Bank Hey
Bank Hey (also Sunnybower or Sunny Bower) is a suburb of Blackburn, Lancashire, England. It is located to the east of the town, north of Whitebirk and near the boundary with Hyndburn.
| Bank Hey | |
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  Bank Hey Shown within Blackburn  Bank Hey Shown within Blackburn with Darwen  Bank Hey Location within Lancashire | |
| OS grid reference | SD694302 |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BLACKBURN |
| Postcode district | BB1 |
| Dialling code | 01254 |
| Police | Lancashire |
| Fire | Lancashire |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | |
{{Myles Wife Hey, Bank Hey}}
A short history of Myles Wife Hey. Grade II*. First a Tudor house 1525, then an Elizabethan manor house 1543 and later developed to become a Jacobean gentleman's residence completed in 1687. Until the early part of the twentieth century it was known as Bank Hey House. Owned by Whalley Abbey, the house was first tenanted in 1525 by Roger de Boulton, a descendant of the first Abbot (Guy de Boulton) for an annual payment of £1-18-11! This was the earliest part of the present house. The de Boultons' stayed until the late fifteen hundreds when William, now Bolton died and a John Peel became tenant having now thirty-five acres of land. The Peels (whose descendant Robert Peel founded the "Peelers", later Britain's first police force and was later to be Prime Minister) later developed the house and it became a manor house sometime between 1537 and 1594 and the listing in 1951 states 1543.