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04-09-2012, 17:08
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Why Nelson?
just watching a program on Lord Nelson, and as we all know Nelson as a national hero, does anyone know why nelson had its name changed in honour of him?
and why nelson, does it have a link?
from what i remember,it had something to do with the pub at the crossroads of the old roads, called the lord nelson or admiral nelson something like that, and the are was Marsden,
any ideas anyone?
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04-09-2012, 17:39
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Re: Why Nelson?
Wikipedia would seem to back you up:
The town was originally two villages, Little Marsden and Great Marsden. A small mill had been established by the Ecroyd family at Edge End as early as 1740, and there were two coal mines nearby, but it was the coming of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in 1796, followed by the East Lancashire Railway Line in 1849, that spurred its development as an industrial town, with an economy based mainly upon cotton weaving.
There was already a Marsden on the railway network in the neighbouring county of Yorkshire ( West Riding), so the new railway station was called the Nelson Inn, Great Marsden, after the adjacent public house, the Lord Nelson Inn named after Admiral Lord Nelson, from which the town also in time derived its name.
Also page 2 of this interesting document:
www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/.../ NelsonComplete_LowRes.pd...
Edit - sorry can't get that link to work. If you google Nelson Lancashre history it should be the third item to come up in the list of results.
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Last edited by susie123; 04-09-2012 at 17:43.
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04-09-2012, 17:40
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Re: Why Nelson?
You have a link for that?
If not you could be talking absolute Doo Dah.
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04-09-2012, 17:45
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Re: Why Nelson?
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You have a link for that?
If not you could be talking absolute Doo Dah.
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almost amusing, did get a wry smile i suppose!
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04-09-2012, 17:48
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Re: Why Nelson?
thanks susie, the train station, explains it then, so it wasnt a corporation decision to name it after Lord Nelson. but the railways
and so its just named after pub, so just think nelson could be frog n bucket, lol
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04-09-2012, 17:50
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Re: Why Nelson?
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Originally Posted by churchfcrules
almost amusing, did get a wry smile i suppose!
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Needed some help to actually google, not a good sign.
In future put your own proof on, don't rely on others, sometimes they turn against you.
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04-09-2012, 17:53
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Re: Why Nelson?
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Needed some help to actually google, not a good sign.
In future put your own proof on, don't rely on others, sometimes they turn against you.
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good grief man, i actually thought it was your attempt at humour,
a humour that is obviously beyond you, i wasnt asking anyone to google it, i was asking if anyone knew the reason its name was changed
i wasnt trying to prove anything!!!!
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04-09-2012, 17:54
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Re: Why Nelson?
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you could be talking absolute Doo Dah.
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No Less that's on this thread
http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...ml#post1012978
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04-09-2012, 17:55
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Re: Why Nelson?
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now that DID make me smile!
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04-09-2012, 17:58
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Re: Why Nelson?
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now that DID make me smile!
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Shame it didn't also make you think.
I'm tempted to put forward an opinion, but are you worth it?
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04-09-2012, 18:00
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Re: Why Nelson?
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Shame it didn't also make you think.
I'm tempted to put forward an opinion, but are you worth it?
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think?
about what, why the town chose to go along with the name change?
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04-09-2012, 19:17
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Re: Why Nelson?
Never knew that was why Nelson was named. Thanks, ChurchFC.
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04-09-2012, 19:57
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Re: Why Nelson?
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Never knew that was why Nelson was named. Thanks, ChurchFC.
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I did maybe that's why i have overtaken you in the quiz (laughs maniacally )
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04-09-2012, 20:04
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Re: Why Nelson?
In future please do your taunting on the Trivia Quiz thread.
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04-09-2012, 20:06
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Re: Why Nelson?
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This is blatant "thread wandering" - the mods will hear of this...hehe!!
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balatant disregaurd- how very dare you?
glad u learned something, so did i, it was named after a railway stop
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