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A History of the County of Lancaster
… chief crops are wheat, oats and potatoes. There are some market gardens. Manor The 'land of HOOLE' was a member of the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the assize of bread and ale, gallows and infangenthef, and market at Warton and Garstang, but it was alleged that at the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Greave, Tong, Thorn and Rockcliffe. The main street, Market Street, runs north and south on the west side of the … offices. 33 A coat of arms was granted in 1883. A market is held on Wednesday and on Saturday; a market-house was opened in 1867. 34 A school board was formed …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… been a place of importance. A borough was formed and a market and fairs were granted. Leland thus describes its … condition about 1536: 'Newton on a brook; a little poor market, whereof Mr. Langton hath the name of his barony.' 4 … meeting, and considerable rioting ensued. 6 In 1824 the market had fallen into disuse; but the court baron and court …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… very fertile. Thus a large area of country is occupied by market gardens and fields, where crops of clover, hay, … subsequently obtained from the king leave to have a market on Wednesdays, and a fair on the eve and day of St. … this leave was withdrawn, as it was found that the new market would be to the injury of others in the neighbourhood. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… in 1857, was purchased by the local board in 1864, the market hall was built in 1869, the abattoir in 1891, the … held in April and August 51; Tuesday and Saturday are the market days. Borough of Accrington. Gules on a fesse argent a …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… is the Mere Brook dividing it from Aughton. The fine old market-town of Ormskirk, noted for its gingerbread, lies on … at this point Aughton Street and Burscough Street. At the market cross two other main roads branch out; Church Street … Railway connects the town with St. Helens. The market is held in Moor Street and Aughton Street. A clock …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… chapels, was opened in 1861 and enlarged in 1893. The market hall completed in 1882 contains a council chamber, municipal offices and at the west end a fish market. The free public library and technical school in Knott … between three branches of the cotton plant proper. The market is held on Monday and Saturday, the annual fair on the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… in the same places and in Southworth with Croft, also a market and three fairs at Pennington with Leigh; Duchy of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… of the church has been formed into a little square or market-place, at the entrance of which are the market cross, fish stones, whipping post and stocks. 2 From the ends of the market-place roads branch off north-west to Fleetwood and …