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A History of the County of Lancaster
… and there are cross roads from Prescot to Burtonwood and Parr. The London and North-Western Company's lines from … Clemency was a minor, in the guardianship of John Danyers or Daniell, who married her to his son William. 16 The manor … families who held lands in Sutton were those of Gerard, Parr, Atherton, Sale, and Standish. 100 The leasehold estate …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… service and sometimes as socage. A rent of either 20 s. or 13 s. 4 d. was payable to the heirs of Lancaster; … the middle part slightly projecting, with a porch, or vestibule to the hall, 34 ft. in length, on the ground … 8 d. due to the Crown was in 1517 received by Sir Thomas Parr of Kendal; Duchy of Lanc. Inq. p.m. v, no. 8. John de …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… consists entirely of the coal measures, which are more or less covered with boulder clay. The soil is of clay, upon … and lands here to Alexander Radcliffe of Leigh, esq., John Parr and Peter Parr, his brother, of Westleigh, gents., Radcliffe taking one …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… called Arpley and Howley, dotted over with cattle, or where the river nears the big industrial town of … kind. The grounds have been thrown open to the public. Parr Hall, presented to the town by Mr. J. Charlton Parr in 1895, is used for public meetings. The markets were …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… township from north to south and presently unites with Hey or Pennington Brook, flowing from the west, which appears to … Crooke, gent., and late of the vendor's father, to James Parr, citizen and haberdasher of London, John Parr, and Peter Parr of Westleigh, chapman, for the sum of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… from the mouth of each the head of a crozier issuant or. The place occurs very rarely in the records, and no … de Legh (no. 371(?) 1275); Adam son of Henry de Wheelton, or 'de Legh of Wheelton,' Kilncarr and Croylanhurst (no. 25, … 1580 purchased two messuages, &c., in Wheelton from John Parr and Ellen his wife; Pal. of Lanc. Feet of F. bdle. 42, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… from other sources to have been Whiston, two plough-lands; Parr, one and a half; and Skelmersdale, one. Ibid. 47, where … was at the same time another John Travers, of Whiston or Ridgate, there is some difficulty as to identification … their lands in Whiston to be held of Thomas Travers or his heirs, as late as 1547; ibid. vii, n. 6; ix, n. 10. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… 26 A family of longer standing was that of Colley, or Cowley as the name was spelt in later times. They appear … the town, parts of Windle and Eccleston, and the whole of Parr and Suttonin all 7,284 acres. 52 The population in 1901 … and about Hardshaw. 77 Soon afterwards Blackbrook House in Parr became available. When the Scarisbricks ceased to reside …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… and Westwood occupy the south-west corner. The Worsley or western section of the township has Worsley Hall almost in … lie Booths Hall, part of Boothstown, Ellenbrook Chapel and Parr Fold; Walkden, now a town, and Linnyshaw occupy the … last-named seems to have succeeded. She married Richard de Parr, and in 1408 a further settlement was made, Oliver being …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… its distinctive name. The manor was also called LEIGHTON or Leighton Conyers. 12 Leighton seems at first to have been … the manor of Leighton, &c., of the heirs of Sir Thomas Parr by services unknown; lands in Yealand were held of the … wardship and marriage were in 1520 granted to Sir William Parr. 22 He recovered part at least of the Beetham …