Hoghton Tower is mentioned today, long occupied by the de Hoghton family for hundreds of years to this day, and who had the pleasure of entertaining King James the First I think it was, who famously knighted whilst staying here a succulent loin of beef to be known in future as ‘Sirloin’.  The Unicorn Inn as was, in nearby Walton le Dale, a popular cyclists stop, also has a mention. It played a pivotal role in our turbulent past with links to our Jacobite ancestors.

I have never been able to get my head round the number of relatively well off and educated people who were prepared to indulge in plots against the King of the day or even Parliament, and to be beheaded for their pains when found out.