Originally Posted by
Cadfael
A nice find there. It's reworded from the original script of James Stonehouse 1846 so the document has come out at least after 1846 to retell the story of Williamson and the Tunnels.
Here's a picture of the tunnel that we rebuilt the arch of. It was, according to Charles Hand in 1926, the exact tunnel they walked into to walk for 'over a mile without finding a boundary'. The present day lets you crawl of about 20ft before being packed up with rubble, but this branch also leads to the tunnel which runs across to the Bears Paw too.
Cad, how can you be so sure without a date that it is a rewording of Stonehouse?
Is it not more likely, as the document is written in first person, presumably by Dr. Watson, that this is the original that Stonehouse based his 1846 MS on?
You'll also notice that the piece isn't just a retelling of Williamson and the Tunnels about sanitary reform in the area.
Samp, is was their a date on the piece, do you have the LRO Reference Number for it?
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And secondly Cad, where exactly does Hand say he walked for 'over a mile without finding a boundry'. It is certainly not in is Historical Society published articles, nor in his original MS for his 'History of Edge Hill'.
Also, you've only got 20ft... how can you be sure it goes a mile or indeed to the Bears Paw pub? A bricked up arch in a pub cellar does not necessarily mean a tunnel.
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