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A History of the County of Lancaster
… to 'his lord' Roger, all claim he might have to lands in Old Holland and Barton Wood, and 20 acres in Murscough. 9 … witnesses, Thomas Haskayne sixty years of age, had heard old men say that there was formerly a watermill at the head …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… by 'boggarts.' 18 'Rocket,' for frock, occurs in the old township accounts. MANOR Although a 'manor' of DROYLSDEN … 64 which contained his open profession of adherence to the old religion, as in his desire that an honest priest be hired … house. The older part remains unoccupied, but some old furniture, said to have belonged to Humphrey Chetham, is …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… church of the Holy Trinity was built in 1874 on the old site 20; a separate parish was formed for it in 1886. The … chapelry of Broughton; ibid. 528. Ibid. 530. Parkinson, Old Ch. Clock (ed. Evans), 235. A view of the old chapel is given ibid. 99. For the church bells see Trans. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… it on the west side. On the south side is the base of an old cross. 1,908 acres, including 24 of inland water; Census … To him Robert son of William de Dutton confirmed the 'old garden' given by his father; ibid. no. 144. The same … a daughter Avice or Alice; to the son in 1321 he gave the Old Orchard and land in Stonyfurlong; ibid. no. 165. About …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… and Over Darwen. See Shuttleworth Accts. (Chet. Soc. old ser. xxxv), 80. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Richard; he left a son and heir named John, two years old. 29 The principal representative of the family was … modern building of no particular interest; but the site is old, and is inclosed on all sides by the line of a square … the profits. From the depositions it appeared that the old custom was for the king's steward or farmer to take the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… only 2,632. 1 The hall stands near the centre of the old township, with Gillar's Green on the west, Glest in the … on the VyrnwyLiverpool pipe line, and further on is the old schoolhouse. One road branches off to the north, passing … The colliery is at Gillar's Green, and there are several old shafts and quarries within the township. There is a …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Alexander's heir was a daughter Elizabeth, only two years old; Duchy of Lanc. Inq. p.m. xviii, no. 13. Giles Entwisle … the king; his son Robert, the heir, was over forty years old; ibid. fol. 699 a. Deeds relating to several properties …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… oak staircase with turned balusters and square newels. An old brass lantern kept in the house is credited with … Penny of Crake Side, who about 1587 settled near the old ford of the Crake called Tunwath. When the bridge was … in Notitia Cestr. ii, 537. In 1612 James Penny, 'of the old ford of Crake,' purchased land formerly of Furness Abbey; …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the boundaries of Thurnham and Holleth respectively. The old chapel lies on the south bank of the Conder near the … and leaving as heir his son Christopher, thirty years old; Towneley MS. C 8, 13 (Chet. Lib.), 1086. Private Act, 29 … had its curate from 1727 to 1733. There is a sketch of the old chapel among Captain E. Jones's drawings (in the …