Boundary stone at Heald Top
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Boundary stone at Heald Top
Image: © Humphrey Bolton Taken: 20 Jun 2019
This is on the boundary between Todmorden and Bacup, and there is a 'T' on the other side, but why a 'D'on this side? Before Bacup became a civil parish, it was in Brandwood Higher End, so that doesn't help. However the Cliviger Gorge Packhorse Trails Circuit article http://ures-burnley.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Cliviger-Gorge-Packhorse-Trails-Circuit.pdf states that the T and D on a similar stone to the north-west stand for Sir John Townley of Burnley and Dearden of Rochdale, and was erected by Townley in 1536.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.722992
Longitude
-2.171515