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A History of the County of Lancaster
… Pendle Hill may be seen over the deep gorge of the River Calder, which forms the northern boundary. Elsewhere the land slopes gently to the Hyndburn, a tributary of the Calder, on the eastern and south-eastern boundary, and to … along the ridge of Billington Moor, terminating in the Calder half a mile above Whalley Bridge. On the southeastern …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… grew, the mills and dwellinghouses extended across the Calder, which was in general the township boundary, and the … broken by many cloughs, some of them still wooded; and the Calder, along the northern boundary, falls from 420 ft. at … the bounds of which began at Thorny Clough, went down the Calder, and followed this stream as far as Bradbridge; going …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… township, with an area of 4,007 acres, 1 extends from the Calder southwards to the Forest of Rossendale. At its … as Shaw Brook till it joins the Lodge and so runs into the Calder. Near the western boundary a similar rivulet, known as Castle Clough Brook, runs north to join the Calder at Eaves Barn. A site called the Castle stands near …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… this valley flows Sabden Brook west and south-west to the Calder, and it is augmented by other brooks descending from …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… west from Pendle Hill, and is bounded on the south by the Calder; but it extends over the northern slope also, … a little lower down, and at the foot of the hill near the Calder is Pendle Hall, with Hunterholme to the west of it. On …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Roch valley and also takes in the southerly side of the Calder valley above Todmorden; it has a total area of 16,077 … slope of the hills, as the surface descends to the Calder. The scenery is fine. 1 It has an area of 7,007 acres, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Park lies on the south and south-west sides of the River Calder, and has an area of 760 acres. It was formerly … The ground rises from about 270 ft. above sea level at the Calder bank to 530 ft. in the centre, where the ancient … it continues as a bridle road to a ford over the Calder leading to Hunterholme in Higham. Cornfield is in the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… sharply to the west at a point where it is joined by the Calder from the east; on its north bank is situated the old …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… for him for five years. To the bridge of Douglas and Calder he gave two marks. After legacies to his [younger] son …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Roger stone is marked separately to the south-west of the Calder stones. 4 The ancient water-mill of the Hospitallers … where four ways meet, are a quantity of remains called Calder stones . From the circumstance that in digging about … were in the possession of Mr. Mercer of Allerton.' For the Calder stones see V.C.H. Lancs. i, 240, also a pamphlet by …