Barrow Brook Traditional Cache
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History.
The area is developing fast, with a fast food restaurant, small supermarket and fuel station, plus a small business park.
The area is the site of the old printing works now Ribble Valley Enterprise Park and is where the new Printworks building is.
The reason for the establishment of a factory at Barrow is due solely to the existence of Barrow Brook, a fairly fast-flowing stream, which flows down from the lower slopes of Pendle Hill to join the River Ribble just to the north east of the village of Mitton. Copious supplies of water are vital to the printing, and especially the bleaching, industries and it must also be remembered that, before the adoption of the steam engine, a good fall of water was also essential to provide motive power.
The name Barrow derives not from the presence of an ancient burial mound, but from Old English meaning 'a grove of trees'. It seems likely the nearby village took their name from Barrow Brook; in the nineteenth century it was originally called Barrow Bridge after the bridge over the stream.
The cache is 35mm film canister. It is placed by the nearby lodge and will only take a couple of minutes to find.
Good luck.
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