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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Lancashire => Topic started by: Josh on Thursday 23 March 06 22:42 GMT (UK)
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I am trying to find out as much as I can about the history of Jericho, Bury, Lancs, the village that my mother was born in and I was born in, so that I can fill in a bit of my own biography. I have searched high and low on the internet for information but to no avail. All the history I find there revolves around the hospital and little else.
I am fascinated to know as to why, for instance, the place was named Jericho, and also by who and when? Who were the earliest builders and settlers in Jericho? e.t.c. It is as mysterious to me as the Bermuda triangle!
I met an elderly woman from Jericho once and she told me that the original settlers there were a denomination of christians who sought to build a new and miniaturised version of Israel there. I wonder if it was they that inspired Blake to write 'Jerusalem?'
Do you know anything about the history of the place?
josh.
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Hi Josh and welcome to RootsChat :) :) :) :)
Have you tried Bury Archives ?
http://www.bury.gov.uk/LeisureAndCulture/Libraries/Archives/default.htm
Worth a try! also Bury comes under Greater Manchester now - you might try there also !
Annie :)
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josh,try mark hone on the great war forum,hes compiling a roll of honour for all those who died in ww1,hes a bury lad and hes also the head of history at bury grammar as well as a local historian,mack
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Hi Josh and welcome to RootsChat :) :) :) :)
Have you tried Bury Archives ?
http://www.bury.gov.uk/LeisureAndCulture/Libraries/Archives/default.htm
Worth a try! also Bury comes under Greater Manchester now - you might try there also !
Annie :)
Thank you Annie I e-mailed Bury Archives and am just awaiting a reply from them.
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Hi Josh,
I can see Jericho from my PC, its about 2 miles away across the fields from where i'm sat. :)The christians story you heard rings true. There is an old chapel up there, that i seem to remember seems quite important. Also a couple of nice pubs so could be worth a wander over there when i get a chance. Will also check local library.
Bye for now
Tony
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Hi Josh,
I can see Jericho from my PC, its about 2 miles away across the fields from where i'm sat. :)The christians story you heard rings true. There is an old chapel up there, that i seem to remember seems quite important. Also a couple of nice pubs so could be worth a wander over there when i get a chance. Will also check local library.
Bye for now
Tony
The way you have described it things sounds rather quaint and idyllic. I am quite jealous actually Tony. I think I'm about to have a half hour sulk...
Where do you live if you can see Jericho from your window?
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I live in Heywood, Lancs.
Our "computer room" is one of the front bedrooms of our house, and from here can see Jericho. The old workhouse is now Fairfield General Hospital, under threat of closure, which is a tragedy :( My daughter and son were born there.) When my daughter was born in Nov 85, i walked back thro the fields at 2.00 a.m. in an amazing frost with rabbits looking for food by moonlight. Got home and listened to "Chariots of Fire" with glass of Tobermory whiskey bought earlier that year from the Isle of Mull ;D ;D ;D
Will find out what i can
Tony
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Hi Josh
??? Thought this might be an easy one, but wrong. Nothing in my local library but 2 picture postcards, one of the last tram, and one of a farm. Tried Bury Library, with very little more luck. Two handwritten cards in the index show
1) In Barret's Directory of Bury 1883, home of farmer James Suthurst (coal miner and beer seller) in Birtle cum Bamford. n.b Suthurst also spelt Sutherst and Birtle also spelt Bircle.
2) Hall family of Boaredge (farm?) were prominent Wesleyans and probably named the place after the biblical city, also a Ninervah at Birtle.
Other info as a result of the Poor Laws in 1836 large numbers of people from Suffolk, Norfolk, Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire came (were forced???) into the area to work in the mills.
Three thoughts,
Jericho could be the name of a mill, not uncommon for mills in these parts to have biblical/exotic names,
or could be name of a tenement (parcel of land) as there is one nearby called Hercules.
Church i remembered is St John the Baptist 1836 and firmly Anglican so perhaps that not the connection.
Also one source i looked at gave lots of surnames for the area in connection with land transfers, if you let me know i'll go back and look up.
Got me intrigued so will look again ???
Cheers
Tony
:)
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Hi Josh, you could try asking Jed59 - he lives in Bury and I think has good local knowledge.
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I shall send Jed a message if you are still struggling ?
Sarah
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Tony
When you take your little walk Take your camera with you.
Take some photos of the old building.Especially those that might get demolished. If i see an old building that has been empty for a long time.I think it must be due for demolition, So i take photo, i have a special album full of photo's. two of the lovely building,that i took a photo of only this year,a hotel and a picture house. Have now gone, plus a garage. So i am building my own little history in photo's of the building of the area. The speed they are getting demolished no one in the future will know they even existed. Oh i do go on don't i ;D cant help it old building are my passion
Celia
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Hi Celia, will definitely take photos, its a crying shame that we don't take care of our built heritage >:( I'm with you on this one. Progress is fine, but destruction for no good reason is denying our heritage.
Cheers
Tony
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Hi Josh
I had never heard of Jericho, seen it mentioned, or written down anywhere at all till you mentioned it. I find that very strange.Because at sometime during your life you come across most name places.Jericho is a name that you wouldn't forget is it. If you were born there do you remember it? It sound like Brigadoon (the film) a fictional village in old Scotland.That appears out of the mist every hundred years ;D
Celia.
Tony thanks for you support, i thought i was on the way to turning into a moaning Mini ;D.
Celia
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Hi Celia,
We should all moan a bit more AND DEFINITELY LOUDER on this issue :)
Cheers
Tony
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Jericho was the name of the old work house which is now Fairfield hospital.
My family have been in the Birtle/Jericho area since at least the 1750's. The Suthursts originated in Yorkshire and went up to Scotland to fight for Bonny Prince Charlie and then came down to the Jericho area with the Grant brothers. They had a pub in Birtle Dean called The Bluebells of Scotland in the 1750's which serviced the mills that were there at the time, only the ruins are visible now. My great grandfather and great great grandfather had The Church Inn for many years.
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The Bury Union Workhouse was erected at Jericho, and opened on January 21st 1857 http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Bury/
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Jericho is not a separate township - just part of Bury. There are no townships in Lancashire beginning with 'J'. There have been several histories of Bury.
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Hi josh I don't know if I will be able to help you but my family have owned boaredge farm since 1918. They maybe able to send you in the right direction
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Two of my Aunties, Mary Ellen Farrand and Rose Farrand, lived at 2 Weythorne Drive, off Elbut Lane in Jericho. Ellen was a Sister at Fairfield General Hospital, Rose was a Secretary for the multi-national Textile company Courtaulds.
I remember, as a kid visiting them often. I used to catch the bus from Rochdale which went up Rochdale Old Road and into Bury. The bus from Bury, coming the other way, terminated at Jericho.
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You can see Jericho on this early map http://maps.nls.uk/view/102344027#zoom=6&lat=6084&lon=5574&layers=BT
This shows a later map and the modern view. http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/sidebyside.cfm#zoom=16&lat=53.6029&lon=-2.2558&layers=171&right=BingHyb
Stan