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Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Elizabeth
… justices of King's Bench. Understanding that you differ in opinion on the cause between Sir John Egerton, Richard Kelley, and others, touching the matter of Bidston Park, co. Chester, committed to you, and the … of Nicholas Breton to Lord Treasurer Dorset for his favour in getting a grant of the office of bailiff of the hundred of …
Survey of London
… the former Melbourne House built by Sir William Chambers in 17714 for the first Lord Melbourne. Behind the mansion two … account of a conversation with Melbourne printed in Lady Birkenhead's Peace in Piccadilly. 54 The conversation is … to have advised on the finishing of Melbourne House. Lady Birkenhead has written: 'Her knowledge and advice were valued …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… The priory of Lancaster was founded by Roger of Poitou, in the reign of William Rufus, as a cell of the Benedictine Abbey of St. Martin at Sées in Normandy. Sées formed part of the inheritance of his … of Lanc. Ch. 16-17. Final Conc. (Rec. Soc. Lancs. and Ches.), i, 6. Mr. Farrer infers from these proceedings that …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Alperton - Altrincham Alperton ALPERTON, a hamlet, in the parish of Harrowon-the-Hill, union of Hendon, hundred … 242 inhabitants. Alphamstone ALPHAMSTONE, a parish, in the union of Sudbury, hundred of Hinckford, N. division of … since completed, and the second for a railway from Birkenhead, by Altrincham, to Stockport. Early potatoes are …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Alstonefield is an upland rural area 3,530 a. (1,429 ha.) in extent. It was created in 1934 from the existing civil parish and former township of … was owned in the 13th century by Combermere abbey (Ches.), which established a grange there. 10 There was a …
A History of the County of Stafford
… FAWFIELDHEAD Fawfieldhead was formerly a township in Alstonefield parish and later a civil parish 5,383 a. (2,178 ha.) in area, including a detached portion of 592 a. to the … Methodism in the Moorlands (Wesley Hist. Soc., Lancs. and Ches. branch, occasional paper no. 5, 1987), 5. S.R.O., D. …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Heathylee HEATHYLEE Heathylee was formerly a township in Alstonefield parish and later a civil parish 5,535 a. (2,240 ha.) in area. 64 It is mostly pasture, with scattered farms in … 4 Aug. 1842 (in possession of Mr. R. Stones of Malpas, Ches., 1994). S.R.O., D. 3359/Leek, Buxton, and Monyash …
A History of the County of Stafford
… HOLLINSCLOUGH Hollinsclough was formerly a township in Alstonefield parish and later a civil parish 1,842 a. (745 ha.) in area. 80 A village with a chapel and a school but no inn … in 1820 Moses had a warehouse and factory in Macclesfield (Ches.). 22 Three Hollinsclough button manufacturers were …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Longnor LONGNOR Longnor was formerly a township in Alstonefield parish and later a civil parish 813 a. (329 ha.) in area. 65 Longnor village, which has the appearance of a … of medieval ecclesiastical estates. Combermere abbey (Ches.) had land in Longnor in the mid 13th century, and at …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Quarnford QUARNFORD QUARNFORD was formerly a township in Alstonefield parish and later a civil parish 3,141 a. (1,271 ha.) in area. 74 It is mostly pasture, and occupies the north-east … in the neighbourhood at a farm in Sutton, in Prestbury (Ches.). 20 The alleged counterfeiting of bank notes at Flash …