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A History of the County of Lancaster
… Lostock runs through it diagonally from north-east to south-west, and on each side of it the land rises to over 100 … sea level, a height of about 130 ft. being attained on the south-east border. The principal village is near the northern …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… continuation through Wray to Bentham. A minor road goes south over the hill into Roeburndale. The Lancaster branch of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… called Dixon Green lying upon it. Highfield lies in the south-west corner; to the east of it is Blindsill, and the … which the same road passes, and Harper's Green lies to the south-west. The population in 1901 numbered 25,925. 2 The … crosses the centre of the township from north to south, and has a station called Plodder Lane, close to Dixon …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… is reached; the greatest height is about 100 ft., on the south side of the township. The country is extremely flat and … lines, devoid of any beauty. Rather bare fields on the south and east under mixed cultivation give some variety to …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Keuper Sandstone the centre, and the Bunter Sandstone the south. There are gravel terraces and alluvium along the Tame; … Tame at Elford bridge to 250 ft. (76 m.) on the boundary south-west of Hademore; in the north-west corner of the … century A.D. There was another Iron Age settlement to the south on the opposite side of Brook Leasow. 9 There may have …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the local pronunciation. This township extends from the south-east border of Preston to the Ribble. A large part of … in 1901 was 4,884. The ancient highway from Preston to the south, by way of Walton-le-Dale, passes through Fishwick, and …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… of the township and county. The land by the river on the south is called the Eea. In the south-west corner the land was assigned partly to Irlam and … some good oak panelling in two of the lower rooms of the south house, but it has been patched with pitchpine, and …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… was 539. The main road from Lancaster to Garstang goes south through the east side of the township, while the Cockerham road between the same places crosses the south-west. There are cross-roads in the north and south of the township. The Preston and Lancaster Canal passes …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… west side of the hill called Bernsetkreg, following its south side to the east part of Harlow as far as the west of Ivornsligh (? Ickornshaw) waste, south to Sandford Syke (the boundary between Lancashire and …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Formerly this township was bounded by two brooks flowing south to the Ribble, which forms the boundary on that side, and the Naze was a projecting point in the south-east corner. A large tract of land reclaimed from the … from the village to Kirkham on the north. Other roads lead south to the Ribble. Sailcloth and sacking used to be …