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A History of the County of Lancaster
… of Freckleton lies near the centre, having a mill by the brook to the east. The area of the township measures 2,417 … was formed in 1874, 35 and the patronage is vested in the Dean and Chapter of Christ Church, Oxford. The building …
A History of the County of Stafford
… boundary follows the upper reaches of Darnford brook; on the east the boundary with Whittington runs along … from a ford on the Lichfield-Tamworth road over Darnford brook. The ford was 'free' in the sense that it was open or … chapel was evidently used for services by local people. Dean Buckingham included Freeford chapel as part of his …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… a name now given to the waters of the Mersey, where a brook flowing through Toxteth falls into that river. Another brook flowsor did flow diagonally through the township; and a … granted to Alan le Norreys of land between the Hollow brook and the highway, one head extending to the house of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… from the boundary of Newton to the Glazebrook. Millingford Brook, coming from Ashton, crosses the township and … near the centre of the township, on the north side of the brook. A road from Warrington to Wigan passes through it, and … north by Meurickys Ford and passed by Herniys Croft to the brook; also another plat by the land of Elias son of Robert, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… This ridge descends rapidly on the north side to Ogden Brook (9001,150 ft.) and more gradually on the south to about … trials. Another John Nutter, of this district, became Dean of Chester and has been noticed as rector of Sefton and … before him from 1590 to 1617; in the latter year as 'rural dean of Blackburn.' In 1614 no curate's name is given, but in …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… dated gravestone is 1668. The patronage is vested in the Dean and Chapter of Christ Church, Oxford. The following have … an independent parish 212; the patronage is vested in the Dean and Chapter of Christ Church, Oxford. The following have … include Robertshurst, Hurst and Carr, Fulsnape, Small Brook, Longley, the syke which was the boundary between …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… township 2 lies to the north and south of Gore or Rush Brook, which flows west to the Mersey. The boundary on the … village in the centre, Abbey Hey 5 to the east, Gorton Brook or 'Bottom of Gorton' to the north-west, and Longsight; … monumental inscriptions are copied in the Owen MSS. The Dean and Canons of Manchester present the incumbents, who are …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… together with certain 'detached portions' north of Astley Brook, which were probably the Sharpies lands of the charter …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… lies on a ridge which is severed from Billington Moor by Dean Brook, and has elevations of 772 ft. above the ordnance datum … crosses the extreme western angle of the township at Dean Head. The Great Harwood loop of the Lancashire and …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… above the road from Bolton to Lever, and land by Bolton Brook, at a rent of 6 d. on St James's Day. 32 The Burnden … the bounds including the road to Manchester, the Millshaw Brook, and Osbornesclough, at a rent of 12 d.; Lever Chartul. …