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A History of the County of Lancaster
… corner of the parish. The Douglas is the boundary on the south-west, while on the north the Bentley brook forms most … hamletsBispham Green and Grimshaw Greenin the north and south respectively. The area is 926 acres, 1 and the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the township, with the village of Bispham a little to the south of it. A small detached part of Bispham lay at the south end of Layton; it was called Bispham Hawes, and was …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the valley of the River Darwen, which flows through the south-western suburbs, and from both banks of the tributary … ft., is reached by the banks of the River Darwen on the south-west. 1 The northern part of the original township lies … Canal also traverses the town, from north-east to south-west, at a level of about 420 ft. The corporation of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… of the Irk, which bounds it on the north-west, west, and south-west. A ridge over 300 ft. high projects westward … acres, having a breadth of about 2 miles from north to south, and measuring somewhat more from east to west. In the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… of Blackrod extends for 3 miles from north-west to south-east. The area is 2,388 acres. 1 The highest ground, … from which a line to Horwich branches off; to the south another branch leads to the Wigan and Manchester line, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… about half a mile north-east of Littleborough, facing south-west. It is a stone-built house of two stories, with … house had three gables on each front facing north and south, the roofs running through from front to back, and … [capital letter L]-shaped in plan, the long front facing south and the short arm running north at the east end. The …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… east to the Crake near the centre of the township. To the south are a number of minor hills, rising at the west to 700 … in 1901. There are two bridges over the Crake, one at the south end called Birkrow Bridge and one at Water Yeat called …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… and Brock, which rise near the Yorkshire border and flow south-west through it. The northern part lies on the slopes … on the north side of the Brock. The part of the township south of this stream is in the main lower, but on the eastern … ground rises very steeply, the flattopped Parlick at the south end of the ridge attaining 1,416 ft. above sea level, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… boundary to Great Sankey. Cambal Wood lay in the south-east corner; on the south was Bold Heath, with Crow Heath and Lunt Heath on the borders of Cuerdley and Widnes. In the south-west corner was Cranshaw Hall. The flat and open …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… hollow. There is a detached part, Beaumont Cote, to the south-east of the chief part of the township. The village is … centre of the township, with Hatlex and Inglebreck to the south, and Bolton Holmes, Thwaite and Hawkshead in the north. … which point other roads branch offsouth-west to Hest Bank, south-east to Halton and east to Nether Kellet. The main line …