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A History of the County of Lancaster
… part of the parish, contains 1,882 statute acres, and is much occupied by cotton factories and iron works, … this line the formation consists of the pebble beds of the new red sandstone series. A district chapelry was formed out … (Rec. Soc.), 119. Testa de Nevill (Rec. Com.), 396, 398 b. See the account of Pennington. This division of the manor is …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… of Whalley lies along the Calder as it flows north and west on its way to the Ribble. The parish church, … Thomas, who recorded a pedigree in 1664, 40 and lived to see the Revolution, dying in 1706, aged eighty-four. 41 His … residence in the old parsonage pending the building of the new abbey. The site of this parsonage is probably marked by …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… sea level, across the valley in which Brinscall lies, and up to very near the summit of the Great Hill, 1,200 ft., … in Bolton parish. The total area is 1,696 1 acres, and the population in 1901 numbered 1,375. The village lies … Bibl. Dict. of Engl. Cath. iii, 84; Dict. Nat. Biog. See the account of Hoghton. Feud. Aids, iii, 86. Among the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… is Ridgate. The rest of the land is laid out in pastures and cultivated fields where potatoes, turnips, and corn are … corner, where the pebble beds of this series of the new red sandstone formation occur southward as far as Holt. … appears to have been concluded by a fine in Aug. 1482. See Ogle R. This appears from the inquisitions of several of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… End 2 being formed of Comberhalgh or Cumeragh in the south and Ashley in the north. 3 Chingle Hall is three-quarters of … south with a projecting gable towards the east end, and a new wing has been built at the back. The walls appear to be … and Wilkinson, Lancs. Legends, 1619. For Moor House see notes 86 and 95 below. V.C.H. Lancs. i, 288 a. Lancs. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… traversed by the Lostock, here flowing from east to west and then north. In the angle thus formed lies the village, … Ralph Clayton of Clayton. 24 John's moiety, known as the New Crook, descended to his son, Dr. Richard Clayton, Dean of … Margery widow of Adam de Heskin for life; ibid. fol. 95 b. See also Assize R. 1238, m. 31 d.; Final Conc. (Rec. Soc. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the chapel, on the extreme north, Upton to the north-west, and Denton to the east. Simm's Cross and Lugdale have … and pebble beds constituting the bunter series of the new red sandstone or trias. The lower mottled sandstone … Crosby, 3. iv. Sutton, 4; Eccleston, 4; Rainhill, 2. See Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc. Lancs. and Ches.), 403. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… in its unrestricted days, flowed down from the north and turned to the west round the hill upon which Wigan Church … was the tenant in 1617. 47 In Rector Fleetwood's time a new water corn-mill was erected by Miles Gerard of Ince upon … Countess of Derby's letter, announcing its fall, is given. See also Civil War Tracts, 93, 2257. Lancs. War, loc. cit. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… where the township boundary meets those of Billington and Salesbury to the summit of Wilpshire Moor 770 ft. above … level. A spur of this hill extends towards the south-west and slopes down steeply to Showley Brook, the boundary … 1 acres, permanent grass 822 acres, woodlands 4 acres. New survey 1,004 acres, of which 1 is inland water; Census …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Townships Windle WINDLE Windhull, 1201, and common; Wyndhill, 1320; Wyndhyll, Wyndill, Wyndell, … works, was born at St. Helens in 1811. He was president of New York University from 1850 to 1873, and died in 1882. 2 … 34 of inland water, according to the census of 1901. See Dict. Nat. Biog. He wrote an account of the Intellectual …