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A History of the County of Lancaster
… in 1758, passes south through the village of Barton; the old-time wonder of the aqueduct carrying it over the Irwell 4 … The Eccles Town Hall, built in 1881, is on the site of the old cock-pit. At Patricroft are a hospital and a home for … in making the Ship Canal. 9 A later cross was at Barton Old Hall. 10 During the cutting of the Ship Canal a canoe and …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… structure of brick. A new church has been erected upon the old site and is now (1906) nearing completion. The registers … that when the manor was demised to him there was only an old hall with two chambers annexed, unroofed and ruinous, … 613; Earwaker, East Ches. i, 130. Not. Cestr. (Chet. Soc. (Old Ser.), xix), 50. He was sheriff of Cheshire in 1733. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… lord of Roby. Although in the parish of Ormskirk, the old name seems to show that it was originally a portion of … Edward Stanley. 39 Sir Edward's son Thomas, just a year old, succeeded in 1671. Before he came of age he married … the neglect of which has caused the loss of many an old house of this date and earlier. The beam in the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… out. 34 The minister in charge was ejected in 1662. 35 The old building was demolished and rebuilt in 171718. 36 The …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… passes over the Calder by a bridge below Whalley Nab. The old turnpike road leading between Blackburn and Whalley … broken at the top. On the west side of the passage is the old kitchen, now a parlour, 18 ft. square, with its great … When the pews were removed and modern benches inserted the old carved ends, many of which are inscribed with the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… including 8 of inland water; Census Rep. 1901. For the old station there see Hewitson, Northward, 32. Cockersand … Margaret Clerk of Preston, and left a son John, two years old. Dubberfield, Holecroft and Wheatfield are named; also a … Osbaldeston. Hugh, his son and heir, was twenty-four years old; Towneley MS. C 8, 13 (Chet. Lib.), 723. Bilsborrow is …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… by Otes' father, Gilbert, so that the transfer from the old lords to the new must have taken place about 1320. 8 The … manor of Ainsdale. In 1752 it was customary to assess the old Halsall estate in Ainsdale along with Birkdale; though …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… water laid waste his land. They at first ordered that the old state of things should be restored, but the parties … 31671. The effect of these changes has been to abolish the old fragmentary condition of the township. Subs. R. bdle. … 127a. 1r. 24p. of pasture land, and 42a. 1r. 20p. of old timber. The purchase was made by Joseph Fenton, the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… a scheme of the Charity Commissioners made in 1878. 29 The old school building bears the inscription 'Donum R.D. 1692.' …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… by 18 d. rent. Robert his son and heir was six years old; Lancs. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.), i, 134. William Bamber … held similarly; William his son and heir was thirty years old; C 8, 13, p. 1073. The tenure is not stated in the case …