Construction of Accrington

[cashman]

just noticed this thread, the photo of elephant street brings back memories, the building painted white was an old watering hole of mine early 60s, the WELCOME INN, a mathew brown/ lion house, the top of that block opposite side, with the front door on birtwistle street, no 27 was the infamous "Black Annies" lodging house of ill repute.

[Bazf]

Robert Britcliffe eventually became a flannel manufacturer on his own account, and aquired considerable property, among which was Britcliffe Row in Accrington.
Britcliffe Row, situated between Maudsley Street and Meadow Street, Accrington, is an old landmark of Whalley Road. The cottages are examples of a type that were erected in Accrington at the close of the 18th century and during the first 25 years of the nineteenth century. They have throughout their long history ben associated with the Britcliffe family, hence their name The houses still have their gardens in front, a practice similarly followed by the houses that came to be erected in Abbey Street. Stone walls enclose them, with the round-headed flat gateway posts as originally placed there in the last decade of the 18th century. They were erected soon after the construction of the present Whalley Road in 1794. They were then quite in the country, with open fields and meadow behind, from which Meadow Street derives its name. At that time the cottages were more considerably elevated than thay are at the present time and formed a terrace approached from the road by a step or two. At present they are below the level of the road owing to the road surface being raised.

[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

We've had reference to the history of some streets and their names in the past. Abbey Street is quite an obvious one. Willows lane probably had willow trees. Some, like Steiner Street, were named after people. Water Street and Lodge Street have got somethng to do with underground water and there was an actual lodge between the two at one time.

The first Water St is now under what was the Ritz cinema, the recetly vacated Barnes Furniture.

Retlaw.

[cmonstanley]

still nobody knows anything about orange street???????????/

[Retlaw]

Just been reading this thread again.

I have an old map of Accrington dated 1863 and there are about 50 streets drawn in red of the proposed new buildings, and the street names are already written in. So some one must have decided then, what the new streets were to be called. Most of the houses didn't get built till 1880 - 1900.

Retlaw.

[cashman]

Originally Posted by Bazf

Robert Britcliffe eventually became a flannel manufacturer on his own account, and aquired considerable property, among which was Britcliffe Row in Accrington.
Britcliffe Row, situated between Maudsley Street and Meadow Street, Accrington, is an old landmark of Whalley Road. The cottages are examples of a type that were erected in Accrington at the close of the 18th century and during the first 25 years of the nineteenth century. They have throughout their long history ben associated with the Britcliffe family, hence their name The houses still have their gardens in front, a practice similarly followed by the houses that came to be erected in Abbey Street. Stone walls enclose them, with the round-headed flat gateway posts as originally placed there in the last decade of the 18th century. They were erected soon after the construction of the present Whalley Road in 1794. They were then quite in the country, with open fields and meadow behind, from which Meadow Street derives its name. At that time the cottages were more considerably elevated than thay are at the present time and formed a terrace approached from the road by a step or two. At present they are below the level of the road owing to the road surface being raised.

the big house on the corner is where Vinnie Power n his family lived fer many years.

[wadey]

Great thread this and it is hard to imagine just how much building work was going on. Churches, schools, hospitals, houses etc etc. The quarries must have been working flat out and all the stone moved by horses amazing really. You can often get a guide to the date of building by the names in particular after the Crimean War.

[Bob Dobson]

There has been a lot of posts in the Street Names thread. I started it and want to do more, but am short of time. Stanley is likely connected with Stanley family, Lord derby's lot. Bold may be Bold fam,ily from SW Lancs. These and many more would be named by the Peels who owned Burnley rd land.

I am not aware of any photos for street construction, but would love to be informed if any turn up.

When considering street names, it is important to know when they were laid out. The Blackburn rd ones ( Persia etc) were named after countries with which Steiners did business. They owned that land. There is a card index in the library. I looked Dill Hall uplast week, but found nothing I suspect it was named because it went to Dill Hall farm, which may have been Dill Hall before it was a farm.