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A History of the County of Lancaster
… of the town which has given its name to the whole. The old portion of the town occupies the centre of a table-land … 1340 the borough had not only the parish church, but an old leper hospital with its chapel and a house and church of … burgesses were fewer in number in 1459 than in 1415. The old freemen, sons of fathers who had been in the guild, had …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… two eastern bays of the nave occupy the position of the old chancel, and the third pier from the west on the north … being new. The west half and the arch on that side are old, and the pier has on its north face a recess with a … a similar pier also marks the end of the outer wall of the old chancel. The arch to the east of it is much lower than …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… front is now somewhat spoiled by the removal of the old window bars and the substitution of plate glass, but it … Lever held the manor of Alkrington, with the hall, the Old Hall of Heaton in Prestwich, Gorton Hall, Collyhurst … App. iv, 516. See also Pal. Note Bk. ii, 55, 85; Walford, Old and New Lond. iii, 165. For an account of the sale in …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… died in 1436, 24 leaving a son a little over a year old, 25 and three daughters, Joan, Margery, and Elizabeth, … 1584, and was succeeded by his son James, forty-nine years old. 30 A pedigree was recorded in 1567. 31 James Ashton … rich renaissance detail. Of the appearance of the former old hall nothing is known, but the house was probably rebuilt …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… 1891. Wakes at Shaw were held on the first Saturday after Old Lammas Day. In 1666 no house had as many as six hearths …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… in the two townships. Their original house, known as the Old Hall, was in Little Heaton, but about 1750 the present … 1681 it appears that Robert Lever of Alkrington owned the old hall of Heaton, with its demesne lands. 34 For the … in the church from 1616 onwards. Thomas Holland, of the Old Hall in Heaton, had a son baptized in 1627, and was …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… to Manchester. The population in 1901 was 137,246. The old open Market Place may be taken as centre. From this High … and Yorkshire Streetthe latter running parallel with the old Goldburnewent eastwards through Mumps and Greenacres; a … up from High Street. South-west from the Market Place the old Manchester road went out, crossed some 200 yds. away by …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… its name to a township on the other side, made up of the old Unsworth and Pilsworth, with the detached part of Heap … rugged tops of the Welsh mountains, which I gazed upon as old friends, hide their heads in the clouds, of which they … a new house built. 11 A large wooden barn belonging to the old house has been the subject of much attention because of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… of Heaton near Poppythorn. The area is 1,917 acres. 1 The old village is situated on the north-west side of the township, with the parish church to the south, and the old hall to the north. Two picturesque cloughs distinguish … western half. One of thesethe Mere clough begins near the old hall and goes south-west to the Irwell, forming, as might …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… 825 ft. on Oldham Edge and 400 ft. at Street Bridge. The old village of Royton, which has now become a small town, is … Byron. Argent three bendlets enhanced gules. Royton Old Hall was described in 1795 as 'a firm, well-built stone … of life,' is given by Butterworth, op. cit. 29. 'Old Mrs. Shaw, from Heyside,' was buried at Oldham, 1 Nov. …