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A History of the County of Lancaster
… through being given to the lord of Bury; Musbury and Cowpe Lench were placed in the hundred of Blackburn, and … seventy-four; the only large house was Robert Holt's, New Hall, with ten hearths. 4 Tottington Higher End has now … of Nuttall; Burke, Landed Gentry, Lawson of Aldborough. a See W. Hume Elliot, Country and Church of the Cheeryble …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… north to south a frontage of 3 miles to the River Mersey, and stretches inland for 2 miles. The ground in the northerly … private grounds. The geological formation consists of the new red sandstone or trias, the pebble beds of the bunter … for some time past ceased to be within the fenced park. See the account of West Derby. Inq. p.m. 1 Edw. III, n. 88; …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… highest points are within Lancashire the slope on the east and south-east boundary is in most places down into … its highest point attains 1,555 ft. above sea level, and about a mile to the east, where the county boundary is … Barrowford, and four supervisors were to be appointed to see that the mill was kept in good order. 36 In 1596 Henry …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Townships Treales, Roseacre and Wharles TREALES, ROSEACRE, and WHARLES Treueles, Dom. Bk.; Turuel, 1242. Rasaker, … of inland water; Census Rep. 1901. V.C.H. Lancs. 1, 288 a. See the account of Weeton. The sheriff rendered account of 26 …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… in 1292. This township occupies comparatively low-lying and level ground in the valley of the Lune, the highest … above sea level. The parish church stands near the centre, and has the village somewhat to the south-west. The area is … plough-land in Tunstall from Gilbert de Kellet; ibid. 59. See Cal. Close, 122731, p. 228. In 1246 it was alleged that …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Townships Turton TURTON Turton, 1212, and commonly; Thurton, 1277; Terton alias Torton, 1282. This … of Clydach; they sold it in 1835 to James Kay. 32 The new lord was born at Edgefold in Entwisle, and was a … returned as holding Turton in 134655; Feud. Aids, iii, 89. See the account of Tarbock, V.C.H. Lancs, iii. There is no …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… sea level. The northern boundary is formed by Ings Beck and the western by a small brook dividing it from Downham. … crossed by a road leading east from Downham by Lower Gate and Ings End into Yorkshire; at the former point this is … of a knight's fee in Twiston in 1355; Feud. Aids, iii, 88. See the account of Mearley. It was probably the younger …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… includes Tyldesley, containing 1,970 statute acres, and the hamlet of Shakerley on the north-west, containing 520 … and so became merged in the Bridgewater estates. 79 The NEW HALL, near Dam House, standing on part of the demesne … Sotherne; Towneley's MS. C. 8, 13 (Chet. Lib.) 866. See the account of Dam House under Astley, in which township …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… divides Ulnes Walton from Bretherton. The surface is flat and lies low, there being a slight rising to the north-east and south-east. To the south of the Lostock are Barbles or … seems to have been Oves Walton or Oos Walton; see Ducatus Lanc. passim. 2,107 acres, including 8 of inland …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… of Ulverston occupies the southern end of the parish, and consists in the main of a slightly undulating country … for a workhouse in 1753, and so used till 1838, when the new workhouse in the Gill was built. It was sold in 1844. 52 … in C. W. Bardsley, Chron. of Ulverston. For the crosses see also Lancs, and Ches. Antiq. Soc. xxi, 911. On the north …