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A History of the County of Lancaster
… Town brook, and between the latter and Ballsdean brook; in Birchley and by his grange at Conware; and all his land of Birchley and Sandeveshurst. Cecily his wife confirmed these … in the waste in return for 8 acres lying near his land of Birchley and another 8 acres lying near his land of Rylands. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… was later acquired by the Gerards, owners of the adjacent Birchley. In 1600 the freeholders were James Bankes, Edmund …