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A History of the County of Lancaster
… south is Myerscough Hall, between the Brock and another brook flowing west. The latter is a two-story 18thcentury … in the place of an older building of the same name. On the brook is the mill; near it is the Lodge, the former home of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… River Wyre in general bounds it on the west, and Grizedale Brook on which at one point a reservoir of the Fylde …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Sagar Holme, Lumb, Water and Windy Bank to Burnley, Dean lying to the east of it; while from Bacup similarly a … Baptist minister was James Hargreaves, born at Dean Head in 1768; he was secretary of the Peace Society, and …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… spelling of the name. This township 1 lies between Moston Brook on the north and the Medlock on the south; part of the … another branch going east to Oldham, with a station called Dean Lane; yet another branch from Miles Platting bends to … assigned to it in 1839. 37 The rector is presented by the Dean and Canons of Manchester. The following is a list of the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… 2 and the population in 1901 numbered 16,699. Sankey Brook and its tributary Newton Brook form the greater part of the southern boundary; the … 1879. 64 The rector of Newton is patron. A school, called Dean School, was built in 1646 by John Stirrup. 65 The …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… ends a rude lodging-house in South Hawes, where a little brook ran down to the sea. This was used during the summer … of Park Ward; inland it was bounded by Fine Jane's Brook and a line drawn northward from the crossing of the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… 197. On the Huncoat side the bounds went as far as the brook of Wirmleyclough, by the crest of the hill to … thence to Warmden and to the head of Blackbrook; down the brook to Baxendenclough, and so to the head of Esseneclough …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… OLD LAUND HALL stands on a high bank above a small brook a short distance from the north bank of Pendle Water … the gable at each end. The principal front overlooking the brook has two large mullioned and transomed windows of six …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… of only 572 acres. 1 The boundary on the west is the Mere Brook dividing it from Aughton. The fine old market-town of … formerly stood in Aughton Street, near the Mere Brook, but was removed in 1780. The dungeon and pillory were …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… 1,617 acres. 1 It is divided from Upholland on the west by Dean Brook, flowing through a pleasantly-wooded dingle to join the … granted a piece of land between Clamsclough and Bradley Brook, and between the Douglas and Osbernlea. John son of …