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A History of the County of Lancaster
… Aldemulneford.' 7 Richard de Pennington, either the father or the son of Margery, but probably the former, also gave … Stockheye, the Kattysbutts, the Tunfilde, Hosforland or Hoffurlong, the Demyshevid and Mauributts. 23 Richard de … the duke of Monmouth; ibid. His grandson John Starkey of Heywood (son of John of Pennington in 1689) had a large …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the boundary on the west and south. There is no village or considerable hamlet in the greater part of the township, … north-east is Broadfield, which is becoming a suburb of Heywood. The population in 1901 was not returned separately. … Middleton, 52. It is usually named among the hamlets or appurtenances of the manor of Middleton in inquisitions …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Royal in Fishergate was built in 1802 and the Gaiety or Prince's Theatre in Tithebarn Street in 1882. 19 The old … lords of Preston also, 25 and though the manor seems once or twice to have been granted out, 26 the gift had no … was Richard Slate, 182661, author of a Life of Oliver Heywood, &c. Nightingale, op. cit. i, 6066. W. Shaw, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… oats, wheat, and clover. The soil is clayey. The Sankey or Rainford Brook flows through the whole length of the … early divided among a large number of free tenants, one or more of whom took the local surname, 6 others being known … Formerly served in Guiana and the Sandwich Islands. Oliver Heywood, Diaries, iv, 320. His will is printed in full in …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… out westward and then southward, terminating at the Pike or Peak, 1,158 ft. high; from this the ground slopes rapidly … Chisnalls 18 in the 16th century, and to the Hamerton's 19 or Lathoms. 19a The principal local family was that just … his wife, Alice widow of Alexander de Pilkington, Adam de Heywood, Roger de Broadhurst, and others; Assize R. 419, m. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… has an area of 974 acres. It is crossed by the Gore, or Rushbrook, the portion to the north of which has now … in the charters and pleas quoted. In the time of Henry II or Richard I Matthew son of William granted to the … ministers in 1666 is given by Booker from Hunter's Oliver Heywood, 188. In the nomination by George Birch the chapel is …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… partHuntroydewas held by the service of a pair of spurs or 2 d 3 The lordship of the manor, with one of the oxgangs, was inherited or acquired by Robert de Holden, 4 who in 1311 held it by the … Hulton, who was to have been married to Mr. Farington; O. Heywood, Autobiog. ii, 132; Northowram Reg. 45. He died at …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Farm north-west of Streethay hamlet may have been built or rebuilt in the earlier 17th century. Further north the … except that they carried corn and malt to Brewood and Haywood in Colwich only; in addition they owed carriage of … pigs from their woodland pannage and driving them to Haywood and Brewood, carriage of hens' eggs to Haywood and …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… were placed in the hundred of Blackburn, and in the 17th or 18th century what remained of Tottington was divided into … and Bury, the remainder has been constituted a township or civil parish, called Tottington simply. 12 The fair at … of Bradshaw; Raines, in Notitia Cestr. ii, 30. Oliver Heywood tells the following story, which illustrates a …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… This township, which comprises the ancient vill of Smeedon or Smithdown, having been included in the forest, became … The geological formation consists of the new red sandstone or trias, the pebble beds of the bunter series occurring in … of 249 persons, of whom 24 possessed county votes; O. Heywood, Diaries, iv, 316. Baines, Lancs. (ed. 1870), ii, …