21-02-2012, 22:33
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Re: Alleytroyds
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Originally Posted by Bob Dobson
On my shelves somewhere I have a booklet/essay written about Alleytroyds by a Miss Doris Pickup. There will be one in the library. It gives an explanation for the name. Retlaw will be able to tell us when the name is first recorded. I will ask the people at the Lancashire Place-Name Survey. Definitely nowt to do with the Royds family, who came to Accrington from Rochdale in the first place just to buy land.
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First mention I can find is Church Kirk baptism records 1783, spelt Alleytroyds.
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