tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949215181122709833.post3969029883182448370..comments2024-03-17T05:54:30.910-07:00Comments on BLACKBURN PAST: Limbrick viewed from Sudell CrossBlackburnladhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07326456506067671772noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949215181122709833.post-116448888184820512011-12-11T05:20:51.675-08:002011-12-11T05:20:51.675-08:00Sorry but I personally don't know much about t...Sorry but I personally don't know much about the Sudell family, but someone else looking in may do.<br /><br />The family was in Blackburn in the 16th and 17th centuries and were very wealthy from what I can gather. <br /><br />One of the main routes into Blackburn town centre is called King Street, but before it was called that, it was known as Sudell St.<br /><br />Henry Sudell built Blackburnladhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07326456506067671772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949215181122709833.post-27545970930882422792011-12-10T15:53:20.185-08:002011-12-10T15:53:20.185-08:00Please can anyone tell me the history of the Sudel...Please can anyone tell me the history of the Sudell Cross - why, when, for whom etc. and also any information about the Sudell family as in the blog you refer to them as 'leading townsfolk': What was the trade/profession/connection and are they still practising locally in the same? Are they connected to a Pharmacist I have heard of in the Blackburn area? I heard this surname came from Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949215181122709833.post-1288089617872505342010-06-10T09:39:13.044-07:002010-06-10T09:39:13.044-07:00Thanks Jayne, it's one of my favourite photos ...Thanks Jayne, it's one of my favourite photos too.Blackburnladhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07326456506067671772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949215181122709833.post-32715551211990549552010-06-10T01:32:13.891-07:002010-06-10T01:32:13.891-07:00That is a really lovely photograph. I never knew t...That is a really lovely photograph. I never knew that the Hornby statue had once stood there. <br /><br />Jayne B.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949215181122709833.post-65560509724246421842010-04-12T23:00:48.513-07:002010-04-12T23:00:48.513-07:00As mentioned above John, I HAVEN'T read it, on...As mentioned above John, I HAVEN'T read it, only read a review of it and read a comment on BNAT about it. I wouldn't recommend any books other than the trade directories.<br /><br />Just read anything and everything, cross reference, then arrive at your own conclusions as to what is likely to be true and what is nonsense, but don't take any one statement as fact, as every author/Blackburnladhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07326456506067671772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949215181122709833.post-72873025903420894632010-04-12T13:43:13.516-07:002010-04-12T13:43:13.516-07:00Thanks Colin for the book review..That's anoth...Thanks Colin for the book review..That's another £20 down the pan then !!<br />This "History of Blackburn" is costing me a Bloody fortune (Only joking)<br />Can you suggest anymore accurate and informative books Colin ?Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14778367518820505220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949215181122709833.post-54755887150509334972010-04-12T00:19:25.454-07:002010-04-12T00:19:25.454-07:00I remember someone on BNAT saying D. Beattie's...I remember someone on BNAT saying D. Beattie's book was full of inaccuracies and I read a review of it around the same time, which kind of said the same. I haven't read it myself, so can't really comment / judge, but take a couple of other books as well, just to compare notes;-))Blackburnladhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07326456506067671772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949215181122709833.post-59149246699125245332010-04-11T13:44:30.727-07:002010-04-11T13:44:30.727-07:00Shot down again, Ouch !!
I really do need to get m...Shot down again, Ouch !!<br />I really do need to get my head into the few books that I have about Blackburn's Past Colin. As Summer is now here I have decided to take Derek Beattie's book with me on my Weekend trips to the coast to read instead of the Daily Mirror !<br /><br />I had a quick look at it tonight(Not the Mirror!) to see if the dates you quoted were right(And they are)and Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14778367518820505220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949215181122709833.post-23860098488095049792010-04-10T22:12:28.040-07:002010-04-10T22:12:28.040-07:00The market hall was opened in the 1840's John,...The market hall was opened in the 1840's John, it pre-dates incorporation. <br /><br />The foundation stone for the Town Hall was laid in 1852, just a few months after incorporation and was finished and opened by 1855/6. The plans and finance for it were probably in place long before incorporation.Corporation Park too was opened in the 1850's. <br /><br />Without ploughing through books, Blackburnladhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07326456506067671772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949215181122709833.post-55369445679746593042010-04-10T13:48:27.837-07:002010-04-10T13:48:27.837-07:00I meant 1851 Colin,why I didn't notice the err...I meant 1851 Colin,why I didn't notice the error is Mr McEwans Export's fault!<br />It's amazing that within 30 Years of the Corporation's inauguration they managed to accumulate enough money to purchase the land for Corporation Park and develop it, plus build the Town Hall and Market Hall.<br />I think that you are probably right about the Mill being the "Limbrick Cotton Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14778367518820505220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949215181122709833.post-49590018821931346052010-04-10T00:54:13.241-07:002010-04-10T00:54:13.241-07:00That garage did become Walsh Bros John.
1851 (not...That garage did become Walsh Bros John.<br /><br />1851 (not 1801) was the year of incorporation. Prior to that, decisions will have been democratically or undemocratically made by the leading townsfolk of which the Hornby's, Sudell's, Feilden's, Astley's, Ward's, Harrison's etc etc would have been a part of and would have had a lot of influence. They met in ''Blackburnladhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07326456506067671772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949215181122709833.post-32051153278146286262010-04-09T14:07:02.629-07:002010-04-09T14:07:02.629-07:00Nice Photo Colin,I remember this part of Limbrick ...Nice Photo Colin,I remember this part of Limbrick in the late 50's from my Junior School days at St John's on Altom St. Didn't the Central Garage later become "Walsh Bros" car showroom ? If old W.H was the first Mayor of Blackburn in 1801,and presumably the first leader of the Town Council, then how was the Town run prior to an elected Council ?<br />Just to the right of hisJohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14778367518820505220noreply@blogger.com