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A History of the County of Lancaster
… as more conveniently placed. The royal farmer (Roger Sankey) consequently obtained an injunction forbidding …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… township has an area of 1,633 acres and is divided by the Sankey Brook into two nearly equal portions. It is bounded on … undermined. The St. Helens Canal crosses, alongside the Sankey Brook. A local board was formed in 1865, 2 but … on account of approvement already made on Henry's lands by Sankey and Nottbrook, towards Morkels Moss; Ct. of Wards and …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… a writ of redisseisin was issued in favour of Robert de Sankey, Hugh de Hindley, and Alice de Parr, against William … later times. It appears from the last note that Robert de Sankey and Alice de Parr were lords of the manor in 1431, in … Parr and a second quarter of the manor of Pemberton. The Sankey quarter seems to have descended to Thomas Sankey and …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… c. 1360. This township, originally formed from Great Sankey, has an area of 1,003 acres. 1 It has the typical … corn and roots. The geological formation here and in Great Sankey is the same. The eastern boundary is partially formed … about 1852. On the river side of this railway is the Sankey Navigation Canal between St. Helens and Widnes, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… homage to Sir Thomas Butler for his lands in Orford and Sankey on 13 January, 1490. 44 Hugh died before 1504, and was … agreed to abide by the award of Randle Rixton of Great Sankey touching the division and 'mearing out' or bounding of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… potatoes, oats, wheat, and clover. The soil is clayey. The Sankey or Rainford Brook flows through the whole length of … and thence to Birchley (in Billinge), and downwards to Sankey Brook. The annual service was to be 2 d.; and Ralph … and following the syke to Russilache, and thence to Sankey; along this to Launclough. In 1208 Siward de Derwent …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… de Rixton died in 1400, holding lands in Warrington, Sankey, Penketh, Parr, and Sutton, and leaving as next of kin …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… in 1581 conveyed by Humphrey and his wife Ellen to Roger Sankey. 149 A charter by Thomas, son of William de Cowdray, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… of John Livesey, a messuage called 'Huntrode,' which Henry Sankey had occupied, and land in the Marshey; ibid. H 20, 21. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… crosses the township from the southern corner to join Sankey Brook to the east of St. Helens. Numerous roads … token of ancient workings; Brookbank, St. Helens, 20. The Sankey Canal was made to facilitate the export of the coal, …