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Tealeaf · 06-10-2004, 15:43

If you work on the basis that the oldest industries are likely to be located near to a river, then, then the area around Peel Bank is probably the oldest industrial part of Church...in fact, this industrial area preceeds the canal by about 60 years.

However, the Hyndburn/Stink is not the only river in Church...the Tinker forms the old boundary beween Church and Ossy. The boundary sign used to be on Blackburn Road about 100yds prior to the old warehouse and this sign actually stood above the point where the river was (and still is) ducted under both the road and the canal. The name "Holland Bank" (see the other thread here) refers to it's siting by the Tinker Brook, which of course, would have been quite open at the time. It's quitelikely, therefore that the area to the East of the river (i.e. Bridge Street) would also have been an industrial hotspot prior to the canal coming through in the second decade of the nineteenth century.

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Tealeaf God Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Paradise Lost Posts: 7,220 Liked: 11 times Rep Power: 4266	Re: Was Bridge Street The Industrial Site Of Church If you work on the basis that the oldest industries are likely to be located near to a river, then, then the area around Peel Bank is probably the oldest industrial part of Church...in fact, this industrial area preceeds the canal by about 60 years. However, the Hyndburn/Stink is not the only river in Church...the Tinker forms the old boundary beween Church and Ossy. The boundary sign used to be on Blackburn Road about 100yds prior to the old warehouse and this sign actually stood above the point where the river was (and still is) ducted under both the road and the canal. The name "Holland Bank" (see the other thread here) refers to it's siting by the Tinker Brook, which of course, would have been quite open at the time. It's quitelikely, therefore that the area to the East of the river (i.e. Bridge Street) would also have been an industrial hotspot prior to the canal coming through in the second decade of the nineteenth century.