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A History of the County of Lancaster
… and the chamber over the little parlour,' together with 'a place to lay coals in' and 'a garden of eight falls.' A … the boundary between Wardleworth and Spotland; the market-place is situated in it, near the bridge. Borough In 1251 … to the new commissioners was a circle, with the old market-place as centre and a radius of three-quarters of a mile. In …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… than at presentto Lathom Spa, and to Liverpool; the latter place might be reached by road in the coach or over the sands … through a confusion with another of the same name and place; Cal. of Com. for Comp. iv, 2627. His discharge was … way over against the Pulpit, the ancient Buriall place of that family, from Chetham Hill, near Manchester in …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Gurdon granted it to the prior and convent for a market-place. It is a green sloping oblong, one end formed by the … (See under Temple.) In 1271 Adam de Gurdon granted a place in Selborne called 'La Pleystowe' (the modern Plestor) …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Puritanism to stir the people to the building of a place of worship. The Jacobite rising of 1715 brought … the church of St. Michael and Thomas, deacon of the same place; Dods. MSS. liii, fol. 90 b. This H. is no doubt the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… chantry were sold by the Crown in 1550 to William Place and Nicholas Spakeman, 99 and those of the two older … and William son of Robert de Burlegh (or Byrlegh) had at a place called Leynschegh taken his house, &c., but a verdict … 'our Lady's chancel' there was afterwards the 'kneeling place' of the Rigbys of Burgh; Wilson, Verses and Notes, 72. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… 1536, 'the Harringtons had of ancient time a fair manor place . . . called Tatham, now in a manner desolated.' 16 Dr. … eastward at a later time. So many changes have taken place, however, that it is difficult to trace with any degree … Beckett's house in Tatham was certified as a meeting-place for Presbyterians. 95 About the same time the Fell …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… lapides quadratos and many other strange things; and this place is much spoken of of the inhabitants there.' 2 Camden noticed this place, and mentions Thurland Castle also. 3 Brian Tunstall of … the king's arms, which were 'set up in a convenient place.' There was a perfect terrier of the houses, garden and …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… trade of the district, and in the 18th century it was a place of winter residence for the local gentry. 2 Dr. Pococke, who visited the place in 1754, wrote thus: 'Ulverston is a small neat market … result was a complete restoration or rebuilding which took place during the last years of the reign of Henry VIII, 12 of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… blocks of stone, from which it has been supposed that the place took its name. The population in 1901 was 1,186. Apart … portrait painter in London. He returned to his native place about 1750, and died there in 1780. 10 His second son … in 1826. 11 The Cranke family still continue in the place. John Bolton, a geologist of note and friend of Adam …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… so, and since his death no distribution of bread has taken place. Margaret Goore Brown, widow, in 1848 left 500 for … productive till 1892, when he became dangerously ill; the place of its deposit has not been discovered. The late Arthur …