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A History of the County of Lancaster
… river frontage opposite the widest portion of the River Mersey. There are scattered plantations amongst open fields, … Speke Hall occupies 765 acres. Oglet 2 is a hamlet by the Mersey. In 1901 the population numbered 381. The road from … 80 Speke Hall stands a little back from the shore of the Mersey, protected by belts of trees on the west and north, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… between the Irwell and Cornbrook on the north and the Mersey on the south, occupies the south-west corner of the … surface is comparatively level, though it slopes to the Mersey. Stretford proper lies in the south, taking its name from an ancient ford over the Mersey, also called Crosford. The north-eastern portion is …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… in one place being described as bailiff between Ribble and Mersey. 7 In 12478 he had acquittance of all suits to county …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… has from north to south a frontage of 3 miles to the River Mersey, and stretches inland for 2 miles. The ground in the … Wavertree and West Derby, and then flowed south to the Mersey; it was joined by another brook, rising in Wavertree … last are graving docks, and then the petroleum stores. The Mersey forge stood near the Toxteth dock. The flour mills are …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the fee of the Earl of Ferrers (as lord between Ribble and Mersey), and he of the king in chief. 12 Warine had a son …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… 1 The land slopes gently from north to south, where the Mersey forms the boundary. The village lies in the centre of … 17 She afterwards married John Venables, of Ashton-on-Mersey, by whom she had the daughter and heir Aline mentioned … These Ashtons were of the adjacent township of Ashton on Mersey. In the same year Richard son of Adam de Urmston, and …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the close season in the waters of Lune, Wyre, Ribble and Mersey. 51 By his wife Matilda he had issue John his …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Warington, 1330. Warrington lies on flat ground near the Mersey, 1 which winds with sudden swoops and curves all along … western boundary of the township on its way to join the Mersey. The town grew up beside the river, about the centre … branch, Padgate Lane, to Bolton. From the bridge over the Mersey a cross-road leads north, as Bridge Street, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Book in the description of the land 'Between Ribble and Mersey,' and with its six berewicks was assessed at four … followed that of the wapentake and land between Ribble and Mersey, but in 1316 Thomas, earl of Lancaster, gave the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… for 200 marks of silver his whole fee between Ribble and Mersey, including this manor, to Ranulf de Blundevill, earl … with the earl of Chester's other lands between Ribble and Mersey to the Ferrers, earls of Derby, then to the earls of …