<![CDATA[CHORLEY, DUXBURY, ADLINGTON LOCAL HISTORY - News blog posts]]>Thu, 26 Jun 2025 22:53:39 +0100Weebly<![CDATA[The John Stone - Duxbury Woods]]>Fri, 16 Mar 2018 18:41:49 GMThttps://chorleyarealocalhistory.weebly.com/news-blog-posts/the-john-stone-duxbury-woods
After 2 years of searching, finally found 'The John Stone' in John Wood (part of Duxbury Wood).
It is on a slope running down to the Yarrow, standing about 1m tall, and looks as if in the past there was another section on top (cross?). A ditch runs next to the stone, and there is the suggestion of earthworks nearby.

I have read that it was one of 4 boundary markers left by the Knights of St John, the other 3 now gone.

I have already created a rough 3D model and will be producing a higher resolution model over the next few weeks to see if there are any markings.
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Research required over the next few weeks and article.
]]><![CDATA[Dean Ditch Boundary Stones - Winter Hill]]>Mon, 12 Mar 2018 18:58:31 GMThttps://chorleyarealocalhistory.weebly.com/news-blog-posts/dean-ditch-boundary-stones-winter-hillJust started to process the results from my recent walk up Coal Pit Road, and then along Deans Ditch on Winter Hill,  looking for the boundary stones marked on the 1844 OS map.
​The image below shows the first image of the boundary stone near the summit of Counting Hill. There are markings on it.  
I will now produce a 3D model from the images and videos taken to see if we can get a clear picture and if there are any more markings.
Full article coming soon.
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]]><![CDATA[Devil's Ditch - survey]]>Sat, 24 Feb 2018 15:21:25 GMThttps://chorleyarealocalhistory.weebly.com/news-blog-posts/devils-ditch-surveyAll the times I have walked around Anglezarke, I have never made it on foot to Devil's Ditch.

So whilst walking along Redmonds Edge, looking for the mounds marked on the 1844 OS map, I spotted the footpath intersecting the Eastern terminus of the ditch and decided to walk down the full length of the ditch.  If you leave the path in an easterly direction you can look back along the full 2k ditch.  At this time of year (Feb) the ditch shows as a pale yellow like against the darker heather background.  Full details to be written up on the Devil's Ditch page.
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]]><![CDATA[Duxbury/Coppull boundary stone found?]]>Sun, 18 Feb 2018 10:16:35 GMThttps://chorleyarealocalhistory.weebly.com/news-blog-posts/duxburycoppull-boundary-stone-found


Carried out a survey on foot to an interesting area in Yarrow Valley Park, where Eller Brook joins the river Yarrow.
If you look at any map you can see the boundary between Chorley/Duxbury/Coppull follows both water courses until you get to the confluence where the boundary takes a slice out of Coppull to give to Chorley, and a slice out of Duxbury to give to Coppull.

Using the gps on my phone and superimposing a map onto it, walking the boundary you find a pit and a large marked stone.

Further survey required.

Read more on the page as I add content to it
]]><![CDATA[James Yates Well found?]]>Sat, 06 Jan 2018 11:41:06 GMThttps://chorleyarealocalhistory.weebly.com/news-blog-posts/james-yates-well-foundA drone survey of Limestone Clough, Anglezarke, was carried out on the 1st Jan 18 to try and identify James Yates Well which is marked on the 1844 OS map.

Initial results look very promising with a rectangular depression showing up in just the right spot as shown by this elevation/contour analysis.
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You can see  the shape of the well upper right as a break in the contour lines.

Full report with much more analysis to be published in the Anglezarke Survey section soon.

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