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A History of the County of Lancaster
… Ogilby described Garstang as 'a good thoroughfare, with a market for corn, cattle, &, on Thursdays.' Pococke in 1750 … on account of the great plenty there is of wood.' 7 The market cross, restored in 1897, stands in the main street. … the canons of Cockersand obtained a royal charter for a market every Thursday at their manor of Garstang and a yearly …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… salmon trout are taken so as to supply all the country and market towns twenty miles round, and when the country is …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the eastern parts of Goosnargh and Whittingham. There is a market cross at Inglewhite Green. 8 Here two fairs for cattle …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Street into Little Bolton. At their crossing was the old market-place, 4 with its cross. From Deansgate Bridge Street … formed, further west, and called Marsden Street. The new market-place, 1824, more recently called Town Hall Square and … a home early. Leland, about 1536, says:'Bolton-upon-Moor market standeth most by cottons and coarse yarn. Divers …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… hall was erected in 1900. The council purchased the weekly market from the ladies of the manor about 1896. The town is … Six years later Adam Nowell obtained a grant of a weekly market on Thursday and a yearly fair on the day of St. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… afterwards Lord Holand, in 1304 procured a charter for a market and fair for Hale and free warren there. 43 The market was to be held every Tuesday, and the fair on the eve, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… in the Fylde. In 1348 the monks obtained a charter for a market on Thursdays at their vill of Hardhorn and a fair on … in the following year by another charter the weekly market was assigned to Monday. 6 The manor remained in … Nothing further seems to be known of them, but the Monday market of Poulton may have been derived from the second …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… town by the street called Deardengate it reaches the New Market Place, and thence goes north by Church Street, through … it divides, the main portion going straight to the New Market Place and the New Road bending to the left to go round … the time of Charles I. 78 There are now seven fairs. The market was formerly held on Wednesday, 79 but now on …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… there are slate quarries on the western boundary. The wool market at Hawkshead is extinct; a bobbin factory at Thursgill … present account. 38 In 1606 a charter was obtained for a market every Monday and fairs on St. Matthew's Day and the … well frequented in the first half of last century, but the market has long been discontinued, and the fairs have ceased …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… a bench of magistrates for the borough. There are a weekly market 51 on Friday, and fairs in April, August, and October. … is the patron. The Wesleyan Methodists have a church in Market Street, built in 1805 and enlarged in 1828, and a …