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A History of the County of Lancaster
… Hudrake, Acre (by which is Carter Place) and Rising Bridge. Another more easterly road from Bury through … crosses the Irwell and enters the township at Ewood Bridge, and skirting the eastern boundary passes through … established in 1890 87; the sewage is treated at Ewood Bridge. A park was opened in 1900 and a cemetery at Grane in …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… area to the north of the stream, containing Little Bridge, Bridge Hall, and Broad Oak on the west, and part of Bamford … road is that eastward from Bury across the Roch at Heap Bridge, through Charlestown and Heady Hill, 2 and the town of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… opened in 1897, replacing one used for thirty years. The bridge at Stockport is ancient, and is mentioned in 1292; … d; Ormerod, Ches. (ed. Helsby), iii, 797. See 'Wobry the Bridge' in a later note. In 1745 it was broken down by the … m. 77; 112, m. 64 (where it is called Heaton next Wobrythe Bridge). Lancs. Inq. and Extents, i, 2469. There were 40 …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… packhorse road from Clitheroe went over Read Height to the bridge at Altham, thence south over Hameldon. 2 Pendle cross … of Huntroyde. Sapedene, 1296; Sapenden Haye, 1387. The bridge is mentioned in 1425 and its repair about 1580; note …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… point is a cross road leading north-eastward from Platt Bridge and Lowe Green to Westhoughton, having a branch north … east to west, with stations at Hindley Green and Platt Bridge. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Company's line from … western end, and has a station called Hindley and Platt Bridge. There were formerly two 'burning wells' here, one in …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… it turns northward here and crosses the Wenning by a stone bridge of three arches, and then forms the main street of … possession in 1715 and advised the townsmen to destroy the bridge. In 1730 he was convicted of rape upon his …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Houghton, together with six butts of land between Leveng Bridge and Houghton Riddings; Towneley MS. HH, no. 1933, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… which 40 was given to the building or repair of Crossferry Bridge. The lands in Withenshaw (though described as in …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… highest part of the hills; there are stations at Smithy Bridge, Littleborough, Walsden, and Todmorden; also one at …