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A History of the County of Lancaster
… Bilyngton, xivxvi cent. This township, the northernmost in the parish of Blackburn, lies to the west of Whalley, the … which terminates towards Whalley and the River Calder in the escarpment of Whalley Nab, a prominent feature in the … Dinckley. Lay Subs. Lancs. bdle. 130, no. 2. Lancs. and Ches. Antiq. Soc. vi, 123. Whalley Couch. (Chet. Soc), i, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Billisburgh, 1297. The spelling Bilsborough. is still in use. This pleasantly wooded township on the south side of … sea level to about 250 ft. The area is 852 acres, 1 and in 1901 the population was 181. The main road from Preston to … i, 334. Lancs. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc. Lancs, and Ches.), i, 4.8. Ibid. 140. In 1244 Alan died seised of 2 …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… by cultivated fields yielding crops of corn and potatoes in a sandy soil. There are no brooks, but numerous ditches … Palace, near the large Hydropathic Hotel. The population in 1901 was 14,197. A local board was formed in 1863, 2 and a … here. See Lancs. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc. Lancs. and Ches.), 149, 171. In 1254 the holding is said to be one …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Birtle has become the usual spelling, but Bircle appears in the Manchester Diocesan Directory. Baunford, Baumford, … the central portion of the parish by the township of Heap in Bury, with which it is much intermixed, having no fewer … the Earl of Derby; Lancs. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lancs, and Ches.), ii, 105,107. Some account of Bamford will be found …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… respectively. The area is 926 acres, 1 and the population in 1901 numbered 321. Roads go north through the township … has a record of only thirty-two hearths; the largest house in the township, belonging to the Earl of Derby, had four … of the township; Exch. Lay Subs. (Rec. Soc. Lancs. and Ches.), 48. In 1383 Bispham is called a hamlet of the vill of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… and has an area of 1,624 acres, 1 including 1,119 acres in Bispham and 504 in Norbreck. The church lies close to the eastern boundary, … manors in 1622; Lancs, Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lancs, and Ches.), ii, 315. Duchy of Lanc. Inq. p.m. xii, no. 2. William …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… an eminence 750 ft. above the ordnance datum, and extends in the opposite direction nearly to Whinney Edge, where the … same company, pass through the town, with a large station in a central position near the church. The Leeds and … but there was another in 1797; Local Glean. Lancs. and Ches. i, 27. Lancs. and Ches. Antiq. Soc. xvii, 8, 10, 11. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… c. 1600. This, the northernmost part of the parish, lies in a bend of the Irk, which bounds it on the north-west, … to south, and measuring somewhat more from east to west. In the southern part a brook runs westward down Boggart Hole … Crofton. Lancs. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc. Lancs. and Ches.), i, 244. Mamecestre (Chet. Soc.), ii, 368; the value …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… to the north-east and north-west, the lowest ground being in the western corner. The River Douglas and an affluent form … coal 2 is the western part of the township. The population in 1901 was 3,875. The principal road is that through the … 250, no. 9. Lancs. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc. Lancs, and Ches.), i, 68, 121. Peverel's forfeiture was the punishment …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… and Calderbrook BLATCHINWORTH AND CALDERBROOK In this part of Hundersfield there were a number of ancient … house of two stories, with attics, erected about 16089 in the place of an older building, but greatly altered and … years of age; Lancs. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lancs. and Ches.), ii, 1656. In 1626 James Halliwell held Ealees and 104 …