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A History of the County of Lancaster
… there in 1500 ( End. Char. Rep.), but about 1519 Nicholas Forton was appointed and was there in 1527; Duchy of Lanc. … endowment consisted of lands, houses, &c., in Lancaster, Forton and a number of other townships. Roper, Materials for …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… had been lost before 1826, and 100 bequeathed by Thomas Forton in 1817 was gradually dispersed by gifts of capital …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Staining, the property of Whalley; Cunscough in Melling, Forton, Ellel, and other lands which had belonged to … sold, but he held the 'manors ' of Gristlehurst, Spotland, Forton, and Stidd, and various lands. His father had in 1588 …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Townships Cleveley CLEVELEY Cliveley, c. 1270. Like Forton, Cleveley lies in Amounderness Hundred, and is divided … used only occasionally since the opening of St. James's, Forton, in 1888. The incumbents are presented by the vicar of … 85. For Shireshead see ibid, i, 1845, and the account of Forton. Notitia Cestr. loc. cit. The only fixed income was 1 …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… houses, &c., in Cockerham, Ellel, Marsh, Crimbles, Hillam, Forton, Cleveley, Bankhouses, Sinthwaite, Crookhey, Uptown, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the court of Stidd; but a rent of, 4 10 s. 0 d. for Stidd, Forton and Cunscough was to be paid to the Crown. In 1543 Sir …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… at Galgate and Bay Horse; the latter serves Dolphinholme, Forton and Cockerham. Dr. Kuerden about 1695 made a brief note of his journey through Forton and this township: After passing the Hollins 'about a mile forward you leave on the left Forton Green in the way to Cockerham. About a mile off you …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Townships Forton FORTON Fortune, Dom. Bk.; For ton, 1212. This township, … and Lancaster Canal passes through the centre, having Forton Hall and Goose Green to the west, Clifton Hill and … also Cleveley and Holleth. 2 Manor Earl Tostig held FORTON in 1066, when it was assessed as one plough-land, as …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… is entirely separated from the main part of the parish by Forton in Cockerham, and about 60 acres of its southern edge … cross is known. 2 Manor HOLLETH seems to have belonged to Forton. 3 There was never any manor, but Holleth is named in …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… 'Henry de Lancaster son of Warine' gave a plot of land in Forton to the monks of Furness in exchange for another piece …