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A History of the County of Lancaster
… to Coniston, and then by Yewdale to Skelwith, or round the head of the lake to Hawkshead on the east. The single-line … the manor of Coniston by the fortieth part of a knight's fee; his son Richard was thirty years of age. 10 Richard … of as if it were the only one in the kingdom; Cal. S.P.Dom. 15801625, p. 457. The letter was misleading, for …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… along the east side of it, keeping within Claife. At the head of the lake it passes Colthouse and turns west to … five years later. 9 For the Church of England St. Peter's, Sawrey, was built in 1872 10; the Bishop of Carlisle … than once. Mr. David Ainsworth bought it in 1898; he was M.P. for West Cumberland 18805 and 18925, and died 21 Feb. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… commend us to Claughton. . . . To anyone anxious for a day's serene pleasure, for a sweet and pure and unalloyed rural … in Claughton are again mentioned in 1379; Lancs. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc), i, 14, 16. In 1456 Richard Balderston was … Pat. 6 Jas. I, pt. xxi. The papers in the case of the head of the family seem to have been lost, but the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Clitheroe branch of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company's railway, which serves this township. There are traces of a … of rough stone with dressed quoins, and on the square door head are the date 1665 and the initials G. T., probably those … of the gateway in front of the house. a Cal. Pat. 131317, p. 25; Towneley MS. DD, no. 20405; HH, no. 17413. Duchy of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… with a library, also Conservative, Liberal and working men's clubs. Calico printing works, 2 cotton factories, soap … 1567, bencher in 1574, serjeant-at-law in 1580, junior M.P. for the county in 1589 and was constituted a judge of the … to Whitaker, Whalley (ed. 1876), ii, 274, but see V.C.H. Lancs. iii, 210. Clayton D. OO, 1080. DD, 1602; Duchy of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Henry de Lea by the service of the eighth part of a knight's fee and the above-named payment of 6 d. 19 Ralph the son … was regarded as part of the Hoghton lordship; Lancs. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i, 145. It is not named in later Hoghton … the manor of Clayton to Thomas Bootle; note by Mr. H. Ince Anderton. The land tax return of 1788 shows that the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… has sprung up. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Company's railway between the same places also runs through it near … worth 20; Pal. of Lanc. Plea R. 6, m. 5 b. Lancs. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 1347; Dep. Keeper's Rep. xxxix, App. … and so up the Fether snape as the water falls from the head, and so in again unto the [Qwab] head, and from thence …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… lordship of which its early Norman possessors made it the head. It is not mentioned by name in Domesday Book, though … of Adam Banastre in 1315 he seized the Earl of Lancaster's castle at Clitheroe and took the bows and spears found … Ch. Wardens'; a chalice of 18289 'The gift of R. W. P. Earl Howe 22 Sept. 1829,' with his arms, supporters and …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… at the county boundary, the surface descends to Calder Head, from which point the Lancashire Calder flows north-west … Elland father of Richard held of his father, rendering 20 s. rent. 6 Afterwards Richard de Elland reclaimed Cliviger, … of the dower of Cecily widow of Henry; ibid. H 240. Inq. p.m. 4 Ric. II, no. 87. Ibid. 11 Ric. II, no. 33. John de …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… house of Austin Canons at Leicester, St. Mary's de Pr. 6 The grant was in 1156 confirmed by Henry II 7 and … water and 2,242 of foreshore. Lewis, Topog. Dict. V.C.H. Lancs, i, 290 a. 'In Lanesdale' may be a descriptive … also Dep. Keeper's Rep. xl, App. 537; Cal. Pat. 13991401, p. 197. In 1206 the Abbot of Leicester obtained an …