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A History of the County of Lancaster
… occur between Eccleston Hall and Hanging Bridge on the south, Thatto Heath and Eccleston Four Lane Ends on the west. … west, Glest in the north-west corner, and Scholes in the south-east. Thatto Heath, on the eastern boundary, extends … though named from Rainhill, is in this township, to the south side of the road last mentioned. The London and North …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… to bisect Newland, divides the more level country on the south, called Plumpton towards the east, from the hilly …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… parallel streams of the Conder and Cocker, flowing mainly south-west through the central part of the township, but … and Holleth respectively. The old chapel lies on the south bank of the Conder near the great road south from Lancaster to Preston; Ward Houses is just to the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… formed by a small wooded clough. The principal road runs south from the Preston and Longridge road, through the middle …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… land, centrally placed; the Leys and the Grange are to the south of it. The principal roads cross at the village, going … Singleton, with a branch north to Little Eccleston, and south to Roseacre and Wharles. The soil is clayey; wheat, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… contains Brandlesholme in the centre, with Woodhill to the south and Summerseat to the north. The population of the … the roads spread out to the north, north-west, west, and south-west, to Haslingden, Blackburn, and Bolton. The … and Yorkshire Company's Bolton and Bury line crosses the south-eastern corner. The Bury and Bolton Canal, opened in …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… first half of the 17th century. It has a long front facing south and is of the type of plan having a central hall and … coping and balls to the end gable; the two gables facing south are quite plain. The windows at this end too are the … on the north side,' and of the 'court or yard lying on the south side of the Hall.' Another deed of the same year …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… southern boundary. The surface of the ground rises to the south and to the north of the brook, attaining 250 ft. in the … of about 100 acres. The principal road is that going from south to north through the village; it is part of the Wigan … north past Runshaw to Leyland and the other branch turns south to Shaw Green. The London and North Western Company's …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… township being about a mile and a quarter from north to south, and less than a mile across. The population in 1901 … have been thrown down by a deep fault running north and south; the remainder of the township, including all the … dividing, down the hill to Kirkdale and to Anfield; 4 and south to Low Hill; this road remains one of the main …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… to the brooks which bound it on the north-west and south-east, and rises slightly towards the east. It had …