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A History of the County of Lancaster
… half of the township, and the coal measures on the south-west. MANOR The record of the perambulation of the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… 1405; Cromshall, 1548. This township lies to the south-west of the Irk, and has an area of 733 acres. The … Cheetham. The Manchester and Bury road passes along the south-west boundary, and has two important offshoots on the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Hey lies between the townships of Samlesbury and Hoghton, south of Beasting Brook. The subsoil is the pebble beds of the Bunter series, except over a very small area on the south-east, where it consists of the Permian rocks. Towards … pellets. CUERDALE HALL stands in a low situation near the south bank of the Ribble about a mile north-east of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… park surrounding Cuerden Hall, which stands in the south-east corner on a hill overlooking the Lostock. Cuerden … an elevated site commanding extensive views, about 4 miles south-east of Preston. 24 Of the original house which stood … about 68 ft. by 48 ft., the longer sides facing north and south, with entrance on the north, and now forms the middle …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… eastern and western parts of the centre; and Risley in the south. The eastern and northern boundaries are formed by the … is agricultural country, fairly well timbered. In the south the land is but sparsely inhabited, and consists of … Keuper Basement Beds, which juts into this county from south of the Mersey. The population in 1901 numbered 2,294. …
A History of the County of Stafford
… In 1980 the school was converted into a village hall. 21 South-east of Elmhurst hamlet lies an area known as … was built nearby in 1949, 34 and eight houses to the south were built about the same time, presumably for workers … 81 It was demolished in 1921. A large walled garden on the south side of the house existed by the earlier 1740s, when it …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Dom. Bk.; Dalton, 1212. Dalton occupies hilly ground south of the River Douglas. The highest point is Ashhurst … to the north are Hawksclough and Dalton Lees, and to the south lies Elmer's Green. Prior's Wood is in the north, and …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… in the bend of the River Tame, which bounds it on the south, has an area of 1,706 acres, being nearly 2 miles … it, on and near the eastern border, is the road leading south from Ashton to Stockport, with a bridge over the Tame. … a courtyard, but of this, however, only a portion of the south or centre wing containing the great hall and the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… The church of ST. JAMES 23 stands on high ground, to the south-west of the village, the land sloping down on the west … The building consists of a chancel 27 ft. by 19 ft. with south vestry and organ chamber, nave 73 ft. 3 in. by 19 ft., with north and south aisles, and west tower 10 ft. by 11 ft. 3 in., these …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… HALL stands in a low and sheltered situation close to the south bank of the Ribble, and is a two-story farm-house much … part of the building, together with the west gable of the south wing, has been rebuilt in brick. The east gable, … though the barge-board and windows are new, and the south wall, which is built of rough stones with large squared …