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A History of the County of Lancaster
… Brook. In 1901 the population was 1,735. A road from Farnworth to Warrington runs eastwardly through the centre of … Certs. (Rec. Soc. Lancs. and Ches.), 9. He was buried at Farnworth in July, 1645; Trans. Hist. Soc. (New Ser.), ii, 9. … Trans. Hist. Soc. (New Ser.), ii, 11. He was buried at Farnworth 18 Feb. 16756; ibid. 9. The hearth-tax return of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Hulton were the holders. The Hulton share descended in the Farnworth branch of the family, but is not mentioned in any … are named among the possessions of William Hulton of Farnworth as late as 1556; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. x, no. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… a manor in Rumworth, 2 but the Hultons of Hulton and Farnworth were usually said to hold the third part of a fee … land in Rumworth, and the eight oxgangs of Lostock. 4 With Farnworth the manor of Rumworth was purchased by the Hultons … R. 1404, m. 27. John de Hulton, of Manchester and of Farnworth, received lands in Rumworth from Richard de Hulton, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the Hospitallers, who granted it to Richard son of Adam de Farnworth, at a rent of 4 s. 11 While the former moiety … of Hugh de Laghokes released to Robert son of Richard de Farnworth all his claim to the moiety of Platt; Booker, op. … families may here be noticed. Margery widow of Adam de Farnworth in 1290 appeared against Robert son of Richard de …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Sir Henry de Hoghton (d. 1876), buried in the Bold Chapel, Farnworth. The old font is circular and apparently of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Snydale in Westhoughton were held also by the Hultons of Farnworth; Duchy of Lanc. Inq. p.m. iii, no. 26. An agreement … 1521 between Adam Hulton of Hulton and William Hulton of Farnworth respecting lands in Westhoughton, Manchester, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… being Appleton. This hamlet lies close to the centre, with Farnworth, the site of the chapel, on the extreme north, … Probably the most ancient is that from Rainhill through Farnworth, and south and south-west to the crossing-place … into Cheshire. It is joined, to the north of Farnworth, by another ancient road, the name of which, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Lathom and Ormskirk to WidnesRainford, St. Helens, and Farnworth; the name, Chester Lane, still applied to a part of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… &c. in Withington and Chorlton from Ellis Hey, others in Farnworth, Kearsley, Hulme, and Barton from Sir Edmund …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… construction of a canal from his collieries in Worsley and Farnworth to Salford and to Hollinfare. Starting from the … lands in Urmston, Hulme, Ashton under Lyne, Rusholme, and Farnworth; the manor of Booths was, as in the earlier … have had a wider meaning than at present, spreading into Farnworth and Little Hulton. 123 It also gave a surname to a …