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A Survey of London
… cittie of old time went straight from the Posterne gate south to the riuer of Thames, before that the Tower was … houses lately builded, and other incrochmentes along south to Chicke lane on the east of Barking church, at the … west ende of Harte streete. Cokedon hall, sometime at the South west end of Marte lane I reade of. Mincheon lane.; …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… district; the surface of the country is flat except in the south, where it is very slightly undulating. The surroundings … meeting at the village other roads from Ashton on the south-west, and from Leigh on the east. Bickershaw 3 lies by … near the eastern boundary. Plank Lane is a hamlet in the south-eastern corner, situate on the road from Leigh to …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… 1295; Addelyngton, 1346. This township is bounded on the south-east by the Douglas, and is separated by Buckow Brook … town of Adlington lies near the north-east border; in the south is the district called Crawshaw. The area is 1,064 … company and the London and North Western, coming from the south, with a station called White Bear. The Leeds and …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… portions of Bury. It measures about 2 miles from north to south, and over a mile across. The area is 1,308 acres. 1 It …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… and Ayntrie, xvi cent. This triangular township forms the south-eastern corner of the parish; its area is 850 acres; 1 … Railway joins the Liverpool and Wigan line at the south-eastern corner. There are two railway stations called … village is in the centre of the township, about two miles south-east of Sefton church; but houses are multiplying on …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the population numbered eighty-three. The chief road goes south from Lancaster to Stodday; minor roads and footpaths … family. Ducatus Lanc. iii, 45. The 'old ditch' lying south and south-west from the Greenhill was allowed to the corporation …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… company's railway from Liverpool to London skirts the south-western boundary, having stations called Mossley Hill …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… now considered independent townships. Norcross is in the south-west of Hothersall. The surface is hilly, the general slope being from north to south, and many brooks flow southwards through wooded valleys … in 1829 by the Hulme Trustees. 59 The church stands on the south side of the town of Longridge. The old chapel was …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… hamlets called Higher Firs and Head o' th' Town; in the south-west corner is part of the village of Henfield in … nave 43 ft. 6 in. by 15 ft. 6 in., with north and south aisles 7 ft. 6 in. wide, south porch, and west tower 10 ft. 6 in. by 12 ft. 6 in., all …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Lane, coming from Blackrod. Headless Cross lies to the south of Anderton Park. The soil is clayey. The chief crops …