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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 …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Fearnhead is situated in an uninteresting country, flat and devoid of trees. There is nothing picturesque enough to … crops are cultivated, including potatoes, turnips, clover, and corn. On the south the River Mersey forms the boundary, … Navigation makes this promontory of land to all intents and purposes an island. The geological formation consists …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Townships Todmorden and Walsden TODMORDEN AND WALSDEN INCHFIELD in Walsden was … . 1603'; and below, ' Recast, tower raised new clock 1860 Mears, Lond. fecit.' The churchyard is on the south and west … of the period. There are twelve bells, one by Thomas Mears, 1836, and the rest by Taylor of Loughborough, 1897 …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… part of the parish, contains 1,882 statute acres, and is much occupied by cotton factories and iron works, which have largely displaced agriculture and have destroyed almost all the former natural beauties of …