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A History of the County of Lancaster
… Warine son of Orm, 34 William Gernet 35 and King John to Furness Abbey. From an account compiled about 1320 it seems … paid 10 s. to an aid in 1378 for their lands in Slyne; Furness Coucher (Chet. Soc), 226. Duchy of Lanc. Mins. Accts. … Fitz Walter, claimed Staplethorne against the Abbot of Furness in 1208; Curia Regis R. 62, m. 9; 50, m. 1. The suit …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… roads converge to Newby Bridge, which stands on the Furness side of the bridge there crossing the Leven. One road …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Christopher de Broughton held Stannerley of the Abbot of Furness by knight's service and a rent of 2 d. 17 Other … Assize R. 404, m. 12. Roger de Stannerley occurs in 1249; Furness Couch. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 408. In 1277 Simon the … 61, 46 d., 96 d. Roger de Stannerley was living in 1333; Furness Couch, ii, 425. Lansdowne MS. 559, fol. 41. Somewhat …
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… 5 and was held of them by the Flemings of Aldingham in Furness. 6 Their tenure was sometimes described as knight's … in 1717. 37 The canons of Leicester allowed Michael de Furness to build a chapel in Thurnham, 38 but it is not known … will be given under Aldingham. William son of Michael de Furness granted land in Thurnham to Cockersand Abbey about …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… The Broughton and Coniston single-line branch of the Furness railway runs through the township near the former … Manor At first TORVER, being in the Lancaster moiety of Furness Fells, was a member of the lordship or barony of … Priory, 10 which retained it to the Suppression. 11 Furness Abbey also had land in Torver, for Henry Kirkby died …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… market town of Ulverston, which became the chief place in Furness on the destruction of the abbey, stands at the … shore of Morecambe Bay westward to Lindal and Dalton. The Furness railway passes through the township to the south of … specially named it as included in his grant of a moiety of Furness to found the abbey. 12 It was probably at that time …
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… Harrington. The claim was based on a grant by the Abbot of Furness (probably as trustee) to Robert Preston, father of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… hill on the west runs the road from Cark to Low Wood. The Furness Railway Company's single-line track from Greenodd to … and 2,727 of foreshore. Known as Harlesyde Isle in 1593; Furness Lore, 45; Proc. Barrow Nat. Field Club, xvii, 4850. … limestone set in mortar,' A. Fell, Early Iron Industry of Furness, 199, 200. Ibid. 218. The bailiwick of Walton and …
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… Urswick. Roger was the son and heir of Sir Richard; West, Furness (ed. 1774), 240. A fragment of pedigree in Towneley …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the low land on the east side of the village, while the Furness Company's line winds round the hill on the west. … relief of the rates. A small part was taken in 1868 by the Furness Railway Company, and the remainder was sold in 1872 …