, Printer of Daisy Hill, married to Isabella,was the grandfather of Sanderson Barnes who is buried with my lot at St. James Altham, but I can't find out why? He may have been a brother to my Henry Joseph Barnes, blacksmith, as they appear to have been about the same period, but........who knows.....again which Jonathan? Does it indicate how old he was Atarah? I have 4 all 19th century.....