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Title: Horncliffe Rawtenstall
Post by: ger1 on Sunday 05 October 08 20:23 BST (UK)
can anyone tell me if Horncliffe is a name of a house in Rawtenstall or the name of an area? my grandmother was there circa 1909-1911 working as a maid and sent post cards back to the family with the address Horncliffe Rawtenstall and on one Oakley Manse?
Title: Re: Horncliffe Rawtenstall
Post by: Pegasuss on Sunday 05 October 08 20:45 BST (UK)
Ger.

It is an Area!

Put 'Horncliffe, Rawtenstall, Lancashire' in a Google search & it comes up with a Map showing Where about it is!

Also, it mentions a 'Horncliffe Mansions'!
Title: Re: Horncliffe Rawtenstall
Post by: retiredlancslad on Thursday 06 November 08 19:47 GMT (UK)
Hi
Horncliffe was a large house on the side opf the A56 between Rawtenstall and Edenfield. It was at one time an old peoples home. I think it has been demolished. There is a photo in JohnSimpson's book 'A history of Edenfield and District'.
Title: Re: Horncliffe Rawtenstall
Post by: tabs456 on Thursday 13 November 08 23:47 GMT (UK)
hi horncliffe is a huge old mansion,  it became a home for the elderly, then it was a venue for weddings, the new owner hopes to turn it back into a normal house for his family, it is a lovely building
Title: Re: Horncliffe Rawtenstall
Post by: tabs456 on Thursday 13 November 08 23:48 GMT (UK)
definately not demolished i drive past it every day
Title: Re: Horncliffe Rawtenstall
Post by: ger1 on Wednesday 12 August 09 14:21 BST (UK)
found out now from the 1911 census that the family who lived there at the time were Rawlinsons. Does anyone know anything about them? My gran Kate Griffith was there as a servant on the census and her sister. The Rawlinsons had 3 children at the time Neville,Ida and Uzita.