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A History of the County of Lancaster
… south walls. The church, which was then filled with high pews arranged anyhow, and was described as 'desolate and uncomfortable,' 24 was restored in 1902, when the old pews were removed, the chancel rearranged and new seating …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… The demesne and tenements comprised 738 acres, with two pews in Blackburn Church. Charlotte Bowdon was the daughter …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… money for it was raised by subscriptions and the sale of pews. It had at one time the most influential congregation in …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… The rest of the fittings are modern, the old square oak pews having been taken out some years ago and modern benches …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… with stone pillars above carrying the roof. The old high pews were cut down and made into open seats in 1886. At the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… height of 3 ft. 6 in. There are twenty-five of these dated pews, and in the south aisle the older Hoghton pew bears the … crest and motto, and the date 1678. The floors of the pews are now boarded and the passages flagged. The pulpit and … twodecker, probably of equal date with the majority of the pews, and stand at the east end of the north side of the …