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A History of the County of Lancaster
… industries. The last-named continues, but the iron-turning mill was disused about twenty years ago. The land is mostly … as three plough-lands, was a member of Earl Tostig's fee of Preston. 5 After the Conquest it was granted to … the manor was stated to be held of the king by a rent of 2 s. 11; in the 16th century the service was unknown. 12 In …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… was then divided into two wards, All Saints' and St. Luke's, on the west and east respectively. The township, as such, … it was assessed as two plough-lands, and a rent of 20 s. was the annual service. 10 Gospatrick de Chorlton was … 100 acres of land, 20 acres of meadow, and water-mill are stated to be held of the lord of Manchester by …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… and Fallowfield to Stretford. The Midland Company's railway from Manchester to Stockport crosses the northern … defence that the fish were caught in Matthew de Haversage's free fishery and Thomas was fined, but excused because he … and his men of Chorlton were freed from suit to the mill at Didsbury about 1260; De Trafford D. no. 133. Henry …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… when the hundred was called upon for 100, Church paid 17 s., Oswaldtwistle 1 5 s. 6 d., and Huncoat 17 s. 4 d.a total of 2 19 s. 10 d. from … yearly; HH, no. 24. To his lord Henry de Lacy he gave his mill of Church; ibid. no. 36. In two places Adam brother of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the manor of Coniston by the fortieth part of a knight's fee; his son Richard was thirty years of age. 10 Richard … then held Coniston of the Abbot of Furness by knight's service and a rent of 2 d. 12 John son of John Fleming was … found to hold the manor of Coniston with messuages, water mill, land and wood, but the tenure was not recorded. 13 Hugh …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… commend us to Claughton. . . . To anyone anxious for a day's serene pleasure, for a sweet and pure and unalloyed rural … in Claughton or at Garstang Church, a stipend of 66 s. 8 d. being payable. 18 Roger de Brockholes appears to have … de Whittingham and Margery his wife gave him a water-mill and a fulling-mill, being Margery's dower; and Richard …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Clitheroe branch of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company's railway, which serves this township. There are traces of a … the honor of Clitheroe by the service of thegnage and 10 s. yearly rent, the first recorded tenant being one … they had made in the Ribble in connexion with their water-mill, whereby his way through the river was rendered …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… with a library, also Conservative, Liberal and working men's clubs. Calico printing works, 2 cotton factories, soap … He died of the plague in that year. He published Sander's account of the Anglican Schism, with a continuation. 4 John … Harwood in exchange for land there lying between the old mill-stream and the brook near Gamelsgate, and between …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Henry de Lea by the service of the eighth part of a knight's fee and the above-named payment of 6 d. 19 Ralph the son … James Anderton the son in 1608 acquired Dorothy Huddleston's portion, 32 becoming sole lord in 1630 when he succeeded … manor of Clayton, and of fifty messuages, dovecote, water-mill, 800 acres of land, &c. Hugh Anderton about the same …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the western border. The London and North-Western Company's main line from Carlisle to London runs near it, but has no … Wyresdale in socage. 4 On the sale of the Duke of Hamilton's estates in 1853 the Cleveley portion, 693 acres, was … was at the same time acquired by Mr. Ormrod. 5 Cleveley Mill occurs before 1280. 6 The 'manor or hamlet' of Cleveley …