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A History of the County of Lancaster
… This pleasantly wooded township on the south side of the Brock occupies land which rises gradually from west to east, … north-westward, and passing into Claughton by Higher Brock new bridge. The London and North-Western Railway's main … line runs across the western end, and has a station named Brock 2 on the boundary of this township and Claughton. The …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… divided into three main parts by the Rivers Calder and Brock, which rise near the Yorkshire border and flow … point. Bleasdale Tower lies on the north side of the Brock. The part of the township south of this stream is in … which bounds the township on the south is also called the Brock. There are 7,298 acres 1 in the township, and the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… at Rome in 1886. There is a relic of him at Claughton-on-Brock. His father Thomas Whitaker, master in 1617 and till …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Clyton. Lying between the Calder on the north and the Brock on the south, this township, sometimes called Claughton-on-Brock, has an area of 3,785 acres. 1 The population numbered … is no village or considerable hamlet, Matshead on the Brock having a few dwellings. The north road from Preston …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Lickhurst and Broadhead, and further north is the River Brock, forming the boundary on that side. The township is … from the limit of Blackburnshire as far as the water of Brock; Duchy of Lanc. Great Coucher, i, fol. 64, no. 23. A …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… rebuilt in 1895. The United Methodist Free Church in Brock Street was built in 1869. The first Baptists known here …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… of Barton to between 30 and 40 ft. at the other side. The Brock crosses the northern end on its way west to the Wyre; … Stanzaker; to the south is Myerscough Hall, between the Brock and another brook flowing west. The latter is a …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Hollinshead, from whom it descended to his cousin William Brock, who assumed the additional name of Hollinshead 15 on … having bequeathed this estate to his nephew Mr. Lawrence Brock, who also assumed the additional surname of … of F. bdle. 139, no. 38. MS. penes W. Farrer, 123. Mr. W. Brock-Hollinshead suffered a recovery of the manor in Lent, …