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A History of the County of Lancaster
… this township the land is 50 ft. or more above sea level, and here is placed the hall; but westwards about two-thirds … village or considerable hamlet. The area is 2,342 acres, 1 and in 1901 there was a population of 284. Northward through … Inq. p.m. viii, no. 39. For an earlier marriage of Edward see Add. MS. 32106, fol. 284, no. 234. In 1472 John son and …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… is divided into fields, usually separated by thin hedges, and sometimes by low stone walls. The arable fields produce crops of potatoes, oats, and wheat, whilst there are pastures and meadows, with … of Humphrey Winstanley and Alice sister of James Worsley, see F. J. Furnivall's Child Marriages (Early Engl. Text …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… xiii cent.; Holm, 1279. Winwick consists of open country, and is chiefly celebrated for the beautiful parish church in … formation consists wholly of the Bunter series of the New Red Sandstone; to the south-west of Winwick and south of … attack on the parsonage in 1650, and its tragic results, see the account of Rixton. Cromwell wrote: 'We could not …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the village of Wiswell with Wiswell Eaves to the northeast and Barrow to the north-west. The township contains 1,693 acres, 1 and in 1901 had a population of 627. The principal road is … 10 for other losses; Cur. Reg. R. 57, m. 2. For descent see Whalley Couch, iv, 1085; also the accounts of Chorley and …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Townships Withington WITHINGTON Wythinton, 1212 and usually; Wythington (copy of) 1282 extent, and common in … was noted that each oxgang of arable land of ancient (not new) assart alike of Nicholas de Longford as of his tenants … while the exempt oxgang was liable for an overseer to see that the services were duly rendered; ibid. ii, 3778. A …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… are the Heights, attaining 720 ft. above sea level, and descending on the other side to the valley of the … R. 250, no. 9. Lancs. and Ches. Antiq. Soc. xvii, 30. See the account of Hoghton. In the Hoghton inquisitions … shows that the abbey had eight tenants for Stanworth and New Close, paying 6 4 s. 5 d. in all; also lands held by …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… ancient township adjoins the town of Blackburn on the east and is divided from it for some distance by the River … of the River Darwen, over which the township extended and included the district now called Griffin. To the south … Gaz. 20 Sept. 1842. Abram, Blackburn, 760. For district see Lond. Gaz. 11 Mar. 1881. A school had been built in 1870 …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… distinguishes this township from Field Plumpton, Great and Little, in Kirkham. The surface on the whole rises … and the masonry laid bare, the old square pews removed and new seating erected, the chancel re-arranged, new quire … V.C.H. Lancs, i, 288 a. Farrer, Lancs. Pipe R. 290, 296. See the account of Bootle in V.C.H. Lancs, iii, 31. Roger son …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Ulfiton c. 1147; Wlfiton, 117582. Woolston to the west and Martinscroft to the east extend along the bank of the … the upper mottled sandstone of the bunter series of the new red sandstone. The high road from Warrington to … in the wood of Ferniheued for 8 d. at St. Peter's Chains. See Raines MSS. xxxviii, 411 (1). Assize R. 408, m. 41 d. 60. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… 1 mile to 4 miles; the area is 6,928 acres. 1 Land 300 ft. and more in height divides it from Clifton and Kearsley; the … Formation consists mainly of the Pebble Beds of the New Red Sandstone. North of Boothstown and Winton the Coal … religious and educational destitution; there was no one to see to the spiritual wants of the people, and teaching was …