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A History of the County of Lancaster
… opposite Castle Irwell, a clough dipped into the Stony Knolls, and down it came the rain water and found its way to …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… it appears that William Strangeways had a grant of the Knolls (see below) in 1408, and that John Strangeways had … and heir apparent, leased lands called the Broad, Great Knolls, Hammecroft Bank, &c., and the corn-mill at … MSS. In 1587 he had stopped an old footway going over the Knolls into the Walkers' Croft, to the annoyance of his …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… about 1630. 13 It does not appear much later. 14 The Knolls of Wolfhouse appear to have been a branch of those of … seems to have been held by an illegitimate branch of the Knolls. 50 In later times the most important family was that … R. 423, m. 1. This John appears to be the ancestor of the Knolls of Thornley, according to the pedigree in Smith, …