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A History of the County of Lancaster
… Townships Old and New Accrington OLD ACCRINGTON, NEW ACCRINGTON Acrinton, 1277; Akeringtone, … Accrington, united since 1878, have the following areas: Old, 792 acres; New, 2,633 acres. 1 Old Accrington forms the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Townships Old Laund Booth OLD LAUND BOOTH Oldelaunde, 1459; Oldelande, 1527. … in the north to 350 ft. in the south-eastern corner, below Old Laund Hall. The land is used for pasture, there being 603 …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… This township stretches for over 2 miles along the Ashton Old Road, a long straight road leading east from Manchester … library, and baths, were opened in 1894. 5 According to an old proverb, 'The constable of Openshaw sets beggars in the … 1820, but no regular services were held till 1864, when an old chapel was purchased from the Wesleyans. 23 There are two …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… west is the Mere Brook dividing it from Aughton. The fine old market-town of Ormskirk, noted for its gingerbread, lies … by tradesmen here in the seventeenth century. 19 'In the old coaching days Ormskirk was a centre of great activity, … governed by the court-leet, which held its meetings in the old town hall in Church Street. 46 A local board of health …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… 58, m. 223. He died in 1601 leaving a son Thomas, one year old; Duchy of Lanc. Inq. p.m. xviii, no. 21. Lancs. Inq. p.m. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… along the ravines which descend to the Ribble and in Old Park Wood, near Oxendale Hall. 2 The population in 1901 … the title, when I was at the University, a poor profligate old fellow, who in all weathers went in his waistcoat only, … of land by the Ribble between Studle-clough and the old hedge of Osbaldeston carr. 16 Hugh de Osbaldeston …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… called Stone Cross. Further north in the valley is the Old Hall, to the west of which is Gamswell, 600 ft.; north …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… 26 by a son John, 27 who died in September 1488 a very old man, his heir being a great-grandson James, twenty years … of Esprick and heirs male. Richard was fifteen years old at his father's death. The manor of Middle Rawcliffe, … in the same over the porch, the kitchen, the larder, the old rye barn, the slaughter house, the slaughter house barn, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Hill (1,050 ft.) and Greystone Hill (1,087 ft.). Where the old road to Manchester passes over Blacksnape an elevation of … the chief stock-keeper of the honor; of herbage sold and old brushwood supplied during thirteen weeks to a forge or … of a new house and of the sale of materials from an old cottage. 54 Nine years later we read of similar receipts …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… which Swarth Beck flows north to join the Keer. The old high road from Lancaster to Kendal 3 goes north through … of the green, within the grounds of Hall Garth, is the old town well, now partly covered up, from which the water is … There is a large stone quarry in Capernwray, and many old lime-kilns are scattered over the township. The land is …