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A History of the County of Lancaster
… but the rector lived in Much Hoole. Presented by James Greaves Barton, son of the last rector; he afterwards sold …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… by the Gilliams, 22 and by an heiress conveyed to John Greaves of Manchester, apothecary, 23 who was high sheriff in … corporation. 27 In 1787 the principal landowner was Edward Greaves, who paid about a sixth part of the land tax. Hulme, … described as 'of Newton' in 1637. Ibid. i, 211, 154; John Greaves married (about 1708) Jane daughter and heir of John …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… it became divided. 7 Among the older free tenants were the greaves or reeves, who held half a plough-land in virtue of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… by the guardians of his daughter Jane, who married John Greaves of Manchester. 85 Their son Edward Greaves of Culcheth, Newton Heath, was in possession in 1784. … gent., were attorneys to deliver seisin. In 1721 John Greaves and Jane his wife, in her right, obtained a verdict …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… (north of the churchyard), the windmill and Aspley Greaves. Paper in possession of W. Farrer. 1,975 acres, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… end of the township, including the district called Greaves, has become a populous suburb of Lancaster; the … south from Lancaster to Preston; after passing through Greaves, with the Royal Albert Institution for Imbeciles … in five trustees. A Wesleyan chapel was opened on the Greaves in 1909. The area of the part outside Lancaster was …