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A History of the County of Lancaster
… Townships Burnley BURNLEY Bronley, 1241; Brunley, 1251 and commonly; Brumleye, 1294. In addition to Burnley and … in Holme. There is a ring of eight bells cast by Thomas Mears of London in 1803, one of which was recast in 1857. 117 … and a third to Bacup. The remaining one was purchased by Mears, the founder of the new peal; Wilkinson, op. cit. 61. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Townships Clitheroe CLITHEROE Cliderhou, 1175, and common to 1600, with variants Gliderhou, Clederowe, &c.; … to the east. Between the lower slopes of this mountain and the town flows a brook south-west to join the Ribble. The … There is a ring of eight bells cast in 1844 by C. & G. Mears. The plate consists of a chalice of 1681 inscribed …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… from which point the Lancashire Calder flows north-west and the Yorkshire Calder south-east; then the hills rise … in which year a ring of eleven hemispherical bells by Mears & Stainbank was added. Over the arched gateway on the south …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… chapelry of Colne embraces the townships of Colne, Marsden and Foulridge, Barrowford Booth in Pendle, and Trawden. The main portion of Colne township lies on the … There is a ring of eight bells. Six were cast by Thomas Mears of London in 1814, and two trebles, the gift of Thomas …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… with Eccleshill was treated as a joint township for fiscal and administrative purposes, although the two places are … The township lies on the eastern side of the two Darwens and of the river of that name, whose tributary, called in its … Grimshaw, or Davy Field Brook, forms the eastern and northern boundary before joining that river near the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… from Spence Moor on the west to Newchurch on the east and rising at the former point to more than 1,500 ft. above … rapidly on the north side to Ogden Brook (9001,150 ft.) and more gradually on the south to about 650 ft. above sea … H. P., C. B., I. B. and I. V. There is one bell by T. Mears, London, 1830. The silver communion plate consists of a …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… chapelry of Kirkham, comprising Goosnargh, Newsham and Whittingham. The first-named portion has of itself a … minister, a.r. 1742'; (5) 'Presented by R. Newsham esq. Mears and Stainbank 1883'; tenor, 'I to the Church the living call and …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… ridge which is severed from Billington Moor by Dean Brook, and has elevations of 772 ft. above the ordnance datum on … Whalley, who died in 1724. The tower contains one bell by Mears & Stainbank, 1866. There is a silver chalice of Newcastle make, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the main axis, about 3 miles in length, lying south-west and north-east. Near the southern end is the wooded hill … Swarthdale was built about a century ago by the Rev. J. Stainbank, rector of Halton and curate of Over Kellet. Later … 'iesvs be ovr speed 1664'; and the third is by T. Mears of London, 1824. The registers begin in 1658. 150 The …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… which attains over 800 ft. above sea level. The Calder and a tributary called the Lodge from the south-east form the … Le Gendre Starkie (d. 1899), and the whole recast by Mears & Stainbank. 44 The plate consists of a chalice, paten and …