184 FORESTS, WOODS, AND TREES 
Accrington District Gas and Water Board obtain part of 
their water supply from three gathering grounds: 
1. Mitchell’s two reservoirs, Accrington, 460 acres, 
between 977 and 1200 feet elevation. 
2. Burnley Road reservoir, Huncoat, 250 acres, between 
634 and 850 feet elevation. 
3. Dean Clough reservoir, Great Harwood, 540 acres, 
between 504 and 7465 feet elevation. 
The total area, 1250 acres, is made up of 1198 acres of 
hill pasture and moor, 45 acres of arable land, and 7 acres 
of plantations; and on it there are 12 dwelling-houses and 
farmsteads. The Board own 426 acres (including 60 acres 
of water) on Dean Clough area, 17 acres on Burnley Road 
area, and 82 acres (including 28 acres of water) on Mitchell’s 
area. The water, except that of the Burnley Road 
reservoir, is filtered. The precautions taken against con- 
tamination are constant inspection of the land by water 
bailiff, storm-water reservoirs at the inlets, and catchwater 
drains around the reservoirs. 
Bury and District Joint Water Board obtain their supply 
from five gathering grounds, as follows: 
1. Haslingden Grane area, with Ogden, Calf Hey, and 
Holden Wood reservoirs, 2185 acres, between 650 and 
1250 feet elevation. 
2. Rawtenstall area, with Clow Bridge and Clough 
Bottom reservoirs, 2036 acres, between 900 and 1400 feet 
elevation. 
3. Scout Moor area, Edenfield reservoir, 244 acres, 
between 650 and 1500 feet elevation. 
4, Walmersley area, Gin Hall reservoir, 163 acres, 
between 450 and 750 feet elevation. 
5. Shuttleworth area, Harden Clough and Cross Bank 
reservoirs, 200 acres, between 650 and 950 feet eleva- 
tion. 
The whole of the gathering grounds, 4828 acres, are 
owned as freehold by the Water Board. The three 
principal areas are mostly moorland and hill pasture, the 
