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A History of the County of Lancaster
… lands in Walton were estimated at 60 acres, long measure; Chorley Surv. (Rec. Soc. Lancs, and Ches.) p. 53. At present …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Monday after SS. Simon and Jude's Day (30 October). 4 A Chorley witness deposed that he had been told by adherents …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… principal road is that from Manchester through Blackrod to Chorley and Preston, which is crossed at the village by a … 1525 holding messuages, &c., in Adlington, Duxbury, Chorley, Coppull, Worthington and Thornton. The estate in … Standish, the manor of Adlington and lands in Duxbury and Chorley; ibid. no 1. The date (1 Edw. II) is a difficulty, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… road is that from Bolton through Horwich to Adlington and Chorley. This is joined by Grimeford Lane, coming from …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… In 1717 John Darbyshire, Thomas Naylor, Elizabeth Aray of Chorley, John Taylor of Lydiate, Edward Unsworth, John …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… in Aspull in 1639; Exch. Dep. 26. Hugh Swansey of Chorley was in 1567 found to have held lands in Aspull of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… of Holcroft, 52 who sold it in 1755 to the Leghs of Chorley. Subsequently the old hall and a moiety of the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… to a daughter, who married Robert Charnock of Astley in Chorley, and their daughter and heir married Richard son of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… to have been considered a hamlet or appurtenance of Chorley, 3 though the boundaries were separated by a distance … inland water. Subs. R. Lancs. bdle. 250, no. 9. In 1332 'Chorley with Bispham' was the name of the township; Exch. Lay … 48. In 1383 Bispham is called a hamlet of the vill of Chorley; Towneley MS. DD, no. 376. Lancs. Inq. and Extents …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… main roads lead to the neighbouring towns of Preston, Chorley, Darwen, Haslingden, Accrington, Rishton and Whalley. …