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A History of the County of Lancaster
… 1 The population in 1901 was 21,262, including Platt Bridge. Two great roads cross it, starting from Wigan; the … Hall, which is situated off Manchester Road, near Rose Bridge, was originally surrounded by a moat and approached by … Twenty years later the Church of the Holy Family at Platt Bridge was added. 53 Including 100 acres of inland water. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… from Lunt and Thornton meet at the village and lead to Alt Bridge, where the road from Liverpool to Southport, which …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… to the steep banks of the Irwell. Lower Kearsley, by the bridge over that river, is often called Ringley, being …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Woodland, and has a branch east to Lowick and Spark Bridge. The Furness railway line runs north along the shore, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Roger Derby, my grandsire'swhich was my mother's fatherin Bridge Street, near St. Bride's.' Rentals of William, son of … of it was moated with water, over which was a passage by a bridge, between two obelisks, to the gateway, whereon was a …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… of the river from Garstang to St. Michael's; there is a bridge somewhat to the west of the bend named above, by which …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Then 'to the purchase of the rent and toll of Warrington Bridge 300 marks of ready money, that is to say after the … to be asked, and also I give to the making up of the said bridge at Warrington 500 marks.' He also left 20 for the building of Garstang Bridge. The will was made on 28 July, 1504, and proved by …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Street it goes on as North Road, so reaching Skerton Bridge over the Lune. The centre of the Penny Street and … made in 1842; North Road itself was formed to lead to the bridge in 1788. It skirts Green Ayre, 7 originally an open … there takes its name from it. From the centre of Skerton Bridge a good view of church and castle is obtained. From the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… The Leeds and Liverpool Canal crosses from Burscough Bridge to Newburgh, and a branch goes north to join the … is near the western boundary, with a station at Burscough Bridge. The Ormskirk and St. Helens Railway of the London and … 132 The church of St. John the Baptist stands at Burscough Bridge, but is situated on the Lathom side of the township …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… lying in the Merstholme between the Scalebanks and the new bridge; no. 308. In 1292 William de Lea was summoned to prove … all the land on the north side of Savock, from Gamel's bridge to the boundary of English Lea, and so round to the … Plumpton and the street (strata) which crime down to the bridge named; ibid. no. 375. Another charter by Arthur to the …