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A History of the County of Lancaster
… was properly dealt with, when a chancel was added, the old roof opened out, new windows inserted, a north vestry and …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… population in 1901 was 346. The village of Overton has an old-world air and consists largely of stone-built whitewashed … square-headed ones substituted 23; but traces of the old openings have been found in both the north and south … and uncomfortable,' 24 was restored in 1902, when the old pews were removed, the chancel rearranged and new seating …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… 1,838 from Hapton) and 133 in North Town; so that the old township of Padiham had 10,500 inhabitants. High Whitaker … pass eastward through it to form the principal street. The old church stands near the centre of it; and from that point … a daughter Elizabeth as heir, she being a few months old; his estate consisted of three messuages, &c., in Padiham …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… died in 1602, leaving as heir a son Thomas, fifteen years old. 17 Thomas died in 1623 holding Parbold and the fourth … Kirkby; his heir was his son Richard, only five months old. 18 The family adhered to Roman Catholicism, and in the … leaving a son and heir James, over sixty-eight years old; Duchy of Lanc. Inq. p.m. xiv, no. 20. James Holland died …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… 47 The heir was a daughter Grace, about eighteen months old at her father's death; she was made the king's ward, but … demesne; Bryan, his son and heir, was twenty-four years old; ibid. xxx, n. 28. Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lancs. and Ches.), i, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… in 1653 to contract for his estates; ibid. iv, 3174. An old ballad about Gilbert Scott and his wife appeared in the … died in 1607, leaving a son and heir Robert, three years old; Lancs. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lancs. and Ches.), i, 80. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… in 1496, leaving a son and heir Robert about forty years old. 23 Dying in 1527, holding the manor of Pendlebury in … had formerly only one chimney at the junction of the old and later work of the two wings, but a modern brick … side is under a plain timber arch, 10 ft. 6 in. wide, the old oak door and wicket still being in position. An inner …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… It was, however, rebuilt in 1757 more or less on the old plan, and incorporating some portions of the ancient … x, no. 51, 53. Henry the son and heir was twentysix years old. Ibid. xvi, no. 4. Jane Colthurst widow of Henry the … Abbey. Edward the son and heir was thirty-nine years old. Pal. of Lanc. Feet of F. bdle. 54, m. 88. Lancs. Inq. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… of the 18th century. The family, who adhered to the old religion, do not seem to have resided at Pendleton, nor … the second was built on the present site in 1831; 50 the old building is used as a chapel of ease, and called St. … Wesleyans are said to have been the first possessors of old St. Thomas's, built about 1760; they now have a church …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… and thus the succession continued in a line bearing the old name. 13 Their son Thomas, who died in 1645, 14 had a … widow of Peter Harrison, whose son John was eight years old. Thomas Ashton, the grandson, was then in possession, the … the rent of a silver penny, showing a commutation of the old services. From a deed recited in the inquisition it …