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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Michael) BLACKAUTON ( St. Michael), a parish, in the union of Kingsbridge, hundred of Coleridge, … of the county of Lancaster, 4 miles (S. S. E.) from Chorley; containing 2615 inhabitants. This is the site of a … on the river Douglas, and on the road from Bolton to Chorley: it comprises 2344 a. 2 r. 22 p., of which the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… and east by the Hodder, which separates it from Yorkshire, in which county is situated the greater part of the parish of … elsewhere, as in Hambleton, Poulton, Freckleton, Longton, Chorley and Bolton-le-Moors. 86 By his will he provided for … on Simon Haydock, who refused to sell him lands at Chorley, if he continued in his lieutenancy; that he has been …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Bradford Bracknell BRACKNELL, a large posting-village, in the parish of Warfield, union of Easthampstead, hundred of … (St. Nicholas) BRACON-ASH ( St. Nicholas), a parish, in the union of Henstead, hundred of Humbleyard, E. division … chiefly the property of Lady Hoghton, of Astley Hall, near Chorley; the surface is level, and the soil heavy. The …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… of Bradford c.1831 Bradford, the 'broad ford' (mentioned in the 1140s) from which Shropshire's most extensive hundred … forming Wrockwardine hundred amounted to 173 5/12 hides in 1086, those forming Hodnet amounted to 96. In 1086 the … the hundred, with three others (Condover, Pimhill, and Stottesdon) then remaining in the Crown, to Richard Salter …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Brentwood BRENTWOOD, a district chapelry and market-town, in the parish of South Weald, union of Billericay, hundred of … district, in the parish of Croston, union of Chorley, hundred of Leyland, N. division of the county of … have been commuted for 325, payable to the rector of Chorley, and 45 to the rector of Croston. The church, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Brightside-Bierlow BRIGHTSIDE-BIERLOW, a township, in the parish and union of Sheffield, N. division of the … James) BRINDLE ( St. James), a parish, in the union of Chorley, hundred of Leyland, N. division of the county of Lancaster, 4 miles (N. by E.) from Chorley; containing 1401 inhabitants. This place appears to …
History Theses 1901-1970
… 18011951. S.W.E. Vince. London Ph.D. (Ext.) 1955. Changes in the distribution of the population since 1800. Winifred R. … 1948. Some aspects of the population growth and structure in the Warwickshire coalfield since 1800. R.C. Bunker. … London M.Sc. (Ext.) 1952. The development of education in Chorley and district from 1800 to 1902. K.P.C. Thorne. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Lawrence) BROUGHTON ( St. Lawrence), a parish, in the union of Newport-Pagnell, hundred of Newport, county … 168 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 10. 9. 7.; net income, 116; patron, … Lancaster, 3 miles (S. S. E.) from Preston, on the road to Chorley; containing about 250 inhabitants. It comprises 40 …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Shepton Montague parish. It was, however, irregular in shape: a tongue of Pitcombe intrudes into its western side … m. east of Whaddon House and to roughly the same height on Chorley or Charldon Hill to the north-west of the town. … between Bruton and Milton Clevedon. Trendle Hill, west of Chorley Hill, overlooks Wyke Champflower and the broadening …
A History of the County of Stafford
… were baptized and buried at Hammerwich chapel. 1 In 1818, encouraged by the formation of the Church Building … junior school was moved temporarily to new buildings in Chorley Road, Boney Hay. It was moved back to Rugeley Road in … a primary school in 1988. Boney Hay primary school in Chorley Road was opened as a middle school in 1977 in …