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Bob Dobson · 21-06-2008, 21:24

Let's get back on thread............A few more beginning with 'B'

Bolton Ave. Names after the Bolton family who owned Huncoat & other collieries. ne of them lost 2 sons in WW1 and gave thousands to Victoria Hospital

Alliance St, Bash...Probably named in recognition of the alliance with France against the Russians in the mid-to ;ate 1800s. Alliance Mill was opened in the 1870s, when the street would be new.

Barlow St...our second mayor was James Barlow. There was another James, also a councillor. sweveral of the streets in the area around sacred heart are named after early councillors

Barnes St...There have been several Barnes' was being laid out.It may be named after that family, or perhaps JKohn, the supetrintenfdent of the baptist chapel that wa son barnes St, or Henry treasurer of the Co-iop society, or Thomas, a Local Board member. I would like to think it was William who was honoured, as it was he who was the prime mover in establishing our municipal cemetery and who was the first to be buried there when it opened in 1864.

21-06-2008, 21:24	#32
Bob Dobson Senior Member+ Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Staining, Blackpool Posts: 3,096 Liked: 407 times Rep Power: 158676	Re: Street Names Let's get back on thread............A few more beginning with 'B' Bolton Ave. Names after the Bolton family who owned Huncoat & other collieries. ne of them lost 2 sons in WW1 and gave thousands to Victoria Hospital Alliance St, Bash...Probably named in recognition of the alliance with France against the Russians in the mid-to ;ate 1800s. Alliance Mill was opened in the 1870s, when the street would be new. Barlow St...our second mayor was James Barlow. There was another James, also a councillor. sweveral of the streets in the area around sacred heart are named after early councillors Barnes St...There have been several Barnes' was being laid out.It may be named after that family, or perhaps JKohn, the supetrintenfdent of the baptist chapel that wa son barnes St, or Henry treasurer of the Co-iop society, or Thomas, a Local Board member. I would like to think it was William who was honoured, as it was he who was the prime mover in establishing our municipal cemetery and who was the first to be buried there when it opened in 1864.