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A History of the County of Lancaster
… 1066 KIRKBY IRELETH seems to have been part of Earl Tostig's Hougun lordship. 3 It was in the king's hands in 1086, and in 1127 was included in Stephen's grant of a moiety of Furness to found the abbey, so that …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the border, Wraysholme Tower to the south-west, and Kent's Bank to the east. At the last-named hamlet is the Carter's House, taking its name from the guide or 'carter' who used … the southern end of the township, having a station at Kent's Bank and passing close to Wraysholme Tower. In Kirkhead …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Richard Newby took a tenement at 19 d. rent each term, 3 s. for services, and 4 s. 2 d. for ingress; for an oxgang of land he rendered 14 d. and for his part of Brackenbank he paid 4 s. a year and four hens. William Newby, apparently his son, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… north-east. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company's line from Clifton to Colne passes through the centre of the … Hospital was founded in 1897 to commemorate Queen Victoria's jubilee; there had been a dispensary previously. The … wife and kindred. 10 The bounds recited in Robert de Lacy's charter 11 show that the whole of New Accrington was …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… son of Swain in thegnage by the yearly service of 12 s. It is by no means improbable that he was a younger son of … estates which his son Roger held in 1212 after Gospatric's death. 5 Roger, having married Margaret daughter and heir … half the vill of Samlesbury from him, but after Roger's death accepted 10 marks from Roger's successor in 1227 to …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… in Rossendale. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Company's railway runs north from Rochdale to Bacup, with stations … had some land in the hamlet, in which was St. Mary's Croft, held in 1626 by Robert Holt. 42 Royds of Falinge. … Hamstalsclough, Denesgreve, and across the moss to Cumbe hope at Gorsiche Lache. The monks could place one …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Volunteers was raised; it became the 1st V.B. The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Under the Territorial system it is the 4th Battalion King's Own Regiment. The old distinction, of unknown origin, … at work in the town in 1798, 8 when the Rev. W. Atkinson's Principal Part of the Old Testament, &c., was issued as …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… who are devoted to foreign missions. It is called St. Mary's. John de Lancaster, about 1300, granted the canons of … great necessity for both.' 26 In 1717 the income was 5 8 s., partly from interest on benefactions and partly by an … place in 1828, and the present church is called St. Paul's. Further endowments have been secured from time to time, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Silverdale. The London and North-Western Railway Company's main line passes through near the eastern boundary. The … born in 1628. He served as an officer in the Parliament's army in the Civil War, but then became a friend of George … as of his manor of Warton by the sixth part of a knight's fee. Joan his daughter and heir, then thirtytwo years of …
A History of the County of Essex
… STRUCTURE Between the 1520s and the 1670s Colchester's population perhaps trebled and its relative size in … lands or houses, and all of them except for Thomas Audley's mother-in-law Elizabeth Barnardiston, assessed in 1524 on … on goods worth £40 or more, owned virtually half the town's taxable wealth. As in other towns, c. 80 per cent of the …