STANSFIELD FOLLY, BLACKO

Another blipmobile shot!

Blacko is situated on an old turnpike road, now the A682 from Nelson to Gisburn in Pendle Witch country, the coven which led to the infamous trials at Lancaster Castle in 1612, being held on the outskirts of the village not far from Stansfield’s Tower, a folly dominating the area built in the late 19th century by a local grocer Jonathan Stansfield. Stansfield wanted to take his friends up it to watch Blackpool Tower being built. That might have been possible, but for the fact that Pendle Hill was in the way!

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