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A History of the County of Lancaster
… of Ashworth; parts of it were cut off and included in Heywood, Bury, and Walmersley. 3 In 1666 there were fifty-six … belonged to Geoffrey de Hopwood, outlawed for felony in or before 1370; L. T. R. Memo. R. 166, m. 118. b Gristlehurst … his will dated 1554. By this he left his 'head house or capital messuage called Gristlehurst, with a mease and two …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… which was pulled down. 13 It was haunted by a 'boggart' or ghost, according to the popular belief. 14 Among those … Edrington, 23 William and John Cowper, 24 and William Heywood. 25 There were small estates, in most cases resulting … mullioned windows on the ground floor having been built up or replaced by modern casements, and on the first floor …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… had formerly held it. Two minor manors had been created, or perhaps preserved from more ancient times, viz., La Quick … paid half a mark to the scutage of 1201. 10 He died in or before 1211, and Adam, his son and heir, proffered 100 s. … matter to be decided by Committee of Elections'; Oliver Heywood, Diaries, ii, 259. Peter Bold was a Tory; Pink and …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… dancetty azure, on a chief of the second a lion passant or. Bradshaw Hall stands a little over a quarter of a mile … the ground, which had risen on this side of the house 2 or 3 ft., was reduced to its original level, and the steps to … 16656; an incident at his funeral is narrated by Oliver Heywood in his Diaries, iii, 94. A settlement of the manor of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… heir of Christopher, a few years after coming of age, sold or mortgaged the manors of Breightmet and Harwood in 1506 to … Trafford and Giles Ainsworth were lords of the manor, or of this portion of it. Joan widow of Thomas Ainsworth of … district is officially known as Tonge-cum-Breightmet. O. Heywood, Diaries, i, 224, 241, &c. There are many references …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… a cheveron engrailed between three unicorns' heads erased or as many crescents gules. TETLOW TETLOW was an estate … Chetham and Richard Siddall. 35 Lenton Priory. Quarterly or and azure a Calvary cross of the first fimbriated sable … unheard of race' for women in 1681 is noticed by Oliver Heywood as a sign of the times; Diaries, ii, 284. The …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… road is joined by that from Manchester, and the open space or Wylde 2 at that point is still known as the Market-place. … course, crossing the Roch at Heap Bridge and leading to Heywood; to the south of it lies Pimhole. Another branch runs … pillory, 13 and town cross 14 have disappeared. The ghosts or 'boggarts' have also gone. 15 The printing press was …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Todmorden Canal, which provides conveyance into Yorkshire. Heywood Cemetery lies in the north-west corner of the … 12 The hall was by Clement Winstanley in 1772 sold or mortgaged to persons 13 who eleven years later sold it to … gardens, orchards, and courts.' 14 Part of this late 16th or early 17th-century house yet stands, retaining most of its …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the township, 2 in which also lies Strangeways. Alms Hill, or Ormsell, lies to the west of Smedley. The population of … passant in pale paly of six argent and gules. Reynolds. Or two lions passant gules. Moreton, Earl of Ducie. Argent a … land tax in 1795 were Lord Ducie, James Hilton, and James Heywood, together paying more than a third. 35 In connexion …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… of holders, but it is not possible to trace the origin or descent of these tenements. The most important were those of Hoghton of Hoghton, Knoll of Wolfhouse or Wolfhall, and the Hospitallers, each of them apparently … granted by James II a meeting was set up at Chipping; O. Heywood, Diaries, iii, 228. Among the 'Presbyterian parsons …