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Staffordshire Historical Collections
… the said Robert handed over to the Canons in the full county court of Stafford, in the time of that "noble … as one of the Lords of the township of Woodcote in the county of Salop. At the same time John de Morton is certified … in like manner as Lord of the township of Moreton in the county of Stafford. 23 It would appear from this that Moreton …
Staffordshire Historical Collections
… 13 s. 4 d; total 11 s. 10 d. He held also in the same county an annual rent of 20 s. at Longnor of the Baroness of … blood of her brother Henry D'Oyley, of Cowley, in the same county. On her marriage in 2 Edward II. (13089), her father … his rents in Norton and a part of those in Longnor, in the county of Stafford; 27 and by another deed he also settled …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… with a single township only, is the smallest in the county, the area being 1,581 acres, including 9 acres of … in 1901 numbered 140. The parish has no distinctive history, but it is interesting to notice that one of its … to the Holy Land, and apparently never returned. 2 To the county lay of 1624, based on the old 'fifteenth,' Claughton …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… extent in the hands of religious houses, the mediaeval history is quite uneventful, the devastation by the Scots in … 3 1 s. 5 d. when the hundred paid 43 9 s. 1 d. The county lay of 1624 was assessed in the same proportion. 9 In …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… It is governed by a parish council of nine members. Its history is of interest as connected with the local iron …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… 9 4 s. 4 d., when the hundred paid 30 12 s. 8 d. 4 For the county lay of 1624 the townships were arranged somewhat … Hesketh, Henry Charnock and William Chorley. 6 The history of the parish shows little of interest to record. The …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Roa Island, and goes by Rampside and Roose to Dalton. The history of the Furness railway has already been told in … with the ale supplied at the same time. 21 In 1624 the county lay, founded on the older fifteenth, ordained that the … and Lindal. A school board was formed in 1876. 82 The county police-station, built in 1878, contains the courtroom …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… 'quarters'Barton, Worsley, and Pendleton, assessed for the county lay of 1624 at 3 19 s. 8 d., 2 18 s. 3 d., and 3 5 s. … and lies near Manchester and Bolton, its particular history has been uneventful. There was a skirmish at Woolden … gives a name to one of the parliamentary divisions of the county formed of this parish and Flixton; it returns one …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… s. 8 d. when the hundred paid 30 12 s. 8 d. 1 and to the county lay of 1624 it paid 11 2 s. 2 d. when the hundred gave … the wapentake appear to have been kept at Eccleston, 3 the history of the place has been quite uneventful, nor have any … 275. He took a leading part among the Presbyterians of the county and signed the 'Harmonious Consent' of 1648 as …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… its position the parish has had a quiet and uneventful history. It lies out of touch with the old main roads from … s. 6 d., the hundred in all paying 41 14 s. 4 d. 2 For the county lay of 1624 Flixton was assessed at 3 7 s. 5 d. when … the tower was rebuilt in 1888 in commemoration of Queen Victoria's Jubilee. There is a clock presented in 1889 in the …