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A History of the County of Lancaster
… there are some ancient remains 2 to be discerned, the history of the parish has been uneventful. There are no … Blue slate used to be quarried. According to the county lay of 1624 this parish should contribute 19 s. 0 d. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… s. 8 d.; Hutton, 13 s. 4 d.; Longton, 28 s. 9 d. 2 For the county lay of 1624 it was divided into three 'quarters' as … orders the parish had, it would seem, a very peaceful history; and since the Reformation there is but little to … Lancs. Pipe R. 320. See V.C.H. Lancs. ii, 104 for the history of the priory and list of the priors or custodes, who …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… of its navigation,' 2 and Poulton was the port on it. The history of the parish has been that of a quiet agricultural … provides a distinctive feature. To the tax called the county lay of 1624 the various townships contributed as … the poor sick Communicants in the Parish of Poulton in the County of Lancaster' and the cover '1735,' both by R. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… by itself. The townships were thus arranged for the county lay: Prescot Division, paying twenty parts out of … Sankey with Penketh 35 s. 8 d., Cronton 27 s. 4 d. 2 The history of the parish has been comparatively uneventful. No … Coll. Plund. Mins. Accts. i, 47, 558. The committee of the county of Cambridge had in 1643 certified that Mr. Day was …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… with a general rise towards the north and east. The history of the parish is practically that of the town which … York, and at the Conquest was fiscally still part of the county of York. It was in 1066 the head of a fee or lordship … Cecil. 8 The position of the town in the centre of the county and on a great road from south to north has occasioned …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Roman coins have been found. 3 The parish has no united history. In the western portion the Pilkingtons ranked among the great families of the county, until their adherence to Richard III and the Yorkist … the Prince of Wales, and was chaplain in ordinary to Queen Victoria. He died soon after resigning the benefice. Of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… was probably a quarry on the border of Yorkshire, to which county the defendants belonged; Assize R. 404, m. 1. Gilbert …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… an extensive and delightful prospect.' 11 The modern history of the township is mainly that of the progress of its … made K.C.B. in 1893. On the formation of the Lancashire County Council in 1888 he was chosen to be its chairman, and … to have been formerly in the hands of the vestry or the county magistrates. 86 In 1826 a board of Improvement …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… at Bury, 47 and was several times sheriff of the county. 48 He was made a knight of the Bath in 1475, and a … 338 persons in the congregation, of whom thirty-one had county votes; O. Heywood, Diaries, iv, 316. The chapel was …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… a mile .apart, are the two great buildings of one of the county lunatic asylums. 2 In the southern corner is … 12056. The Robert de Prestwich recorded in the farm of the county in 1226 is probably the same man, the name being taken …