Hi Penny Not in Lees, Oldham but there was a small area of Manchester known as "Hanging Ditch" on Corporation Street, between Todd Street and Hanover Street. Not far from Red Bank, Manchester. The origin is: (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Manchester) :- "Manchester's medieval defences incorporated the rivers Irk and Irwell on two sides and a 410-metre (450 yd) long ditch on the others. The ditch, known as Hanging Ditch, was up to 37 metres (40 yd) wide and 37 metres (40 yd) deep. It was spanned by Hanging Bridge, the main route in and out of the town. The name may derive from hangan meaning hollow,[37] although there is an alternative derivation from the Old English hen, meaning wild birds, and the Welsh gan, meaning between two hills.[38] It dates to at least 1343 but may be even older." A 1950's map of Manchester is on-line at:- http://enriqueta.man.ac.uk/luna/servlet/detail/maps2~1~1~336743~122718:Manch ester-and-Salford Growing up in Manchester (1950's) I remember the area being called "Hanging Ditch" my father's bank account was at the Hanging Ditch branch of William Deacons Bank, on what is now Corporation Street. It was if I remember correctly Hanging Ditch was from Todd St to Millgate.and included the area between the north side of Corporation St up to but not including Victoria Station. The 1950s map shows the course of the ditch in dotted lines (because it is now buried along with the Hanging Bridge). Hope it helps, Bernard. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Penny Trueman via Sent: 25 October 2015 04:59 To: [email protected] Subject: [LAN] Oldham - Hanging Bank Hi list, I know where Bank Top was (near Lees Brook) but is there a Hanging Bank in the vicinity? I am also a Bit unsure about Bowker & Ball's mill 'Victoria', described as being at Bank Top, yet it was on Bleasby Street, off Greenacres Road. Best Wishes, Penny :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No fees! The list's administrator can be contacted at [email protected] :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message