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A History of the County of Lancaster
… lords of Manchester, being held as one ploughland by the old service of 20 s. 14 Gospatrick had lost four oxgangs of … formed in 1859; Lond. Gaz. 2 Dec. The church adjoins the old Chorlton Hall, the remaining part of which is the rectory …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… side of the quadrangle, is the only picturesque bit of old work now left on the exterior of Barlow Hall, if we … house on the inner side next to the courtyard, but in the old west wing it is a modern arrangement, the bay window now … and George Lloyd owning nearly a fifth. 36 CHURCH The old chapel of Chorlton is believed to have been built about …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… a pedigree; his son William was then thirty-one years old. 39 The family from that time falls out of notice. The … in repair the chancel as well as the nave, according to old custom. 55 At the same time they were ordered to find and … and in 1881 it underwent a thorough restoration, when the old galleries were taken down and new ones erected, a new …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… is occupied by the great Fells, culminating in Coniston Old Man, 2,633 ft. above the sea, which is the highest point … on the east, and is dominated by the gloomy mass of the Old Man about 2 miles to the west. To the north are the steep … and Haws Bank; near the latter by the lake-side stands the old hall. The hamlet of Tilberthwaite is situated nearly 3 …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… fee. Thomas Brockholes, the son and heir, was six years old. 28 He made a settlement of the manor of Claughton in … pedigree in 1613, when his son John was twenty-seven years old. 30 Thomas died in 1618 31 and his son John in 1643, 32 … for the benefit of his daughter Elizabeth, only four years old, and then to his son Thomas. In default of issue the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… The Duke of Somerset acquired it about 1894. Near to the old ford over the Ribble, a short distance to the south of … from Salesbury Hall, which often went by the name of the Old Hall. It is a small but picturesque stone building of … together with the doorway suggests a reconstruction of the old house at that period. There are modern extensions at the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Great Harwood in exchange for land there lying between the old mill-stream and the brook near Gamelsgate, and between Hyndburn Water and the ditch which ran from the old millstream through the town field to a great stone lying … up to Dunkenhalgh, and the land adjoining the old course of the Calder between Mergelache Clough and the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… one at the north end being placed out of the centre. The old windows have all round chamfered mullions and hood … has a four-centred arched doorway with hood mould and old oak nail-studded door. Bootle of Lathom. Gules on a … d. as composition on declining knighthood; ibid. i, 214. 'Old Master Anderton of Clayton, their great popish commander, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… his son and heir John being stated to be twelve years old in 1619; ibid, ii, 124. It was probably the same John …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… of Lanc. Rentals, 14/25. The total is rather more than the old rent of 8 s. For pedigree see Burke, Landed Gentry. …