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A History of the County of Lancaster
… above sea level ranging from 100 to 180 ft. The principal road is that going north from Preston; it crosses Blundel Brook by a bridge, from which a road goes eastward to Haighton, with a branch turning south to Fulwood; westward a road goes to Cottam and Lea. The London and NorthWestern …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… 3 The population numbered 49,048 in 1901. The principal road is that from Manchester to Bury, joined by another road from Salford, crossing the Irwell by Broughton Bridge. 4 From the Bury Road others branch off to the west, crossing the Irwell into …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… southwest over Duddon Sands. To the north of the main road through it is the square, with an obelisk in the centre … In the vale to the south-east is White Moss. The principal road is that from Dalton and Barrow into Cumberland, crossing … Lickle and Duddon and then turning south to Millom. This road is crossed by two which begin at the Duddon shore and …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… to Kent's Bank on the south-west. Up the Broughton Vale a road goes north from Cartmel, passing through Field Broughton … xv (1876). There were then distinct traces of an ancient road from the hall over the fell to Grange. De Banco R. 18, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the same height is attained again on the eastern border. A road from north to south passes through the two hamlets, from … conformable,' put in a claim, but the estate was sold to Bartholomew Heiketh of Aughton; Royalist Comp. Papers (Rec. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… portion has become a suburb of Lancaster. The principal road leads from Lancaster to Caton, following the course of the Lune north and east; a minor road, Ridge Lane and Grimeshaw Lane, takes a more direct … vill of Newton, and a way from the Bulk to Lancaster high road; Memo. R. (L.T.R.), 163, m. xiij. Baines, Lancs. (ed. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… population in 1901 was 1,892. The Manchester and Cheadle road passes through it from north to south, and there are … and Withington was Saltergate, supposed to be the present road south through Burnage, but the line of the road had been changed before 1320; Mamecestre (Chet. Soc.), …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… as St. James's Street; after passing through the town the road divides again, one branch going east into Yorkshire and … the other south-east to Todmorden and Rochdale. A cross road from Bury and Rawtenstall unites with the other at the … however, there is a small brook running westward. The road passes close to the south and east sides of the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 2 ha.) in the corner of the parish south of Lichfield Road at Edial were transferred to Hammerwich. 7 This article … brook for Coney mill. 11 It then turns east along Chorley Road as far as the bridge over Maple brook (formerly Chestall … on the green at the junction of Norton Lane and Cannock Road. Norton Lane was mentioned in 1449. 32 Cannock Road was …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… in Westmorland just beyond the northern boundary. A minor road branches off to the north-west from Nether Burrow to …