A Rossendale farm
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A Rossendale farm
Image: © Bill Boaden Taken: 2 Oct 2010
Information provided by Jeff Brown: The place is called "Wholaw Tongue", one of the last remaining places with 'Wholaw' in their title - the others were a bit further north, around Crown Point / Dunnockshaw. The spelling 'Wholaw' was quite variable over the years - the church register has quite a number of references to the various 'wholaw' places. My great great grandparents lived at Wholaw Tongue in the 1870's, before moving to the 'Heights' at Great Clough in the Goodshaw Fold / Love Clough area. There is a small clutch of one time farmsteads of similar vintage up there including 'Top of Height', Gt. Clough Farm, New Laithe etc. One of them is a re-build on the site of the old farmhouse & re-using the old stones.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.706071
Longitude
-2.2381