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A History of the County of Lancaster
… D. (Chet. Lib.), 3/35. The family took their name from a place in the north-west corner of the township, now … Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lancs. and Ches.), i, 67. The name of the place may be wrongly given. Lond. Gaz. 22 Oct. 1844. The …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… called Shaw and Crompton. Electric tramways connect the place with Oldham. To the south-east of Shaw is Birshaw, … given a name to a landowner in 1370. 24 The people of the place are noted for their love of vocal music; a musical … was rebuilt in 1896. In 1856 the Mormons had a meeting-place at Shaw. On the place-names in Crompton see Oldham …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… called the Danes' Well in Simister in Little Hulton. 3 A place called Clark's Cross is on the highest ground, 350 ft., …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… The population in 1901 was 137,246. The old open Market Place may be taken as centre. From this High Street and … Lane leads up from High Street. South-west from the Market Place the old Manchester road went out, crossed some 200 yds. … King Street George Street goes north-east to the Market Place, and Union Street east to Mumps. West Street leads from …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… There is another church at Besses o' th' Barn. At the same place is a Swedenborgian Church called New Jerusalem. The … supplied by the author, has been utilized in this place. See also Final Conc. (Rec. Soc. Lancs, and Ches.), ii, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… a leader in the agricultural revolution which took place in the latter part of the 18th century, wishing to … and their issue; ibid. 25, 26. Ibid. 2830. In one grant a place called the 'Fohcastel' was reserved. In 1479 it was …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the town. A branch of it goes north-east to Shaw, to which place another road from Oldham passes through the township. … hall and market were built in 1880. The local board gave place in 1894 to an urban district council of fifteen … in 1880. 39 The Society of Friends have had a meeting-place at Turf Lane, Heyside, from about 1665; 40 the first …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… at the Barkhouses in Tonge dwelt William Dam, at another place John Barlowboth houses levelled with the groundat … Hugh Hobson, and later Ralph Hilton, and at another place Joan Bradshaw. The rent of Barlow's and Hobson's houses …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Radclive, 1227; Radeclif, 1309, 1360. The place is said to take its name from a cliff of red sandstone … descended with the manor. The only dispute recorded took place in 1514, when the feoffees of John Radcliffe were … dates from 1880. The Society of Friends has a meeting-place, erected in 1892. 130 The Roman Catholic church of St. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… vaults, and antique coins be found there: and there is a place where that the people fable that the Jews had a … 82 39 7,059 422 The last perambulation of the parish took place in 1829. 7 To the county lay of 1624, founded on the … Pennant in his journey to Alston Moor in 1773 visited this place to see the antiquities. He says: ' We crossed the New …