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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, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the northern and eastern boundaries flows the Cadshaw or Bradshaw Brook, on the upper part of which have been … and hamlets of Toppings, Dunscar, Coxgreen, Egerton or Walmsley, and Dimple. In 1901 the census was taken in two … then settled in Liverpool; Bury Classis, ii, 218. Oliver Heywood preached at Walmsley Chapel in 1670; Heywood's …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… consists entirely of the coal measures, which are more or less covered with boulder clay. The soil is of clay, upon … fee of Warrington and acquitting him from all claim to, or services for, the wastes and assarts by him improved or to … son and heir of John Chaddock and Ellen daughter of Peter Heywood and relict of Thomas Holt. From this Hugh the descent …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… appears to have been BUCKLEY. It was owned by a family or families surnamed after it. 39 A Geoffrey de Buckley, … Adam de Hulton received other grants, as of Woldurth or Worldesworth, the mill, &c.; see ibid. no. 448, 446, 447, … see Hist. MSS. Com. Rep. xiv, App. iv, 101, 135, &c.; O. Heywood, Diaries, ii, go. See the pedigree and account of the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… The geological formation is mostly the new red sandstone or trias, consisting of pebble beds of the bunter series on … century the vill was farmed by the king's bondmen or villeins at an ancient assized rent of 6, which the king … Unsworths, and was by Thomas Molyneux-Seel sold to Arthur Heywood, banker, of Liverpool. 65 Norris of West Derby. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… township from north to south and presently unites with Hey or Pennington Brook, flowing from the west, which appears to … 3 The rateable area seems to have been two and a half or three carucates of land, the tenure by knight's service, … poor upon the anniversary of his burial (11 July). Jane Heywood in 1699, and William Hart in 1716, each bequeathed …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… more gently to the north. To the north-west is the hall or rectory, with Hallgate leading to it, and beyond this … the ground. The worthies of the town include Ralph Brooke or Brooksmouth, York Herald in the time of Elizabeth; 19 … 13723, Sir William de Atherton came before Thomas de Heywood, then mayor, and Thomas Clerk, then clerk, and …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… 26 A family of longer standing was that of Colley, or Cowley as the name was spelt in later times. They appear … a point at which various roads intersected, as from Widnes or Warrington to Lathom and Ormskirk, and from Prescot to … might be explained, but he was not a knight. Oliver Heywood's Diaries, iv, 312, 318. Nightingale, Lancs. Nonconf. …