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A History of the County of Lancaster
… where Litherland Road now meets Merton Road. On the south side was a large open space; somewhat to the north was … three wardsDerby, Stanley, and Knowsleyin the north-east, south-west and northwest respectively. Derby Ward includes … of the borough; two open spaces, called North Park and South Park, are in Linacre and in Hawthorne Road. The …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… is undulating, with a general slope from northeast to south-west, the extreme limits being 240 ft. and 40 ft. above … dishes argent. BORWICK HALL stands on rising ground facing south, overlooking the valley of the Keer, from which it is … a grass courtyard or garden inclosed on its east and south sides by a fence wall and on the west by a gate-house …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Leagram from the north-west corner slopes rapidly to the south, and its southern portion is comparatively level. The …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the Medlock on the north and Ashton Old Road on the south, and is crossed about the centre by Ashton New Road. It …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… is a fragment of a fine 17th-century building, with a new south front dating from the early years of the last century … the removal of the upper story and the destruction of the south end. All that remains standing therefore is now the … of the house took place, when the present plain south front was erected, much of the old stone being removed. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the surface slopes away in all directions, chiefly to the south. The township ceased to have an independent existence … road from Bolton to Bury, with its principal front facing south. The building is now divided into several tenements, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the position of which appears to have left no trace. The south-west half of the township, known as the Ees, is below … the villages of Tarleton and Hoole. The building faces south to the Bretherton road, from which it stands back some … the addition of the recessed window over the porch at its south-east corner, with a light on each return. 4 The …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… valley between them flows the Don, which at the extreme south-western corner joins with the Swinden and Brun. The two … parts are named Briercliffe and Extwistle, to north and south, and have areas of 2,324 and 1,903 acres respectively, … it turns north towards Colne, but sends off a branch south-east by Higher Ridihalgh across Thursden and the Don …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… church and Broughton House. Most of the area lies to the south of the brook; near the centre was the Tower, with the … a road goes eastward to Haighton, with a branch turning south to Fulwood; westward a road goes to Cottam and Lea. The … 48 Church The church of ST. JOHN BAPTIST stands at the south end of the village on a slightly elevated site to the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Tottelawe, Tettelagh, 1302; Tetlawe, 1368. In the west and south this township is bounded mainly by the winding Irwell. … the ground sloping west to the river, and also to the south. The old hamlet of Broughton lay on the western side of … Park and Higher Broughton; the more level tract to the south as Lower Broughton, while the north-western arm, in a …