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A History of the County of Lancaster
… to Padiham, which crosses the Calder at Altham Bridge. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal goes through the centre …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… abstract). In one of the deeds a lane from Grimesford Bridge to Headless Cross is mentioned. A John Anderton of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Cheesden Brook ceased to be so called at the Lumn (Lumn Bridge, at the north end of Ashworth), and was then called …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… west, going to the Quint-acres, Terneshaw Brook, Brinshope Bridge, and so to Quintacres; also land in Fald-worthing …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… North Western Railway, half a mile to the west; and Howe Bridge, formerly Chowbent, Station on the Manchester, Eccles, … assigned in 1878 to form the ecclesiastical parish of Howe Bridge, 3 and in 1884 the district parish of St. Anne's, … on here. The population of the township, including Howe Bridge, in 1901 was 16,211 persons. A cattle fair was …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… upon the bank of Ribble from the upper end of the hanging bridge unto Ribble in one direction and past oak trees marked …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… 1 The name is applied especially to the hamlet by the bridge over the Wyre, carrying the high road from Preston to … west facing directly towards Garstang and commanding the bridge or ford across the Wyre. The interior of the tower, … for the Society of Friends was built in Bonds, near Calder Bridge, and it continues to be used. 81 The Roman Catholic …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… 5,448. The principal road is that from Nelson north by New Bridge through Barrowford and Blacko into Yorkshire. From …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… it over the Irwell 4 has been succeeded by the swing bridge by which it crosses the Manchester Ship Canal. The … Locks. At Barton the road is carried over it by a swing bridge. At Irlam there is a ferry, and another crosses from Davyhulme to Boysnope, where formerly was a small bridge. There was formerly a ford and later a ferry to …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Pennington Brook where it is now spanned by Breaston Bridge, gave name to this place. The township is traversed by … of Breton, 64 a name which still survives in Breaston Bridge, spanning Bedford Brook. The descent of a fourth part …