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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… at 10, and in the patronage of the Trustees of the Earl of Bridgewater, to whom, with Trinity College, Cambridge, the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… and stands three-quarters of a mile to the north of the Bridgewater Canal from Worsley to Leigh, which traverses the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… on which is the station of Cadishead. The pioneer Bridgewater Canal between Worsley and Manchester, formed in … by the Poole family, 103 and was afterwards sold to the Bridgewater Trustees. DAVYHULME DAVYHULME 104 was a portion … Cadishead. The principal estates were those of the Duke of Bridgewater, John Trafford, Willis, Lee, William Turner, John …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… cottages. The main road from Manchester to Leigh and the Bridgewater Canal traverse the township from east to west. … Bedford, to John Egerton, 30 who had been created earl of Bridgewater in 1617, shortly after his succession to his … mills in Bedford, all of which he held of John, earl of Bridgewater, by fealty and 12 d. rent. Richard his son was …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Salford called Ringspiggot Hall, afterwards owned by the Bridgewater trustees; Booker, op. cit. 82. Lond. Gaz. 29 Mar. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… The story is told, probably with some exaggeration, in Bridgewater's Concertatio (1594), translated in Foley's …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… 17; Gillow, Bibl. Diet, of Engl. Cath. iii, 410 (quoting Bridgewater's Concertatio). He is supposed to have become a …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… and eels.' Farnworth Hall, the property of the Duke of Bridgewater, was then standing; butter had been churned by a … among a great number of proprietors. Of these the Duke of Bridgewater contributed the largest individual share of the … the manor, and the principal landowners were the Duke of Bridgewater, the Earl of Derby, Lord Bradford, Sir John …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Lever was a freeholder in 1600. 38 In 1787 the Duke of Bridgewater paid half the land tax; Ellis Crompton and Thomas …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… manor of Hindley and the Lowe Hall estate to the Duke of Bridgewater, the Earl of Ellesmere being the present owner. …