[Mikejoed]

I have been producing a historical video on the plantation Road area for the past 3 months which has taken in the history of Arden Hall, Owl Hall and Plantation house. You should be able to see an article about it in this Friday's Accrington Observer. So, please allow me to correct a couple of errors in a previous post. I appreciate they were getting their information from someone else and so they too need correcting. If they are still around to do so.

Owl hall was the home of James Grimshaw around the 1840s who became the owner of Plantation Mill that was situated at the top end of Plantation road. His youngest son, William Denham Grimshaw had Plantation house built further along Plantation road from Owl Hall. The trees still line what was a driveway from Owl Hall to Plantation House. So, Plantation house was built long after Owl Hall.

Owl Hall may well have some ties with Plantation Mill when it was built, along with the Plantation Cottages nearby.

Another common mistake is with arden Hall, demolished in 1948 and originally built by Benjamin Hargreaves, after whom the primary school was named in his honour. The house at the rear of Arden Hall's grounds was the original coach house but has since adopted the name of Arden Hall.

Sorry if I sound pedantic I'm just a stickler for history being recorded correctly and this isn't the first time I've come across this error regarding Owl Hall.

BTW the rebuilding of Owl Hall is coming on great and true to their word they are using the original stone to restore it.