Jericho, Bury.

[sarah]

I shall send Jed a message if you are still struggling ?

Sarah

[celia]

Tony
When you take your little walk Take your camera with you.
Take some photos of the old building.Especially those that might get demolished. If i see an old building that has been empty for  a long time.I think it must be due for demolition, So i take photo, i have a special  album full of photo's. two of the lovely building,that i took a photo of only this year,a hotel and a picture house. Have now gone, plus a garage. So i am building my own little history in photo's of the building of the area. The speed they are getting demolished no one in the future will know they even existed. Oh i do go on don't i cant help it old building are my passion

Celia

[tony h]

Hi Celia, will definitely take photos, its a crying shame that we don't take care of our built heritage I'm with you on this one. Progress is fine, but destruction for no good reason is denying our heritage.

Cheers
Tony

[celia]

Hi Josh
I had never heard of Jericho, seen it mentioned, or written down anywhere at all till you mentioned it. I find that very strange.Because at sometime during your life you come across most name places.Jericho is a name that you wouldn't forget is it. If you were born there do you remember it? It sound like  Brigadoon (the film) a fictional village in old Scotland.That appears out of the mist every hundred years

Celia.

Tony thanks for you support, i thought i was on the way to turning into a moaning Mini .

Celia

[tony h]

Hi Celia,
We should all moan a bit more AND DEFINITELY LOUDER on this issue

Cheers
Tony

[Suthurst]

Jericho was the name of the old work house which is now Fairfield hospital.
My family have been in the Birtle/Jericho area since at least the 1750's. The Suthursts originated in Yorkshire and went up to Scotland to fight for Bonny Prince Charlie and then came down to the Jericho area with the Grant brothers. They had a pub in Birtle Dean called The Bluebells of Scotland in the 1750's which serviced the mills that were there at the time, only the ruins are visible now. My great grandfather and great great grandfather had The Church Inn for many years.

[stanmapstone]

The Bury Union Workhouse was erected at Jericho, and opened on January 21st 1857 http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Bury/

[Accringtonian]

Jericho is not a separate township - just part of Bury. There are no townships in Lancashire beginning with 'J'. There have been several histories of Bury.

[Birtle_Girl]

Hi josh I don't know if I will be able to help you but my family have owned boaredge farm since 1918. They maybe able to send you in the right direction