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A History of the County of Lancaster
… 281. Baines, Lancs. Dir. 1825, ii, 463. Traces of a Roman road leading north through Marton and Poulton to the Wyre …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… dilapidated, form a row on the Prescot and Rainhill road, the oldest portion dating from 1708. They are occupied …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… ran from east to west, being the continuation of the road from the south across Ribble Bridge, into which at the entrance of the town came a road from Ribchester. The street had a continuation down to … appears to be an irregularity. The amount is 4 14 s. 4 d. Bartholomew Worthington, a benefactor of the grammar school, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… of the Lower Coal Measures or Gannister Beds. The Roman road from Manchester to Ribchester passed through Prestwich … Harland), 15, 22. Ibid. 18. The supposed dedication to St. Bartholomew was an error which arore in the 18th century; … is invested for exhibitions for the scholars of Bury New Road National Schools. James Davenport in 1882 left money for …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… in 1901 was returned with Middleton. 2 The principal road is that leading north from Manchester to Middleton; the hall is in the triangle to the west of this road. Part of the White Moss occupied the south-east corner. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Middleton Junction. The population in 1901 was 24,892. The road from Manchester to Oldham passes near, and sometimes … the Oldham cemeteries is at Springbrook, on the Middleton road. There were 121 hearths liable to the tax in 1666. The … Mary Standish, widow, complained of the interruption of a road between Chadderton and Alkrington ; Ducatus Lanc. (Rec. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… through the small town of Shaw and Woodend. From Shaw the road to Rochdale goes west to High Crompton, thence … north-west by Burnedge to Rochdale; to the east a winding road goes through Clough into Yorkshire. Crompton Fold lies … northward along the valley, crossing and recrossing the road, and has a station at Shaw, called Shaw and Crompton. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Heaton House, now the property of Manchester. The chief road is that from the north of Manchester to Middleton, along … the ancient mill-site, Ithek, Mereshawbrook, and the great road; and Thomas the son of Alexander de Heaton gave to …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… township and beyond its borders; particularly along the road to Manchester. The population in 1901 was 137,246. The … eastwards through Mumps and Greenacres; a little off this road, on the northern side, is the church, to which Church … South-west from the Market Place the old Manchester road went out, crossed some 200 yds. away by King Street, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… placed, has grown into a town, stretching along the high road from Besses o' th' Barn 3 on the south to the Irwell. To … the river, in Kearsleyand Prestolee. 4 The principal road is that from Manchester to Bury. Two branches of it … o' th' Barn, Four Lane Ends, and Whitefield. Here the road divides again; one branch goes north to Bury, crossing …