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A History of the County of Lancaster
… with Oldham PRESTWICH WITH OLDHAM 1 I. Prestwich; Great Heaton; Little Heaton; Alkrington; Tonge; Pilkington; II. Oldham; Crompton; … the Quaker meeting-house at Royton. 4 The Young Pretender's march through the district has left a trace in the story of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… de Prestwich as 4 oxgangs of land 'of ancient tenure' by 4 s.; while placed among the manors held by knight's service, … on elevated ground in the midst of woods and overlooking Heaton Park, and despite many changes in the surroundings it … the manor of Alkrington, with the hall, the Old Hall of Heaton in Prestwich, Gorton Hall, Collyhurst Hall, and lands …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… The parish of Prestwich with Oldham Great and Little Heaton GREAT AND LITTLE HEATON Heton, 1212usual; Heiton, 1226; Hetun, Heethon, c. … leads to Heywood. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Company's railway from Manchester to Bury passes through the southern …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… The southern boundary is formed by the high land towards Heaton, and the clough towards Prestwich. The highest ground … over the Irwell. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Company's Manchester, Raddiffe, and Bury Railway passes north and … are tastefully laid out. The rich woods and green park of Heaton House, the seat of the Earl of Wilton, appear from the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the Irwell, which forms one boundary, to the border of Heaton near Poppythorn. The area is 1,917 acres. 1 The old … Near the boundary is Castle Hill, and Singleton's lies to the north of it. Singleton Brook divides this … from Broughton. On the eastern side, on the border of Heaton Park, is the hamlet of Rooden Lane, and to the north, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… king in thegnage as twelve oxgangs of land by a rent of 24 s., the tenant being William Fitz William. 13 William died … name of Radcliffe on inheriting the estates of his mother's brother, William Radcliffe of Mills Bridge, Yorkshire. He … cit. 108. James Taylor died 19 Dec. 1624 holding lands in Heaton Fallowfield, Castleton, and Royton; the last estate …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Lever to Bolton. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Company's Liverpool and Bury line crosses the north of the township, … 46 One of these, Eleanor, married Sir Thomas Egerton of Heaton, afterwards Lord Grey de Wilton, and the manor of … presenting to the rectory in 1784. See the account of Heaton in Prestwich. Baines, Lancs, (ed. 1836), iii, 7. Drawn …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… to the county lay of 1624 Urswick had to contribute 3 6 s. towards each 100 levied upon the hundred. 7 Before the … in marriage, granted the same to Roger son of Roger de Heaton in free marriage with his sister Agnes, 18 and in 1235 Richard de Copeland acquired from Roger de Heaton and Agnes his wife 4 oxgangs of land in Bolton, for …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… on Clitheroe Moor on the Monday after SS. Simon and Jude's Day (30 October). 4 A Chorley witness deposed that he had … have run away; and this course having been taken by Isold Heaton, widow, nominated by the king in 1437, the abbot and … the said place hallowed.' There was a tradition that Isold Heaton in running away broke her leg on Whalley Nab; ibid. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… value of the rectory. In 1624 the parish had to pay 1 9 s. 9 d. when the hundred raised 100. 2 The Jacobite forces … (Rec. Soc. Lancs. and Ches.), i, 516. William and Thomas Heaton made purchases in 1598 from Francis Tunstall; Pal. of Lanc. Feet of F. bdle. 60, m. 80. William Heaton died in 1611 holding of the king as of his duchy; his …