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| Article Title: | BLIND JACK OF KNARESBOROUGH | Author: | Cecilia Ridley | Journal number: | 21 | Journal_Date: | Summer 2009 | Subject: | Travel | Place: | | People: | Metcalf, John | Century: | 18 | Description: | John Metcalf was a larger than life character, born in Knaresborough in 1717 he was responsible for building many roads and buildings including a road from Bury to Whalley in 1789, together with Ewood Bridge to carry the road across the valley of the river Irwell near Edenfield. |
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