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A History of the County of Lancaster
… the continuation of the road from the south across Ribble Bridge, into which at the entrance of the town came a road … 'Half a mile beyond Darwen I passed over the great stone bridge of Ribble, having a v. great arches. From Ribble Bridge to Preston half a mile. Preston hath but one parish …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… London and North Western, the Oldham, Ashton, and Guide Bridge, and the Great Central Companies' line, running … from Werneth to Mumps in 1847; the Oldham and Guide Bridge line was opened in 1861; the line to Royton and …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… and to the Roch. The hamlets of Hollins and Blackford Bridge are near the Roch. Whitefield, also centrally placed, … Irwell. To the north-west is a suburb of Radcliffe, at the bridge over the Irwell. To the south of these, on the highest … branch goes north to Bury, crossing the Irk at Wackford Bridge, and another goes north-west to Radcliffe Bridge. From …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… numerous cross roads; one runs north-east from Agecroft Bridge to Heaton. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway has …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… limits being 825 ft. on Oldham Edge and 400 ft. at Street Bridge. The old village of Royton, which has now become a … of his mother's brother, William Radcliffe of Mills Bridge, Yorkshire. He was created a baronet in 1813, having … 1817) states: 'To Sir Joseph Radclirfe, Bart., of Mills Bridge in the county of York, I owe all my most material …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… northwest through Pilkington and crossing the river by a bridge about a mile west-south-west of the church. Around this point a hamlet called Radcliffe Bridge gradually formed, and has in modern times become the … of trade and population. The road, after crossing the bridge, goes northerly to join the Bury and Bolton road, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… to see the antiquities. He says: ' We crossed the New Bridge, an elegant structure of three elliptical arches. A … bend, flows south for about half a mile below Ribchester Bridge. The building consists of chancel with small north …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… to Manchester began to run in 1790. The canal to Sowerby Bridge was opened in 1788, and the continuation to Manchester … river to the north-east of the church, where the ancient bridge is built; from the further side of the bridge roads spread out in all directions. One going north, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… to change and clear the course of the river below Bull Bridge in Aintree and Melling, and to make a new channel in … He was of Queen's Coll., Oxf.; M.A. 1860; vicar of Lever Bridge, Bolton, from 1867 to 1871. He edited the records of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… west end facing on to the road immediately south of the bridge. It consists of a chancel 33 ft. 6 in. by 19 ft. 8 in. …