Dear Everyone: I'm forwarding this information which was sent to the Manchester & Lancashire FHS Mailing List by Ron Hurdus. It might be of interest to those researching Barlow in Lancashire, England. This is taken from "A History of Leigh" by John Lunn, Edited by Peter Riley, Published in 1993. Page 74: 'One of the early spinning mills in Leigh was in Nel Pan Lane; by 1812 Barlow's Factory was a topographical fixture. Moses Roper lived near to it. There is a saying that a vicar of Leigh John Barlow erected it for his son. By 1825 the mill was under the directive control of Ormrod, Hardcastle and Vickers. Later it was bought by James and John Hayes and misfortuned to be burned out in 1855. These two brothers then launched the Victoria Mills. Old Barlow's factory was candle lit in winter and insured in 1846 for �3,450. Its corporate name in this year was Thorpe and Hayes. Other machinery was put in by Constantine: the mill was raveaged by fire for the third time in 1864.' Lee Cognetta ===== Lee Cognetta BARNFATHER CENTRAL: http://home.earthlink.net/~daycogs __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/