Bashall Eaves, The Village c.1955
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B742008
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Bashall Eaves stands on the banks of the river Hodder in the parish of Mitton. Many variations in its name (Bakesalf, Beckhalgh) speak of a long history, and so do 15th-century Bashall Hall, home of the powerful Talbot family, and the old Red Pump coaching inn and the remains of a corn mill run by John Halstead in 1822. Willows growing by Bashall Brook were used for basket making. The small farmstead (left) could have been an alehouse, like the one at Mason Green. The village observed old customs: Shrove Tuesday pancake collecting, and Collop Monday, when slices of bacon were begged for after pig killing. Belthorn was one of the last villages in Lancashire to honour Collop Monday, and Poulton-le-Fylde was the last to answer the call of the Pancake Bell.
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