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A History of the County of Lancaster
… eldest grandson married the heiress of the Pennys of Penny Bridge. Thomas Machell, youngest son of John, received … Dir. Richard was a younger son of John Machell of Penny Bridge; Stockdale, op. cit. 514. Information of Mr. P. J. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… his free fishery in the Lune, extending from Lancaster Bridge to a point over against Halton; Pal. of Lanc. Chan. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… join outside the west boundary, cross the Calder by the bridge, and go east through the centre of the town as St. … Burnley proper was built in 1849, 175 and St. Paul's, Lane Bridge, in 18523 176; to these the Crown and the Bishop of … ancient cross stood in it. The following account of the bridge is of interest. It is taken from the Folds MSS.: 'The …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 11 It then turns east along Chorley Road as far as the bridge over Maple brook (formerly Chestall brook); the bridge existed by 1597 when it was known as Maple bridge. 12 The boundary follows Maple brook as far as …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… level ground is reached, passing under Collen or Cowan Bridge, by which is Overtown, and then it goes south-west to … during the Civil War. 15 The tolls of Collen 16 or Cowan Bridge, on the boundary of Burrow and Leck, were in and … side of the highway, as far as 'Tollingkrig' (? Collen Bridge) in Newbigging in the vill of Great Burrow in …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… crosses it a village has grown up, called Burscough Bridge, but as the road is here the boundary between this … road and to the east of it, with a station at Burscough Bridge; at this point also there is a junction with the … Blakebank below Berewaldishal (or -hul) and to Cundlache Bridge, thence to Deepdale Head and to Longshow Head, then to …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… half of the fifteenth century. It is approached by a stone bridge over the moat, and within the enclosure stands the … trees and to cultivate and till it with marl, to make a bridge over the water of Sankey in the tenement to connect it …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… west to Bolton descends to cross the Irwell at Bury Bridge; the district to the south of it is called … takes a more southerly course, crossing the Roch at Heap Bridge and leading to Heywood; to the south of it lies … Buckley Wells, Fishpool, and Redvales, to Blackford Bridge over the Roch. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Company's …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… part of Whitacres, within bounds beginning at 'Sallomo' Bridge on the east, at the cold waters, descending to the … op. cit. 3845; see also Raines MSS. iii, 93. Roger Holt of Bridge Hall near Bury in 1594 held 2 acres in Whitacre in …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… a foot less. The house is approached from the south by a bridge over the moat, the entrance being in the east wing …