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A History of the County of Lancaster
… Nowell of Mearley was in 1651 a claimant for the manor of Mellor in right of his wife Elizabeth daughter and co-heir of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Townships Mellor MELLOR Meluer, Meluir, Meleire, xii-xv cent. Mellor and Eccleshill were rated as a joint township until … fort of the Roman period stands upon the summit of Mellor Moor, a hill from which the place derives its name, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… south-east to an elevation of 360 ft. below the village of Mellor, near the source of a brook which forms the eastern … was in the possession of Robert Aspden of Arley, in Mellor, in 1543, and was contracted to be sold in 1579 by his … and in 1590 the Aspdens passed the estate and lands in Mellor to John Osbaldeston, esq. 95 OXENDALE. This freehold …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… for in 1499 the trustees gave lands in Oswaldtwistle and Mellor to Richard Whitehalgh and Isabel daughter of Lawrence …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… in 1432 his estate here is coupled with estates in Mellor and Alston, the whole being described as held of the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… occupies high ground, an eastern continuation of Mellor Moor, directly to the north of the town of Blackburn. … Yerburgh succeeded in 1888. 12 She is lady of the manor of Mellor adjoining. Barton. Assure a fesse between three stags' … Hoghton and Sharples. 13 More recently James Shorrock of Mellor was a considerable owner, 14 and has been succeeded by …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… exchanged lands in Ribchester for Henry's lands in Mellor and Samlesbury; ibid. 386. Henry Boys made a feoffment … Swansey in 1548 had held lands, &c., in Ribchester and Mellor, but they seem to have been sold to John Southworth in …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… was outlawed in 12556 for the death of William de Meluer (Mellor). 6 In 1258 Edmund de Lacy held Rishton, in which were …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… In 1429 he made a settlement of his lands in Rivington and Mellor; Towneley MS. GG, no. 1698, 1723. Again, in 1460, he … gift of any of his lands andtenements in Lancashire or in Mellor except for a term of years; and in reply he swore … son of Ralph Pilkington all his right in Rivington and Mellor; no. 1670. A short time afterwards Robert himself made …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the highest ground in the township, to the village of Mellor Brook. To the north the Preston and Clitheroe road … boundary until the hundred of Leyland is touched. Towards Mellor Brook the subsoil consists of the Yoredale rocks, … connected with it by a short link which turns south from Mellor Brook. In the opposite direction a country lane leads …