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Tarleton Lock I am still in the process of compiling information but will submit something to this website in due course. In the meantime if Mr. Hall wants to contact me he is welcome to do so via these pages or by 'phone. Yours Sincerely, |
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Tarleton Lock [We can start a page in the Local History pages dedicated to the canal if sufficient information can be gathered - Ed] Yours sincerely, |
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Editor, I am writing a novel set in the villages of Hesketh Bank and Tarleton during 1914-1918 and would like to hear from local people about the events that took place at this time and what both villages were like. I would be very grateful if anyone has any photographs, letters, newspaper articles etc, that I could view, which would help with the historical documentation of the book. If you feel you could help in any way, please contact Sue Rigby Tel: 07754-203-701 or suerigby (at) btinternet.com. Many Thanks, Sue. |
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Gladiolus LM 12 Bill Smith, 24th October 2006 |
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| Because
of Neglect, Arson and Vandalism, the Greaves Hall Mansion has lost
its "Grade Two" listed status and is to be demolished. Whilst Greaves Hall Mansion is not in Tarleton & Hesketh Bank, Nevertheless many local residents will have worked there in various capacities and will recall the handcrafted fireplaces, panelling, staircases etc & have seen the "Hammer Beam" roof & minstrels gallery in the main hall, As well as recalling the lovingly maintained gardens surrounding the building in its NHS "Heyday". Though the mansion is not as old as Bank Hall it has, sadly gone largely the same way [Does that tell us something of "Heritage" in 2006 Lancashire? - or perhaps the impotence of both WLDC, English Heritage, Lancashire County Council and our national laws to protect such buildings. The failure to find a "Community" use for the building and to secure its future by the NHS on their leaving, seems to leave little credit on a number of groups and individuals. Despite its long service to the community, it was cast off like an old shoe. The building [for its epitaph] is a little over 100 years old and was constructed by a branch of the Scarisbrick Family when they were the "Richest Commoners" in Britain. I am not certain as to who the architect was, however they employed Augustus Pugin [of Palace of Westminster fame] in their other edifice in Lancashire, "Scarisbrick Hall" the quality of the workmanship being at least as good at Greaves Hall. Another northwest building by him is the R. C. Church at Cheadle. Perhaps the best that can be hoped is that some of the contents might be "Salvaged" and carefully re-used elsewhere. In Sadness, Arthur Wright, 9th October 2006 |
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Editor, As I understand it, the term 'Meanygate' is derived from the original roads being built privately, subsequently becoming 'Toll' Roads, hence the name Meany. Yours Sincerely, Cllr. J.E.Hodson, 27th September 2006 |
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| Dear
Sir, When I've looked into this before (yes you're not the only one to think about this stuff), the only thing I came across when searching the internet was the following reference to a "Meangate" in a document about Burscough: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=41330 "He
also gave three large and good acres of land bounded by ditches
and four crosses, these limits being respectively near the Smith
oak, the Forked oak, the Sty oak, and the Meangate close of Ormsdyke".
This kind of suggests that it might be a corruption of "main gate" I also wondered who was Ralph that his wife needed her own lane and what about "Cockle Dick" who's that? Regards, |
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anyone tell me the origin of the name Meaneygate which is used on
many of the roads in the locality. Thanks. John Rimmer, 25th September 2006 |
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| BANK
HALL RESTORATION Hi, Just come across your site for Bank Hall. What a loss and so sad that it has been allowed to get in such a state! I lived in the wing of the Hall, when I was home from school, during the war. It was used in fact as the Headquaters of Army Movement Control. My father was the Colonel in command and he was responsible for the movement of troops in and out of all the North West Ports. I think he opened up in Bank Hall in 1940 and left in late 1945. When I was there it was still a beautiful house with a grand staircase, an emormously long table which ran the length of the entrance hall and a Fourposter in a main bedroom. I fear you have an almost impossible task on your hands looking at your recent photo but good luck all the same. Best wishes. Mike Jones, 26th January 2005 |
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WEST
LANCASHIRE VIKINGS
Thank you for the excellent web site, however, I feel I should point out that the Vikings of the West Lancashire coast were mainly Hiberno-Norse rather than being Danes. Hesketh, Meols, Birk, (as in Birkdale) Orm, brick/breck (as in Scarisbrick and Swarbreck), Kirk as in Kirkby/Ormskirk, Litherland etc are all Norse not Danish. There are many other examples. Danish test words include Hulme etc and are just not found in West Lancashire. Prior to settling (many as refugees) along our coast, the Norse Vikings settled in Ireland where they established Dublin as a major trading centre - hence the Irish elements in certain local place names including Becconsall. Keep up the
good work Stephen Hesketh, 23rd January 2005
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