Ingham Farm, Near Royle Hall Burnley

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331926

Reference identifier

EBU-U01-D43-211

Title

Ingham Farm, Near Royle Hall Burnley

Place

Burnley

General notes

On the rear of the card to which this picture is attached is a letter addressed to Mr. W. Bennett, Reedley Drive, Burnley, Lancashire. A transcript of the letter reads as follows:
11th August (no year included)
48 Third Avenue, Swindon Park, nr Luton, Beds.
Dear Sir, I have now read the third edition of the "History of Burnley," which I have found very interesting reading, and with your help and a strong imagination these books have, indeed, given me great pleasure to read, and they have proved right, some of my own conjectures which I had formed in my mind on the way it used to be in dear old Burnley.
I had hoped that I would be able to learn something of the history of the farm in the enclosed photo. It will be very interesting one too, because it stands only a few hundred yards north of Royle Hall. It was always a farm, but was mainly a residence with the name of, "The Inghams", and the parlour window carries a date and letters, 1632. T.A.E. over the barn porch which you can see, is the date 1801. The small building with the white door was obviously a coach-house built of Tudor bricks and it had a small fire grate in the far left hand corner.
To the right of the picture about one hundred yards, the Calder and Pendle Water meet, and I can imagine that it was in a setting like this that Bridge End House had its beginning where the Brun and Calder meet. Your unidentified Kerriall I can but conjecture, stood between Royle Hall and Inghams, and was undermined by the river, as there is unquestionably an old cart track leading nowhere over the brink of a wooded river bankside. Inghams Farm is now going the same way as only two yards of earth separate it from the water when the river is flooded.
I have spent some very happy hours meandering about this place, so you may judge why I am concerned. You may keep the photo as I have a large one coloured, in fact I have several. Also you may have the old newspaper. This was found with five others wrapped around some Bank of England notes, and all wrapped and sewn up in a kind of oilskin. This was about 1926. They were found by a workman while taking off the corner of the roof at ........... Farm Worsthorne. The notes were for a very large amounts. Incidentally the said workman left Burnley a few days after his find. My father got the newspapers for the price of a pint. I remember seeing the notes, there was about 10 of them in large appearance, black printing on white stiffish paper, and were for colossal amounts.

The "Old Carr" mentioned in the 2nd edition was adjacent to another farm which stood 100 yards to the south, and there is every trace of this place to be seen, just above the old pit shafts.
There used to be a tale, that a bag of gold was discovered at "Old Carr", that had been hidden there by monks from Whalley Abbey. In the ruined yard can be seen a small archway over the old stone water trough. I went up this tunnel several times as a boy, and always felt certain that it was a connection to the "Manor House". Happy days. I am now looking forward to your fourth edition, wishing you every success,
Yours faithfully
R.H. Isherwood.

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Year of image

Mid 20th Century

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