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A History of the County of Lancaster
… Lane, which goes past the cemetery and is continued as the Blackburn Road. On the north side of the town hall is the … system has amalgamated the lines joining Preston with Blackburn, 12 Bolton, Liverpool and Southport. 13 The two … the south side, the line being thus made continuous. The Blackburn terminus occupies its original position. The …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… and Waives in the south-eastern. The road from Bury to Blackburn crosses the western corner of the township. There …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… of Mellor Moor, directly to the north of the town of Blackburn. Save on the western side the ground slopes in all … the population numbered 179 persons. 2 The main road from Blackburn to Whalley and Clitheroe touches the eastern side of the township, and the Bolton, Blackburn and Hellifield Line of the Lancashire and Yorkshire …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the Ribble. The principal roads are those from Preston to Blackburn on the south side and from Preston to Longridge on … in 1855, lies on the west side of the township on the Blackburn road. There are also some pleasure-grounds opened … for Deaf and Dumb Children, opened in 1894, stands on the Blackburn road. 3 There was formerly a cross on the moor and …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Lib.), H 285. About 1300 Henry Moton had from Adam de Blackburn the homage of Richard de Hurst and the rent of 10 … as brother and heir of Alice who had been wife of Adam de Blackburn; Assize R. 408, m. 18, 31 d. Disputes afterwards arose between the Blackburn and Clitheroe families; Assize R. 1299, m. 16 d.; …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… township lies on the eastern side of the ancient parish of Blackburn on low moorland, sloping eastward down to Norden … in 1901 numbered 7,031 persons. 2 The high road from Blackburn to Burnley, with a branch road from Rishton to Great Harwood, intersects the township, that from Blackburn to Accrington touches the southern boundary. The …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the township, and is intersected by the high road from Blackburn to Ribchester. The nearest railway station is at … in Clayton, Dinckley and Osbaldeston to Henry Ward of Blackburn for 140,000. This was acquired by the Duke of … 1807. The living is a vicarage in the gift of the vicar of Blackburn. Adjoining the church are National schools erected …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the transfer are not clearly known. The Hulton estate in Blackburn went to another Radcliffe, whose descendants … in Salford, and twenty messuages and 200 acres in Blackburn; while John de Radcliffe (bailiff of …