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A History of the County of Lancaster
… it from Garswood in Ashton, and Sankey Brook forms the south-west boundary. The population in 1901 numbered 8,575. … Blackbrook and Haydock village to meet the great north and south road from Wigan to Warrington. The Liverpool, St. Helens and South Lancashire Railway, worked by the Great Central …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… 1292. The greater part of the township of Heap lies on the south bank of the Roch, and has a detached portion, called … to Rochdale on the north-west and Middleton on the south. Another road from Bury to Rochdale keeps on the … and eighteen councillors, elected by three wardsNorth, South, and West. 49 The gasworks are now owned by the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… to Blackburn, and from it branches off a road leading south-east to Heapey station, on the Chorley and Cherry Tree …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… east and north, a height of 650 ft. being attained; while south of the river the surface also rises towards the centre and south of the township to heights of 475 ft. and 500 ft. above … road is that from Bolton to Chorley, crossing the south-west corner. From Adlington a road runs through the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… from Cringle Brook on the north to the Mersey on the south, a distance of 2 miles; it measures about a mile and a … has an area of 2,115 acres. The highest ground is in the south, with a steep slope to the Mersey and a gentler decline to the north. The south-eastern portion has long been a suburb of Stockport, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the right bank of the Lune, which here flows west and then south. The greater part of the surface is low and flat, but in the southern half a rising tract, running north and south, stands above the 50-ft. level. On the river side of it … Oxcliffe in the north has an acreage of 716, Heaton in the south having 1,319, giving a total of 2,036 acres 1; of this …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… which lies the hamlet of Heskin Green. Barmskin is in the south-west corner. The area is 1,242 acres, 1 and in 1901 … and mullioned windows, having a front elevation facing south of about 86 ft. It is now used as a farm-house. The … in breadth, and has a flagged floor. The porch is in the south-east corner, and the bay window 5 ft. from the west …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Padiham. Through this valley flows Sabden Brook west and south-west to the Calder, and it is augmented by other brooks … went over Read Height to the bridge at Altham, thence south over Hameldon. 2 Pendle cross stood on the top of the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… as extending west from Pendle Hill, and is bounded on the south by the Calder; but it extends over the northern slope … died in 1586 holding messuages, &c., in Downham and South Kirkby (Yorks.). He married Ellen daughter of Simon …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… north, Goodshaw in the centre, and Crawshaw Booth to the south. At the lastnamed place are Liberal and Conservative …