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A History of the County of Lancaster
… known as 'Padgate,' which has given its name to the brook dividing the township from Warrington. Fearnhead, on … a parcel of ground lying between the moss and Woolston Brook, on the south side of the Levynges croft, in Woolston, … far as the water of Mersey, and in width from the Bruche Brook on the west to Woolston Brook on the east. 42 Richard …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… on the west, the Lune estuary on the north and a small brook on the south. In the north-west angle is the hamlet of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… area; Ashton on the west; Maudland, St. Peter's, Moor Brook, Park and Deepdale on the north; Ribbleton and Fishwick … and not to the king's wood. The boundary reached to Eves Brook from Ribbleton Scales to the point where the brook fell … were in part the rectory lands, held on lease from the Dean and Chapter of the New College of Leicester by a rent of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Tenant right was conveyed without the consent of the dean and chapter. Another roll dated 1736 records that …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the syke to Frithbrook (Denny Beck) and then down this brook to the Lune; up the Lune to Escowbrook, up this brook to Stockbridge, and to Aukesden as far as the little … went to Wilmots Bridge, thence by the syke to Frith Brook, &c.; Roper, Materials for the Hist, of Lanc. (Chet. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… and clover. The soil is clayey. The Sankey or Rainford Brook flows through the whole length of the township from … is that from St. Helens to Ormskirk; it runs alongside the brook, which it crosses before reaching the village. Here it … line from St. Helens to Ormskirk also runs parallel to the brook, with stations at Crank, Rookery, and Rainford. The …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… level being 300 ft. on the northwest, where Zechariah Brook joins Showley Brook on the borders of Salesbury. On the northern slope of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… or promontory between the Calder on the south and Sabden Brook on the north; a small part, on the bank of the former … half-brother was the celebrated Dr. Alexander Nowell, Dean of St. Paul's. Educated at Middleton School and … 50 Afterwards Luke the Harper by grant of Geoffrey the Dean obtained this church land, 51 and had a confirmation …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… at the marked oak and descending by the ditch, Little Brook and Mere Clough to Yardraw; thence to Hugh's house and …