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A History of the County of Lancaster
… being nearly 900 ft. above the ordnance datum. Boyce's Brook flows south-east through the township to join the … at a stone house, and including (in part) Chester Brook; Add. MS. 32106, no. 493 (fol. 330). His gift of land … part of his waste within bounds which went down Crinsil Brook to its junction with Chastel or Castel Brook, and up …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Blackburn on low moorland, sloping eastward down to Norden Brook and on a ridge lying between that brook and the River Hyndburn on the east. The highest ground … the lowest on the north-east at the confluence of Norden Brook with the River Hyndburn, where the elevation falls …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… m. 2. Richard de Pilkington acquired land between Tunstead Brook and Baxtondene water from Roger son of Simon del Knoll; … at 'the oak in the lane,' went along the lane to Tunstead Brook, beyond the brook to the hedge dividing Goose Hey and … part of the land, lies to the north of the church, between Dean Brook and the reservoir. Richard Pilkington held it by …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Park, was laid out by a company formed in 1837. On the brook, in the centre of the township, is the district called … a rent of 3 s.; the bounds show that it lay between Gore Brook on the north and the Great Ditch on the south. 24 … site would seem to have been determined by a small brook, which still forms the boundary of the grounds of the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… more distant Wilpshire Moor. For some distance Dinckley Brook forms the eastern boundary, whilst a tributary stream called Park Brook flows through the centre of the township between Bolton … (ed. 1876), ii, 371. Ibid. 81 b; Witnesses: Geoffrey dean of Whalley, Henry parson of Blackburn and Roger clerk of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the Bishop of Manchester present alternately, while the Dean and canons of Manchester are patrons of St. Philip's and … Pearl, a spring called the Pirle, Hanging Meadow, Barrow Brook, Barley Croft, and Middlefield. Mrs. Byrom had 'two …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… into the valley of the Darwen and upwards as far as Arley Brook in Woodfold Park, a distance of 3 miles. From this … Blakeburn, Ughtred the clerk of Whalley, to whom Geoffrey Dean of Whalley gave, and Roger de Lacy constable of Chester … (q.v.), and a daughter who married Geoffrey the younger, Dean of Whalley; Whalley Couch. (Chet. Soc.), 2858. Adam and …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… in a dispute as to the Little Branderth, near Harleton Brook, this being claimed by Thomas Scarisbrick; the matter … Deed in poss. of Scarisbrick Trustees. It lay 'between the brook and the highway' and was next to 'the first … within bounds ascending from Souekar to the end of Souekar Brook, thence to Rodilache, between Wulfawe and …