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A History of the County of Lancaster
… from Yorkshire through a clough named the Hole and flows south and east till it is joined by the stream from Roughlee; then it turns south to pass through Barrowford proper, consisting of the … Newbridge, and then, becoming the eastern boundary, flows south as Pendle Water to join the Calder. At the north end of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… runs diagonally across the area from northeast to south-west, the Old Hall being to the north of it and a water … corn-mill upon it; Barton Lodge and Tunsteads lie to the south of it. The township contains 2,707 acres and had a …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… of Eccles is situated, to the Glazebrook, which forms the south-western boundary. The greater part of it lies on the northern side of the Irwell, but there is on the south bank a considerable area, forming the modern township … the limits include the village of Barton, a mile to the south-west, with the hamlets of Peel Green and Patricroft to …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… from the north, west, and east and uniting a little to the south of Bedford Hall to form the water of Glazebrook, which … on its southward course forms for some little distance the south-western boundary of the township. From this stream to … are mostly absent owing to a fault which extends from south-east to north-west. There is a great deposit of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… usual. This small extra-parochial township lies to the south-east of the Medlock. It has an area of 96 acres. The …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… waterless, with the exception of two small streams on the south. The farms and houses are considerably scattered and … of the new red sandstone. By a fault running due north and south the middle coal measures are thrust up in the eastern half. The township lies almost entirely south of the ridge of high land stretching from east to west …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… and known as Chapel End and Higher End. They form the south-west corner of the parish. The position of Chapel End … oneis bleak and open, and the country bare except in the south, where there are more trees and green fields about the … runs eastward from the chapel to Ashton in Makerfield. The south-western boundary is formed by Black Brook, near which …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… of Bernard son of Richard's lands of Hacking lay to the south of the River Calder and west of the high road leading … rectangle 56 ft. long internally by 24 ft. wide, with south porch and north-west vestry. The building is of … the east end, two on each side of the sanctuary north and south of the altar, which had a rail on three sides. The font …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… is still in use. This pleasantly wooded township on the south side of the Brock occupies land which rises gradually …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… having no fewer than five detached portions to the south, east, and north. Birtle hamlet, near which is … The population in 1901 was 1,447. Two roads cross it from south to north, leading from the road between Bury and Rochdale, which passes through the south-east corner of the main part. The soil is loam, with …