Old
friends of the village of Bolton-by-Bowland.
This is your page, to tell us
your story.
Contributions: (latest first)
Have just found your website and think the photos look
super. I am researching family history and there seem to have
been at least 3 generations of Blackburns from BBB. Do
you happen to know where the old Church records are
now kept? I am trying to persuade other family members to take a
trip to the village next Sunday. Hope the weather is
good.
Happy New Year
E Thornton m_e_thornton@yahoo.com
Hello,
I have been very interested to find your wonderful Web-site.
I am researching my Gt. Grandfather - William T BULCOCK, who was brought
up , in the late 1800's, in BBB,by his grandparents, William and Mary WILKINSON.
He became an apprentice blacksmith at Bolton Hall and married Mary H BUTTERWORTH,
a servant at the Rectory ,in 1889.
I wonder if anyone has knowledge of the BULCOCK / WILKINSON family or of
life in the Old Hall or Rectory during this period?
Thank you. My email address is : hardmanaj@aol.com
Dear Roger,
I was born in Bolton-By-Bowland and lived there from 1942-----1975. I still have
a great affection for the village,the Church where I was christened,confirmed
and had a blessing at my marriage. I do try to go back to some of the events
not
living too far away at Billington.
I am really e-mailing you to say how much I enjoy looking at the B-By-B web-site
and what a credit it is to you,
all the news is up to date the pictures are stunning and I feel proud to have
lived in such a beautiful village.
Thankyou and keep up the good work.
Barbara (Lee) nee Robinson.
Hello Roger
Thank you all for a great website. I have many memories of Bolton by Bowland
as I visited my aunt and uncle, Rene and Tony Holmes, many times. Although
no longer with us it was good to see their cricket trophy is still being
presented annually. It was also good to see the
war memorial looking so well, another of Tony's pleasures. Your village is
very beautiful.
Regards
Kathleen Wattie
Hello Roger,
I've just spend a very enjoyable half hour following your virtural tour
of Bolton by Bowland. The photos are excellent and so is your
narration. I would love to visit there someday. Wilkinson is one of my
ancestral family names through a marriage in 1771 between Mary
Wilkinson (from Bolton by Bowland) and John Lambert from Horton.
Thanks again for the lovely tour as well as for the rest of your
excellent website.
Yours,
Venita
Homepage: Family History and Other Fascinations
http://homepage.mac.com/venitar/home.html
Dear Roger
I am looking for a map of Bolton By Bowland between 1500-1650 that will show
the farms in the area. Alternatively,
would you know where I could get one?
I am also looking for a copy of the sale in 1567 by Sir Henry Darcy of half
of the manor of Bolton for £400 consisting of 2500 acres , 20 cottages
to Richard Walker of Fooden (Fowden), Reginald (Regnoldus) Parker (deer park)
of Thomcyholme died 28 Nov 1581, Ralph (Radulphi) Walker of Hungrill, Henry
(Henrici) Scott (Scotte) of Henry Broxup and John (Joh'nis) Butterfield.
My maiden name was Walker and my family lived at Newhurst Farm in Bolton
by Bowland until 1969. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Heather Hearty
hhearty1@aol.com
From James Taylor
Just writing to thank you for all your hard work on the village web site. I found the war memorial pages very moving. I'm in Korea now, but its great to be able to stay in touch. Thanks again, James Taylor
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Thank you for your great website. What a beautiful village Bolton-by-Bowland
is, I hope to visit it one day. I have been researching a friend's family,
and travelling back in time, I have discovered that an ancestor of this family,Joseph
Blackburn, was born at Bolton. It's been an exciting journey, starting in
Leicester in the last century, and ending in the villages and towns of West
Yorkshire in the Victorian era.
I can't claim to be an 'Old Friend' of the village, but perhaps my friend
may have that distinction as a descendant of an old Bolton family?
Regards,
Sue Shenton (Leicestershire)
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Hi Roger,
We’ve just been looking at the B-B-B site, it’s
great.
My Grandma, (Helen Stordy) used to live in The Bungalow at CopyNook,
just opposite the pub.
Sadly she died a
few years ago so we haven’t
been up to CopyNook or B-B-B since, (we live near Epsom in Surrey). Although
The Bungalow was sold,
we kept the field behind The Bungalow (the one that also backed on what used
to be the garage on the corner opposite the pub). If you have any recent
photos of The Bungalow and our field, it would be fascinating to see them.
I
used to play in the little brook up at Holden (where we caught sticklebacks)
and in the
larger stream down at the bottom
of Gran’s field towards
B-B-B, you have pictures of them both on your site. Gran’s field is
a great place to find huge field mushrooms, which we used to collect and
cook in her aga.
Mum & Dad were married in the B-B-B church and both my brother and I
were christened there and that was where Gran’s final service was too.
It’s
lovely to be able to see the village from afar, keep up the good work!
Sally & John Salter
Dear Roger,
I am currently working on a book about ghosts, witches & boggarts in Pendle & the
Ribble Valley ( for Tempus Publishing) and would like to include Bolton-By- Bowland.
I have only been able to collect limited info re the Pudsey family, but note
that Bolton Hall once had a 'Ghost Room'. If you, or any local historians, could
advise me of any tales of this nature (or if the village pubs are haunted) I
would love to hear from them.
Best Wishes,
Jacqueline Davitt.
p.s. I live in Barrowford, so would be able to come over if people would prefer
to speak to me in person.
Jaqueline Davitt
jakki@davitt234445.freeserve.co.uk
Hello Roger,
I am working on my second mystery and would like to use Bolton-by-Bowland
as the setting for part of the book. My husband is from Oldham, so he is
almost a 'local' and we will be moving back home sometime in the Autumn,
but the book will be on the shelves by then. The first novel has a cliff-hanger
in it and if I don't get the second book done soon, my readers will have
my hide! I can't wait until they see the second book also has a cliff-hanger
ending! But, after all, it IS a trilogy!!
Do you think this would be acceptable to the folks in the village? The website
has convinced me of how beautiful the village is and it would be a perfect
setting for a manor house and working farm. Can you think of a name for an
ancestral home?
If you feel this would work, please let me know. I will be putting in a mention
to the village and its web site (and your assistance, of course) in the acknowledgments,
so it could bring in a little business. You may have to bring this before
the Council and that's fine. I always ask permission before I use something.
Thank you for your assistance. I look forward to hearing from you. By the
way, the book is called "Broken" and if I work this right, I am
going to try for a movie or a series. Now wouldn't that be interesting?
Toodlepip,
Karin Ficke Cook
La Crosse, Wisconsin USA
Roger
First let me congratulate everyone on an excellent Web Site.
My interest in BBB is via my family history.I have discovered that there
were 5 families of Whitaker in the village in the early to mid 19C.
Three / four were my ancestors. Thomas and Betty Whitaker and family were
tenant farmers at New Ing 1809-1828 his brother James and wife Lettice farmed
at Holden Green over same time period and brought up a family of 8 and I
have traced from them descendants in America and Australia. Thomas's son
James farmed at Bolton Hall farm from at least 1840 to 1851. But my ancestor
that I find the most interesting is Thomas's daughter Ellen who was a spinster
but had 3 illegitamate children and as well as living at Bolton Hall was
tenant of the Red Lion from at least 1851 -1865. She must have been quite
a character !!!!!!
I have visited BBB on 2/3 occasions in researching my ancestors and have
found it a lovely place.
If anyone has old photographs or information on the properties or indeed
the people I have mentioned I would much appreciate it. My e-mail address
is ian.whitaker@btinternet.com
All the best
Ian Whitaker
Hello from Canada,
Saw your very interesting article about the spread of Knotweed, we have some
in Ontario where I live but because of our cold winters, it seems to be
kept in control. I know they have big problems with it in the milder provinces
like Nova Scotia and New Brunswick as well as British Columbia, they can't
seem to control it either. Good luck with it.
Now, I just wondered if you knew of anyone who would like to swap gardening
notes with me on a very casual basis, we could compare our different growing
climates etc., Or if you know of a Gardening club that has a website you
could perhaps send it to me.
Thanks so much,
Ann
Hello Roger
Thank you all for a great website. I have many memories of Bolton by Bowland
as I visited my aunt and uncle, Rene and Tony Holmes, many times. Although
no longer with us it was good to see their cricket trophy is still being presented annually. It was also good to see the
war memorial looking so well, another of Tony's pleasures. Your village
is very beautiful.
Regards
Kathleen Wattie
Hi,
My name is John Hartley, and I now live in Vancouver, Canada. Through the BBC
website I found your site and must say how much I admire it. My late mother
was a Wilkinson and the family had the Coach & Horses, the New Inn in Gisburn
and the Starkie Arms in Clitheroe. In pre second war days I would spend my
school holidays at the Coach & Horses and for eight weeks would have a
marvellous time. The slaughter house and butchers shop was run by my cousin,
who also played for Blackburn Rovers a few times way back and we used to deliver
meat around the village and I remember selling programmes for the Show every
year held on my uncles field. I have lived in Vancouver now since 1977 and
must say that I visit your website regularly to bring back happy memories of
those days years ago (I am now 82 years of age and still going strong thanks
to those ealy days), once again congratulations on a superb site, Sincerely
John Hartley.
