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Bob Dobson · 23-06-2008, 21:04

Bath St....(near The Flat Iron) Before we got the St James' St baths, there was a swimming pool in this street. It belonged to the (Highams') Woodnook mill, and had been paid for by Eli Higham, a keen swimmer, in 1879. The building was wooden, and burnt down in 1903. and had been bought by the Corporation in 1893.

Bamford Crescent....The late Bill Turner told me that the houses had beenbuilt by a Rochdale firm, and as Bamford is near Rochdale, this may well be the reason for the name

Aitken St....clearly named in honour of the long-serving Town Clerk.

Bridge St....In early days, there was a bridge over the newly- formed ( from 2 separate streams) River Hyndburn somewhere near the Commercial pub (Regency now). It was mnetalled and paved in 1879, when the town was really moving ahead with its new Corporation status.

Bank St...Bank as in , steep ground, this lead to Heifer Bank, the site of the Post office sorting office in Infant St

Alice St...a Peel family name, as is William,Bertha & Robert and several other streets between
(roughly) St John's and St Anne's churches - land owned by the Peels

Albert St...Augusta St..Edmund,Wilfred...members of the Nuttall & Royds families, who owned the Woodnook estate which bears the families' names.

23-06-2008, 21:04	#33
Bob Dobson Senior Member+ Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Staining, Blackpool Posts: 3,096 Liked: 407 times Rep Power: 158676	Re: Street Names Bath St....(near The Flat Iron) Before we got the St James' St baths, there was a swimming pool in this street. It belonged to the (Highams') Woodnook mill, and had been paid for by Eli Higham, a keen swimmer, in 1879. The building was wooden, and burnt down in 1903. and had been bought by the Corporation in 1893. Bamford Crescent....The late Bill Turner told me that the houses had beenbuilt by a Rochdale firm, and as Bamford is near Rochdale, this may well be the reason for the name Aitken St....clearly named in honour of the long-serving Town Clerk. Bridge St....In early days, there was a bridge over the newly- formed ( from 2 separate streams) River Hyndburn somewhere near the Commercial pub (Regency now). It was mnetalled and paved in 1879, when the town was really moving ahead with its new Corporation status. Bank St...Bank as in , steep ground, this lead to Heifer Bank, the site of the Post office sorting office in Infant St Alice St...a Peel family name, as is William,Bertha & Robert and several other streets between (roughly) St John's and St Anne's churches - land owned by the Peels Albert St...Augusta St..Edmund,Wilfred...members of the Nuttall & Royds families, who owned the Woodnook estate which bears the families' names.