RAMSBOTTOM'S most famous family has been commemorated with a blue heritage plaque.
The plaque was installed on the facade of the Grants Arms Hotel in Market Place.
It commemorates William and Grace Grant and their family.
William Grant came to Lancashire from the Scottish Highlands looking for work in 1783.
He originally settled in Bury but moved to Ramsbottom in 1806.
The Grants bought the Old Ground printworks and a lot of land in the area.
Four sons ran the business, and two - William and Daniel - are believed to have been the models for Charles Dickens' benevolent mill owners, the Cheeryble Brothers, in Nicholas Nickleby.
The family lived in what is now the restaurant and hotel area at the rear of the Grants Arms building.
The sons turned the family home into a public house in 1828 after the deaths of their parents.
The new blue plaque was unveiled by councillors Sheila Magnall and Yvonne Wright.
It is the second to be installed by Ramsbottom Heritage Society with the aim of bringing the town's history to the notice of residents.
The first plaque, commemorating Chartist leader Dr Peter McDouall, was installed outside Greenlees jewellers in Bolton Street last year.
Both were funded by the former area board, now replaced by the local area partnership.
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