TST: Gazetteers information for West Leigh and places above it in the hierarchy

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868 --- Westleigh

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"WESTLEIGH, a township in the parish of Leigh, hundred of West Derby, county Lancaster, 1½ mile N.W. of Leigh, and 11 miles W. of Manchester. The village is a populous suburb of Leigh. The inhabitants are chiefly employed in the muslin and silk manufactories, and in the collieries."

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868 --- County of Lancashire

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"LANCASHIRE, a county palatine and maritime shire, in the north-western part of England, extending between the rivers Mersey and Duddon. It is bounded on the N. by Cumberland and Westmoreland, N.E. and E. by Yorkshire, S. by Cheshire, and W. by the Irish Sea. It is divided into two parts by Morecambe Bay, of which the northern contains the district of Furness. Its total length is 87 miles, and breadth nearly 46. It comprises an area of 1,219,221 acres, or 1,905 square miles; of which 80,000 acres are shore. Lancashire is in size the sixth county in England, and is now the most populous shire in the empire, its population being only exceeded by London. According to the census of 1861 it contains a population of 2,429,440, being a considerable increase to the population of 2,031,236 in 1851. Since the commencement of the present century it has more than trebled. This county was, at the dawn of English history, inhabited by a people called the Brigantes, the most powerful of all the tribes possessing the island. These people were subsequently subdued by Agricola, and Lancashire included in the province of Maxima Cæsariensis. For some time after the invasion of the Saxons this county retained its independence as a portion of the British state of Cumbria. In the 7th century part was reduced by the Angles under Egfrid, the son of Oswis, and added to the kingdom of Northumbria, but the whole county was not permanently brought into subjection before the reign of Edward the Elder, in 921. It was invaded by the Scots under Robert Bruce in 1323, who proceeded as far as Preston. It was here that the Earl of Lincoln landed with numerous German and Irish adherents to support the cause of Lambert Simnel, in the reign of Henry VII. When the "Pilgrimage of Graa" occurred in the reign of Henry VIII. the people of Lancashire revolted, but were subdued by the earls of Shrewsbury and Derby. In the Civil War it played a prominent part. Preston' and Lancaster were alternately occupied by the royalists and parliamentarians. In 1644 Lathom House was besieged; and in 1648 the royalists under the Duke of Hamilton were defeated by Cromwell on Ribbleton Moor. In the rebellion of 1715 the followers of the Pretender were forced to surrender at Preston. In 1745 this county was occupied by the forces of the Young Pretender. Lancashire forms two electoral divisions, viz: North Lancashire and South Lancashire, each returning two members to parliament. North Lancashire contains the hundreds of Lonsdale, Amounderness, Leyland, and Blackburn; and South Lancashire the hundreds of Salford and West Derby. It is in the northern circuit, and assizes are held at Lancaster for North Lancashire, and at Liverpool for South Lancashire. The county palatine of Lancaster is attached to the Duchy of Lancaster, which, by Act of Parliament in the first year of Edward IV., was vested in the said king and his heirs, to hold as a separate inheritance, but annexed to the crown, in which it is still vested. A court of chancery is held at Lancaster for the county palatine. Bankruptcy courts are held at Liverpool and Manchester. The number of townships in Lancashire is about 500, and these still serve as the chief civil territorial divisions, having separate rates for their poor and highways. It comprises 69 parishes. No county in the empire possesses larger and more flourishing cities. Of these the chief are, Liverpool, Manchester, Salford, Oldham, Preston, Blackburn, Wigan, Lancaster, Ashton-under-Lyne, Rochdale, Bolton, Accrington, Bury, Clitheroe, Warrington, &c.; there are also 29 market towns, and above 900 villages and hamlets. Lancashire is governed by a lord-lieutenant, high sheriff; and 350 magistrates. As regards the geographical features of the county, its northern part, called Furness, detached from the main portion, forms an integral part of the Cumbrian mountains. This part is again divided into two districts, called the Upper Furness, or Furness Fells, and Lower Furness. The upper is distinguished by mountains rising to an elevation of 2,000 and 3,000 feet, watered by streams or occupied by lakes. Towards the coast the country presents a flat and swampy aspect-the Lower Furness. In the chief portion of the county the northern and eastern parts are traversed by branches from the central high lands running into Derbyshire. These, however, are not equal in elevation to the Cumbrian group, but form high waste moorlands. In the southern and western parts these elevations decrease and leave a broad flat surface running down to the sea. This flatness borders the sea from the mouth of the river Wyre to that of the Lune, and continues as far as Morecambe Bay. With this exception, and that of Low Furness, Lancashire assumes almost a mountainous character. Its chief heights are, Old Man, in Coniston Fells, 2,677 feet; Pendle Hill, near Clitheroe, 1,803 feet; Bleasdale Forest, 1,709 feet; Boulworth Hill, 1,689 feet; Whittle Hill, 1,614 feet; Rivington Moor, 1,545 feet; Lee Pike; and Langridge Fell. The coast, with few exceptions, is low throughout, bordered by broad sands. Its outline is regular, excepting the two bays of Liverpool and Morecambe, and the estuary of the Ribble. The islands along the coast are off the southern extremity of Furness; these are Walney Island, Foulney, Piel of Fouldrey, Sheep and Roe Islands, and Old Barrow Ramsey. They are all small and unimportant, excepting that of Walney, which is 8 miles long, and never exceeds 1 mile in width. It stands upon a bed of peat, and is so low as to have been nearly inundated. It contains two hamlets, and at its southern point a lighthouse. The rivers that irrigate Lancashire generally flow from N. to S. The Lune, or Loyne, rising in Westmoreland, enters Lancashire near Kirkby Lonsdale, receiving as its tributaries the Greta and the Wenning, and after passing Lancaster empties itself into Lancaster Bay. The Wyre, rising in the Yorkshire moorlands, and after a course of 28 miles, empties itself in Lancaster Bay. The Ribble rises in the Yorkshire mountains, and, after dividing the counties of York and Lancaster, enters Lancashire, receiving on its course the Hodder, Calder, and Derwent, till it finally discharges itself in the Irish Sea. The Mersey rises near Huddersfield, and flowing through Yorkshire, proceeds along the border of Lancashire and Cheshire till it reaches Stockport, when it is joined by the Goyt, and is called the Mersey. Its tributaries are the Irwell, Irk, and the Medlock, and it empties itself in Liverpool Bay. There are also several other small rivers in the county, as the Winster, Duddon, Leven, Douglas, and Alt. The two chief lakes are in Furness-the Windermere and Coniston Water. The former, though on the borders of Westmoreland, is included in Lancashire. It is about 11 miles long, and varies in breadth from 1 to half a mile. It is the largest lake in England, and its scenery remarkably beautiful. Its waters are relieved by the Leven. Coniston, or, as it is sometimes called, Thurston Water, is nearly 6 miles long and half a mile broad. Its waters are discharged by the Leven. Coniston Fells are at its northern extremity. There are other shallow lakes, as Marton Mere, White Otter, and Barton Mere, but of little importance. The chief promontories are South End, Rossal Point, and Birkenhead. Communications through the county are well afforded by the Sankey Canal, extending from St. Helens, near Prescot, into the Mersey; the Duke of Bridgewater's canal, commencing in Manchester and from thence flowing into Cheshire; the Leeds and Liverpool canal, the largest in the kingdom, entering Lancashire near Colne, and passing by Blackburn, Chorley, Wigan, and Ormskirk, to Liverpool; the Lancaster canal, beginning in Westmoreland at Kendal, and running direct to Lancaster, from whence, after a short course, it unites with the Leeds and Liverpool canal; and the Ashton-under-Lyne, Rochdale, Manchester, Bolton, and Bury canals. These canals are a portion of that inland navigation connecting the Irish Sea with the German Ocean. Nor are the facilities offered by this water communication the only means of transit in the county. Perhaps in no part of the United Kingdom is the railway system more completely carried out than in Lancashire. The entire S. of this county is traversed with a network of lines, and communication is easily held by rail with all the important towns. The main northern line to Scotland, in connection with the London and North-Western railway, enters Lancashire at Warrington passing Wigan, Preston, ton, and Lancaster, and quitting the county at Burton. Manchester is a centre from whence all lines radiate. The Manchester and Liverpool line runs to Liverpool; another line joins Manchester with Preston. The Manchester and Huddersfield line and the Manchester and Yorkshire connect Manchester with the towns in Yorkshire. The North-Western railway unites Lancashire with London. There are also other smaller lines, such as that from Manchester to Altringham, Liverpool to Southport, Liverpool to Preston, Preston to Blackpool, and the Whitehaven and Furness junction railway, running along Furness. There are numerous coach roads, of which the chief are-the Carlisle and Manchester road, passing Chorley, Preston, Lancaster, into Westmoreland; the Liverpool road to Manchester; the London and Liverpool road; the Manchester road to Halifax and Leeds; and various other smaller roads, too numerous to mention. The climate of Lancashire is mild and moist, being preserved from the cold easterly winds by the high hills running along its eastern boundary. It is, however, very subject to rain, by the clouds from the Atlantic being arrested on their progress. Owing to the moisture arising from this cause, Lancashire is an excellent grazing county. The land is well cultivated. Oats are the favourite crop, but wheat is sown along the shore. Potatoes are much cultivated. Meadows and pastures are much commoner however than arable fields. Sheep are not nearly so numerous as cattle; the black-faced Cheviot and Leicester are the chief breeds. The oxen are some of the best in England. There is also a good breed of strong horses for farming and laborious purposes. The chief strata overspreading the county is the New Red sandstone, in which is a deposit of rock-salt. This formation abounds in the valley of the Mersey, and extends inland as far as Manchester. Near the coast it is covered with moss and peat. These peat mosses contain quantities of large timber trees, the remains of ancient forests. The coalfield, which crops out from under the red marl, is the great source of the prosperity attending the manufactures in this county. This field lies between the Ribble and the Mersey. The line which bounds it extends from Colne to Upholland, near Wigan, and from thence to Ormskirk, and between Newton and Warrington. A small coal-field E. of Lancaster occupies a portion of the county and extends into Yorkshire. The coal pits are most numerous about Prescot, Newton, Wigan, Bolton, Oldham, Ashton-under-Lyne, and in the vicinity of Blackburn and Burnley. Those in the northern coal-field are mostly in the neighbourhood of Hornby. The millstone grit forms those hills which bound the eastern side of the county. North of the Lune is the carboniferous or mountain limestone. Of the mineral productions of Lancashire the chief is coal, which is of various kinds; also lead, copper and ironstone, but these are obtained only in small quantities. The mountains of Furness furnish blue slate. Good freestone is quarried near Lancaster, and brick and pipe-clay are obtained in various parts. The chief manufacture in the county is that of cotton, which is principally carried on in Manchester and its neighbourhood; but this source of industry in 1861 received a severe check from the scarcity of the raw material caused by the American civil war. There are also manufactures of woollen, worsted, stuffs, carpets, silk ribbons, beer-engines and machinery, shawls, hosiery, shipbuilding, soap, candles, leather, &c. The ecclesiastical distribution of the county has undergone several changes. After the conversion of the Northumbrian Saxons to Christianity it was included in the diocese and province of York. Upon the supremacy of the West Saxons the southern part of it was joined to the diocese of Lichfield and the province of Canterbury. In 1541 these disjoined portions were re-united in the new diocese of Chester, formed by Henry VIII. and continued so to 1847. At that time, by an Act of Parliament which came into operation some years ago, the whole of the county, excepting the deanery of Furness and Cartmel, added to Carlisle, was formed into the diocese of Man cheater, in the province of York. The parishes in .this county are most extensive; that of Whalley contains 108,140 acres; Lancaster, 66,100; Oldham, 58,620; Blackburn, 45,620; and many others little inferior in extent. There are numerous dependent chapelries, and many new churches have been erected. The Independents and other Dissenters form a good portion of the manufacturing towns. Wesleyan Methodists are remarkably numerous. There is also a considerable mass of Roman Catholics. Lancashire has, in the colleges at Manchester and Liverpool, complete university institutions, representing the so-called University of London. The medical schools are held in good repute. Colleges are here of the Roman Catholics and other sects. This shire contains upwards of 50 public grammar and collegiate schools, besides private schools of a like class. By the Poor-law Commissioners Lancashire is divided into 29 poor-law unions. These unions contain 475 parishes, with an area of 1,105,107 acres. Quarter sessions are held at Lancaster, and by successive adjournments at Salford, Preston, and Kirkdale. By the Reform Act this county was divided into two parts for parliamentary purposes. The election for the northern division takes place at Lancaster, and for the southern at Newton. Formerly 14 members were returned to parliament, viz: 2 for the county, and 2 each for the boroughs of Lancaster, Clitheroe, Liverpool, Newton, Preston, and Wigan. The Reform Act disinfranchised Newton, and reduced Clitheroe to 1 member, but created 4 new boroughs-Manchester, Bolton, Blackburn, and Oldham, each returning 2 members; and 5, Ashton-under-Lyne, Bury, Rochdale, Salford, and Warrington, each returning 1 member, go that the whole number returned to parliament is 26. The history of Lancaster as a county palatine is curious. At an early date it was distinguished as an honour, or kind of superior feudal lordship. In the reign of Henry III. the honour was changed to an earldom in favour of Edmund, second son of that king. Edward III. erected the earldom into a duchy in favour of Henry Plantagenet, and afterwards of John of Gaunt, for whom the county was made a county palatine. Henry IV., by an Act of Parliament,' caused that the title and revenues should remain to him and his heirs for ever, and the duchy has now for ages been annexed to the crown. The county palatine and the duchy of Lancaster, with regard to extent, are quite distinct. The duchy has a separate chancery court, with a chancellor, attorney-general, and other officers, having an equity jurisdiction within the limits of the duchy. Lancashire contains many interesting objects of antiquity, including several Roman roads. Six of these radiate from Manchester; one runs to Blackrod, another to Ribchester, the ancient Caucus, two others to Cheshire, one to Stockport, and another to Stretford, supposed to be the Fines Flavice et Maximæ mentioned by Richard of Cirencester. There are others also too numerous to mention. All traces of the station at Mancunium, now Manchester, have disappeared. There are but few castellated remains now left. The chief are the keeps of Lancaster and Dalton castles, the ruins of the castle on the Island of Piel of Fouldrey, and Hornby castle, those of the castles of Furness, Gleaston, Thurland, Greenhough, Hoghton, Turton, and Belfield. There are remains of old abbeys at Furness, Cockesand, and Whalley; of priories at Burscough and Upper Holland; of churches at Cartmel and Middleton. Among the chief seats are Knowsley Park, Earl of Derby; Holker, Earl of Burlington; Lathom, Lord Skelmersdale; Atherton, Lord Lifford; Heaton, Earl of Wilton; Worsley, Earl of Ellesmere; Croxteth, Earl of Sefton."

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868 --- Amounderness Hundred

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED, in the county palatine of Lancaster, is bounded on the N. by the Irish Sea and Lonsdale hundred south of the sands, on the E. by Blackburn hundred on the S. by the estuary of Ribble, and on the W. by the Irish Sea; and contains the town of Fleetwood, the parishes of Bispham, Garstang, Kirkham, Lytham, St. Michael-on-Wyre, Poulton-le-Fylde, and Preston, with parts of the parishes of Lancaster and Ribchester."

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868 --- Blackburn Hundred

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"BLACKBURN HUNDRED, one of the six hundreds or subdivisions of the county palatine of Lancaster, situated in the northern division of the county, and bounded on the N. and E. by Yorkshire, on the S. by the hundreds of Salford and Leyland, and on the W. by the hundred of Amounderness. It is in two divisions, upper and lower, the former containing parts of the parishes of Bury and Whalley, including the towns of Burnley, Clitheroe, Colne, Habergham-Eaves, Newchurch, &c.; and the latter containing the parishes of Blackburn and Chipping, with parts of Milton, Ribchester, and Whalley, and the town of Haslingden. The entire hundred comprises an area of 175,500 acres."

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868 --- Calder

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"CALDER, a river of Yorkshire, rising near Burnley, in Lancashire, and running in an easterly direction through Todmorden Valley, by Dewsbury and Wakefield, to Castleford, where it falls into the Aire. It receives several small tributaries in its course. This river is one of considerable importance, as forming part of a great system of inland water communication, having numerous canals connected with it. Among these are the Rochdale, Barnsley, and Ramsden canals, and the Calder and Hebble navigation. Near Leeds, the Leeds and Liverpool canal joins the Aire."

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868 --- Crake

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"CRAKE, a small river in the N. of Lancashire, flowing from Coniston Water to the river Leven."

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868 --- Duddon

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"DUDDON, (or Dudden, River), rises near the County Stones, on the borders of Cumberland and Lancashire, and runs through some fine scenery, past Duddon bridge, to the sea, by a broad mouth near Dalton."

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868 --- Irk

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"IRK, a tributary of the river Irwell, rises near Crompton in Lancashire."

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868 --- Irwell

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"IRWELL, a tributary of the river Mersey, rises near Holme, in Rossendale Forest, county Lancaster."

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868 --- Jordan Bank

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"JORDAN BANK, at the mouth of the Mersey, county Lancaster, 2 miles W.S.W. of Formby Point. It lies between the Old and Victoria channels."

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868 --- Keer

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"KEER, a small stream rising in North Lancashire, and falling into Morecambe Bay."

Lancashire Gazetteer, Joseph Aston, 1808

Explanatory Notes

Preamble, Townships & Ecclesiastical Divisions

Alphabetical Place List:

A	EF	L	R
B	G	M	S
C	H	NO	TU
D	IJK	PQ	WY

Appendix

Lancashire Gazetteer, Joseph Aston, 1808 - A

N.B. The market towns are printed in Italic Capitals, thus: MANCHESTER. The parishes (not market towns) in Capitals thus: ECCLES. The townships, in Small Capitals, thus: PENDLETON. The local names of places within townships, in Roman, thus: Cross-lane, Broughton Hall, &c. The rivers, and lakes, in Italics, thus: Mersey, Marston-mere. The letters at the end of each line, denote in what Hundred the place is situated. L. standing for Lonsdale hundred; B. for Blackburn hundred; A. for Amounderness hundred; LL. for Leyland hundred; W.D. for West Derby hundred; and S for Salford hundred.

A.
Abbey Stead, in Over Wyer's Dale	L.
Abbots, near Coulton, Furness Fells	L.
ABRAM, 3 miles N.W. of Leigh	W.D.
ACCRINGTON Old, in the parish of Whalley, 3 miles N.W. of Haslingden; has a Chapel of ease. Patron, Vicar of Whalley.	B.
ACCRINGTON New, 2 miles N.W. of Haslingden	B.
Acre Top, 5 miles N.N.E. of Manchester	S.
Acre's Bridge, 8 miles E. of Liverpool	W.D.
Acre's Field, 3 miles N.W. of Manchester	S.
Addington, on Hatton Moor, 6 miles N.E. of Lancaster	L.
ADGARLEY, joint township with Bolton, in Low Furness	L.
Adgecroft Hall, (seat of Rev. J. Dauntsey) and Agecroft bridge, (over the Irwell) 4 miles N.W. of Manchester	S.
ADLINGTON, 3 miles S. of Chorley, in the parish of Standish. Adlington Hall, the seat of Sir Richard Clayton, Bart.	LL.
Admarsh Chapel, a chapel of ease, in Parish of Lancaster; Patron, Vicar of Lancaster	L.
Aigbury Hall, near Allerton, an ancient seat of the Tarltons	W.D.
AIGHTON, the township, situated on the angle formed by the rivers Hodder and Ribble, N.W. of Whalley.	B.
AINSDALE, 2 miles N. of Formby	W.D.
AINSWORTH, (erroneously called "Unsworth" by Mr. Yates, in his large map of Lancashire) the township N. of Radcliff	S.
Ainsworth Hall, in Ainsworth, one of the first places in Lancashire, where that important branch of British manufactures, calico printing, was carried on	S.
AINTREE, 6 miles N. of Liverpool	W.D.
Alcocks, near Wray, 10 miles E.N.E. of Lancaster	L.
ALDCLIFF, 1 mile S.W. of Lancaster	L.
Alders Bridge, near Kirkby	W.D.
ALDINGHAM, in Furness, in the Deanery of Furness and Cartmel; the living, a Rectory; patron, the King.	L.
Alis Cole, in Hundersfield	S.
Alkincoats, 1 mile N.W. of Colne	B.
Alkrington, 3 miles N.E. of Manchester, in the Parish of Prestwich. Alkrington Hall, was the seat of the late Sir Ashton Lever.	S.
ALLERTON, 5 miles S.E. of Liverpool. Allerton Hall, the seat of the celebrated W. Roscoe, Esq.	W.D.
ALLITHWAITE (lower), two miles S. of Cartmel	L.
ALLITHWAITE (upper), three miles N.E. of Cartmel	L.
Allum Works, 3 miles W. of Blackburn	B.
ALSTON, 6 miles N.E. of Preston, at which place is Longridge chapel, in the parish of Ribchester; to which it is a chapel of ease: patron, Sir H. Hoghton Bart.	A.
Alston Lane, near Grimsairgh	A.
Alt, (The River) rises in Knowsley Park, and falls into the sea near Formby	W.D.
ALTCAR, 1 mile E. of Formby. Living a Curacy to an Impropriation	W.D.
ALTHAM, 7 miles N.E. of Blackburn, in the Parish of Whalley; living a Perpetual Curacy; Patron, A. Curzon, Esq.	B.
Amounderness, (Hundred of) adjoins on the North to Lonsdale Hundred, on the East to Blackburn Hundred, on the South to Leyland Hundred, and on the West is bounded by the Irish Sea. The Hundred Court is holden at Preston. It pays 19/100 of the County Rates, and raises 64 of the 800 men, for the Old Militia. It contains 7 parishes, and 45 townships. By the Census taken in 1801, it appeared to contain 7619 houses, and 39598 inhabitants.
Ancoats Hall, near Manchester, a curious old house, belonging to Sir Oswald Mosley, Bart.	S.
ANDERTON, the township adjoining on the N.E. to Blackrod	LL.
ANDLEY, near Blackburn	B.
Angerton Moss, near Kirkby, Furness Fells	L.
ANGERTON POINT N. end of Dudden Sands, Furness	L.
ANGLEZARK, 6 miles N.W. of Bolton-le-moors. Here are lead mines, and here, also, is obtained the Aerated Barytes, found in no other place in England.	S.
Ann Fields, 2 miles N.E. of Liverpool	W.D.
Appleton, near Ditton	W.D.
ARBURY, near Winwick	W.D.
ARDWICK, in the parish of Manchester, to which it is now joined by the vast increase of building. It is divided into two parts, Upper Ardwick and Ardwick-green; the latter is one of the most pleasant villages in the kingdom, and is universally admired for the beauty of its appearance, and the neatness of the buildings, which surround it. Here is a handsome chapel dedicated to St. Thomas; Patrons, the Fellows of the Collegiate Church, of Manchester.	S.
ARKHOLME, in the parish of Melling, on the river Loyne, 91/2 miles N.E. of Lancaster, has a Chapel of ease. Patron, Vicar of Melling.	L.
Arley, 1 mile from Blackrod	S.
Armetriding, near Chorley	LL.
Ash Slack, near Kirkby, Furness Fells	L.
Ashes, 2 miles N.E. of Liverpool	W.D.
Ashes, near Cartmel Fell Chapel	L.
Ashes, near Goosnarg	A.
ASHTON, 3 miles W. of Preston	A.
ASHTON, (on the river Loyne,) 3 m. S.S.W. of Lancaster	L.
Ashton Brow, on the Ribble, 3 miles W. of Preston	A.
Ashton Cross, 1 m. S.W. from Ashton in Makerfield	W.D.
ASHTON in Makerfield, (or in the Willows) 71/2 miles N. of Warrington, a considerable village in the parish of Winwick, under which it has a Chapel of ease, patron, Rector of Winwick.	W.D.
Ashton Lane, near Goosnarg	A.
Ashton Moss, a large moss in the parish of Ashton-under-line.	S.
ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, (N.L. 53º. 25". W. Lon. 2º. 10".) a small populous town, but large parish, in the Deanry of Manchester, from which town it is about 7 miles E. and from London 184 miles. It had formerly a market on Wednesdays, but most unaccountably (the increased population considered) discontinued. The living is a Rectory; Patron, the Earl of Stamford and Warrington, who is also Lord of the manor, and holds a Court here to judge of disputes, breaches of trust, rights of tenants, and action for debt under forty shillings. The Chapels of Hey or Lees, and Mosley (Patron, the Rector of Ashton) and Stayley-bridge, Patron, the Earl of Stamford and Warrington, are all in this parish, which contains the following townships or hamlets, viz. Audenshaw, Hooley-hill, Knottlanes, Hartshead, Mosley, Smallshaw, Hurst, Suzley, Towracre, Ridge-hill-lane, or Staley-bridge, Boston, and Charlston, containing in the whole, about 1600 houses, and nearly 10,000 inhabitants. Fairs are holden August 5, and December 3, for horses, cattle, toys, &c.	S.
Ashurst Beacon, 5 miles N.W. of Wigan	W.D.
ASHWORTH, 3 miles N.E. of Bury, is in the parish of Middleton; under which it has a chapel of ease: patron W. Egerton, Esq.	S.
ASPRICK, 8 miles S.W. of Garstang	A.
ASPULL, 2 miles N.E. of Wigan	S.
ASTLEY, 21/2 miles E. of Leigh, in the parish of Leigh, under which it has a Chapel of ease; Patrons, the inhabitants.
Astley Hall, near Chorley, seat of Peter Brooke Esq.	LL.
ATHERTON, a large township (of which the populous village of Chowbent forms a part) in the parish of Leigh. In Chowbent is a chapel of ease; patron, Atherton Gwillum, Esq. There is also a Dissenting Chapel, attended by a numerous congregation of the Presbyterian persuasion. Atherton Hall, a fine mansion, is the seat of Atherton Gwillum, Esq.	W.D.
Atkinson Ground, 2 miles W. of Hawkshead, Furness Fells	L.
AUDENSHAW, 5 miles E. of Manchester	S.
AUGHTON, 3 miles S. of Ormskirk, in the Deanry of Warrington. The living, a Rectory; Patron, T. Plumbe, Esq	W.D.
AUGHTON, 6 miles N.E. of Lancaster	L.
Aughton Hall, 1 mile N.W. of Ormskirk	W.D.
Aughton Moss, 1 mile S. of Ormskirk	W.D.
Ayside, near upper Allithwaite, Cartmel Fells	L.

Lancashire Gazetteer, Joseph Aston, 1808 - Appendix

APPENDIX.
AIGHTON, the township, situated on the angle formed by the rivers Hodder and Ribble, N.W. of Whalley.	B.
AINSWORTH, (erroneously called "Unsworth" by Mr. Yates, in his large map of Lancashire) the township N. of Radcliff	S.
Ainsworth Hall, in Ainsworth, one of the first places in Lancashire, where that important branch of British manufactures, calico printing, was carried on	S.
AINTREE, 6 miles N. of Liverpool	W.D.
ANDERTON, the township adjoining on the N.E. to Blackrod	LL.
BOSWICK, 2 miles E.N.E. of Warton	L.
BURROW, 1 mile E. of Whittington	L.
Foxholes, near Rochdale, the seat of I. Entwistle, Esq.	S.
HEATH CHARNOCK, 21/2 miles S.S.E. of Chorley	LL.
High Haw Dale, (Furness) 11/2 mile N. of Monk Coniston	L.
HUTTON, 3 miles W.S.W. of Preston	LL.
KELLAMERGH, 1 mile N.W. of Warton chapel	A.
Land of Nod, in Pendleton	S.
MONK CONISTON, (Furness) 2 miles W. of Hawkshead	L.
NIBTHWAITE, (Furness) the township N. of Coulton	L.
Presto Lee, 4 miles S.E. of Bolton-le-Moors	S.
Raven Castle, a point of land which marks the boundaries of the counties of York and Lancaster, at the S.S.E. extremity of Tatham	L.
ROBY, 1 mile W.S.W. of Huyton	W.D.
RUMSWORTH, 21/2 miles S.W. of Bolton-le-Moors	S.
THORNTON, 2 miles N. of Poulton-in-the-Fylde	A.
WESHAM, 1 mile N. of Kirkham	A.
WITTON, the township W. of Blackburn	B.
WRAYTON, 1 mile N.E. of Melling	L.
Yew Tree, (Furness) 11/2 mile N. of Monk Coniston	L.
Yewdale Cragg, (Furness) a mountain 1 mile N. of Coniston church	L.

ADDENDA.

To- "ALSTON, 6 miles N. of Preston," add- at which place is Longridge chapel, in the parish of Ribchester; to which it is a chapel of ease: patron, Sir H. Hoghton Bart.

To- "ASHWORTH, 3 miles N.E. of Bury," add- is in the parish of Middleton; under which it has a chapel of ease: patron, W. Egerton, Esq.

To what is said of "COCKEY MOOR" - add- The episcopal chapel at Cockey Moor, is in the parish of Middleton; to which it is a chapel of ease: patron, the rector of Middleton.

ERRATA.
For- "Howick, 2 miles W.S.W. of Preston	L."
Read- HOWICK, 2 miles W.S.W. of Preston	LL.
From- "IREBY, (Furness) the township south of Leck	L."
Dele- (Furness)
For- "WARBRICK, 2 miles W. of Preston	A."
Read- WARBRICK, 2 miles W. of Poulton-in-the-Fylde	A.

The following places ought to have been designated townships, by small capital letters, viz. Allithwaite, Upper and Lower; Birtle; Mans Riggs; Moss Side, near Manchester; Roseacre; Thrales; Upper Allithwaite; Upper Holkar; Wharles; Withington; Withnall; and Worthington.

In One or two instances, an accidental deviation from exact alphabetical arrangement (in the second and third letters of the words) will be perceived. - They are, however, errors of little importance.

FINIS

Lancashire Gazetteer, Joseph Aston, 1808 - B

N.B. The market towns are printed in Italic Capitals, thus: MANCHESTER. The parishes (not market towns) in Capitals thus: ECCLES. The townships, in Small Capitals, thus: PENDLETON. The local names of places within townships, in Roman, thus: Cross-lane, Broughton Hall, &c. The rivers, and lakes, in Italics, thus: Mersey, Marston-mere. The letters at the end of each line, denote in what Hundred the place is situated. L. standing for Lonsdale hundred; B. for Blackburn hundred; A. for Amounderness hundred; LL. for Leyland hundred; W.D. for West Derby hundred; and S for Salford hundred.

B.
Bacap, parish of Whalley, 4 miles E. of Haslingden, under which it has a chapel of ease	B.
Back, Caton Moor	L.
Back o'th Hills, Unsworth	S.
Backbarrow, on the river Leven, 2 miles S. of Winandermere	L.
Bacon Booth, 5 miles N.N.E. of Haslingden	B.
Bacum Fold, Moston	S.
Bag-lane, near Chowbent	W.D.
Bagslate, near Bamford	S.
Bail, (The) a rivulet which rises in Royton, and falls into the Roch 11/2 miles N.E. of Rochdale	S.
Bail Rigg, 2 miles S. of Lancaster	L.
BAILEY, 2 miles N.E. of Ribchester	B.
Bains, 5 miles S.E. of Garstang	A.
BALDERSTON, in the Parish of Blackburn, 2 miles S.S.W. of Ribchester; has a chapel of ease; patron Vicar of Ribchester	B.
Balderston Hall, 3 miles S.W. of Ribchester	B.
Baldinstone, Walmsley	S.
Ball's House, 3 miles N.E. of North Meols	W.D.
Ballam (Higher and Lower), 3 miles S.W. of Kirkham	A.
Balton's Brook, 1 mile E. of Garstang	A.
Bamber Green, 2 miles S. of Walton le Dale	B.
Bamferlong, 4 miles N.W. of Leigh	W.D.
BAMFORD, 3 miles W. of Rochdale	S.
Bamford Hall, 3 miles S.W. of Rochdale	S.
Bandridge Head, 1 mile N. of Coulton, Furness	L.
Banger's Green, near Halsall	W.D.
Bank, 1 mile S. of Bentham (Yorkshire)	L.
Bank End, (Furness) 1 mile E. of Broughton	L.
Bank End, (Furness) 5 miles N.E. of Broughton	L.
Bank End, 4 miles S. of Bentham (Yorkshire)	L.
Bank Fold, 3 miles W. of Haslingden	B.
Bank Hall, Bretherton	LL.
Bank Hall, 2 miles N. of Liverpool	W.D.
Bank Hey, 2 miles N. of Blackburn	B.
Bank Hill, 2 miles N.E. of Wigan	W.D.
Bank House, (Furness) E. Bank of Dudden Sands	L.
Bank House, 1 mile N.N.W. of Rochdale	S.
Bank Mill, Crescent, Salford	S.
Bank Quay, near Warrington, where goods are landed from the Mersey	S.
Bank Top, in Newton, 2 miles E. of Manchester	S.
Bank Top, a suburb of Manchester	S.
Bank Top, 3 miles E.N.E. of Haslingden	B.
Bank-top, near Burnley	B.
Banks, 2 miles E. of North Meols	W.D.
Bannister Hall, 1 mile E. of Walton Le Dale	B.
Bannister Hey, in Claughton	A.
Bantons, 3 miles S.E. of Lancaster	L.
Barber Green, 4 miles N. of Cartmell	L.
Bardsea, (Furness) 3 miles S. of Ulverston	L.
BARE, 3 miles N.W. of Lancaster	L.
Barker Lane, 2 miles N.W. of Blackburn	B.
Barking Yeat, Caton Moor	L.
Barley, Pendle Forrest	B.
Barlow Fold, near Radcliff	S.
Barlow Hall, 5 miles S. of Manchester	S.
Barlow Moor, 5 miles S. of Manchester	S.
Barlows, near Siddal Moor	S.
Barmson Green, 2 miles N. of Ormskirk	W.D.
BARNACRE, 2 miles N.E. of Garstang	A.
Barnacre Hall, 3 miles N.E. of Garstang	A.
Barnet, 1 mile N. of Cartmel	L.
Barnside, 3 miles E.N.E. of Colne	B.
Barnskin, near Heskin	LL.
Baron Head, Low Furness	B.
Barrack Fold, northside of Cockey Moor	S.
Barrow (Old), an Island in Pile Harbour	L.
Barrow (Ramsey), an Island in Pile Harbour	L.
Barrow Fold, 11/2 mile W. of Colne	B.
BARTELL, (Higher and Lower) 3 miles N.W. of Preston	A.
BARTON, upon Irwell, 5 miles W. of Manchester, a large Township in the Parish of Eccles; extending westward about 8 miles in length. It contains upwards of 1200 families and 6000 inhabitants. In this township is that great monument of art, the Aqueduct (built by the great Brindley) which conveys the canal belonging to the Trustees of the late Duke of Bridgwater, over the Irwell	S.
BARTON, 5 miles S.S.E. of Garstang	A.
Barton, near Lostock	S.
Barton, near Halsall	W.D.
Barton Cross, 4 miles N. of Preston	A.
Barton Hall, at Barton near Garstang	A.
Barton Mere, a small lake near Halsal	W.D.
Barton's Mill, near Newton in the Willows	W.D.
Baxenden, 2 miles N. of Haslingden	B.
Beacon Fell, a Mountain 4 miles S.S.E. of Garstang	A.
Beacon Tarn, (Furness) a small lake near the South end of Coniston Water	L.
Bean Croft, (Furness) 1 mile E. of Broughton	L.
Beardmore, 1 mile N.N.W. of Blackburn	B.
Beardsall Fold, near Blakley	S.
Beaumont Hall, 1 mile N. of Lancaster	L.
Beck-cliff, (Furness) 4 miles S. of Ulverston	L.
Beck-side, (Furness) 2 miles N.W. of Cartmel	L.
Beck-side, (Furness) 4 miles N.W. of Ulverston	L.
Beck-side, (Furness) 11/2 miles N. of Ulverston	L.
BECONSALL, see "Hesketh and Beconsall." in the parish of Craston, under which it has a Chapel. Patron, Rector of Craston	LL.
BEDFORD, in the parish of Leigh, has quarries of limestone, equal to the Sutton lime, which sets hard in water	W.D.
Belfield, 1 mile E. of Rochdale	S.
Belle Field, in Littledale	L.
Belle Mount, 2 miles N.N.W. of Lancaster	L.
Belle Vue, 1 mile S. of Lancaster	L.
Belle Vue, 11/2 mile W.N.W. of Manchester	S.
Belmont Hall, 1 mile N. of Hawkshead	L.
Belthom, 3 miles W. of Haslingden	B.
Bent, West Houghton	S.
Bent House, 1/2 mile N.E. of Littleborough	S.
Bents, 11/2 mile N.E. of Colne	B.
Berry Lane, 2 miles S.S.E. of Leigh	W.D.
Berryhouse, 3 miles S.E. of North Meols	W.D.
Bescar, 3 miles S.S.E. of North Meols	W.D.
Beskal, (Furness) 3 miles N.E. of Broughton	L.
Bess's o'th Barn, in parish of Prestwich, 51/2 miles N.W. of Manchester	S.
BESWICK, a very small township, or Hamlet, 1 mile E. of Manchester	S.
Bettacre, in Nibblethwaite, Furness Fells	L.
Bevington Bush, 1 m. N.N.E. of Liverpool Exchange	W.D.
Bewsey Hall, 11/2 mile N.W. of Warrington	D.W.
Bickershaw Hill, 2 miles N.W. of Leigh	W.D.
BICKERSTAFFE, 2 miles S.E. of Ormskirk, an united township with Shelmardine	W.D.
Bickerstaffe Hall, 21/2 miles S.E. of Ormskirk	W.D.
Big Ford, 2 miles S. of Lancaster	L.
Biggar, a village in the Island of Walney	L.
Billing, 2 miles N.W. of Blackburn	B.
Billing End, 1 mile W. of Blackburn	B.
Billing Hill, 11/2 mile W. of Blackburn	B.
BILLINGE, 5 miles W.S.W. of Wigan: united as a township with Orrel and Winstanly, in the parish of Wigan. Billinge has a chapel of ease; Patron, Rector of Wigan	W.D.
Billinge Beacon, 41/2 miles W.S.W. of Wigan, it commands a most delightful and extensive prospect	W.D.
BILLINGTON, separated from Whalley by the river Calder	B.
Billington Moor, 2 miles S. of Whalley	B.
BILSBOROUGH, 4 miles S.S.E. of Garstang	A.
Birch, near Siddal Moor	S.
Birch Bank, (Furness) near Blawith	L.
Birch Chapel, 3 miles S.S.E. of Manchester (in which parish it is situated,) patron J. Dickenson Esq.	S.
Birch Green, near Up Holland	W.D.
Birch Hall, Rushulme	S.
Birch House, Over Darwen	B.
Birch House, near Moses Gate, 9 miles N.W. of Manchester	S.
Birch Rigg, (Furness) a mountain 3 miles S. of Ulverston	L.
Birchen Bower, 5 miles N.E. of Manchester	S.
Birchenly, 2 miles E. of Rochdale	S.
Birchenly Hall, Billinge	W.D.
Birk, in Tatham	L.
Birk Houses, Halliwell	S.
Birkby Hall, 2 miles S. of Cartmel	L.
BIRKDALE, on the coast between Formby and North Meols	W.D.
Birks, near Longridge Fell	B.
BIRTLE, 3 miles N.E. of Bury
BISPHAM, 2 miles W.N.W. of Poulton, a parish in the Deanry of Amounderness. Living, a perpetual Curacy. Patron, B. Hesketh Esq.	A.
BISPHAM, (with Norbreck) called Little Bispham, 1 mile N. of Great Bispham	A.
BISPHAM, 6 miles N.W. of Wigan	LL.
Bispham Hall, 1/2 mile N. of Billinge Beacon	W.D.
Black Beck, 1 mile N.E. of Coulton	L.
Black Brook, 41/2 miles S.S.E. of Manchester	S.
Black Brook, 2 miles N.E. of St. Hellens	W.D.
Black Castle, 2 miles N.E. of Lancaster	L.
Black hall, Chipping	B.
Black Pole, 5 miles N.W. of Preston	A.
Black Rake, 1 mile N.N.W. of Ashton-under-line	S.
BLACKBURN, (N. lat. 53°.43" W. lon. 2°.24".) a flourishing market town and extensive parish, (one of the two which comprize nearly the whole hundred) in the deanry of Blackburn. It is situated 8 miles N.W. of Haslingden, 11 miles E. of Preston, 25 miles N.N.W. of Manchester, and 210 miles from London. The living is a Vicarage; Patron the Archbishop of Canterbury. Beside the old, or parish church, the town contains two others, viz. St. Paul's, and St. John's, as well as Chapels belonging to Dissenters of various denominations. Amongst the charitable institutions is a Free-school, founded by Queen Elizabeth. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal passes near the town. Blackburn has been long famous for its Cotton goods, formerly known by the name of Blackburn Greys, which have been superceded by Calicoes, of which a great number of pieces are annually manufactured here. In the southern parts of the parish, coal is got in abundance; and in one of the hills, is also a mine of allum, which has not been worked for some time, on account of the expence of removing the superincumbent strata. Market day, Wednesday. Fairs, Easter Monday - and May 11, for cattle, horses, toys, &c. September 29 for toys and smallwares. In 1801, Blackburn contained 2352 houses, and 11,980 inhabitants.	B.
Blackburn, (hundred of) adjoins on the W. to Amounderness hundred, on the S.W. to Leyland hundred, and on the S. to Salford hundred, and on the N.-N.E. and E. it is bounded by the County of York. It pays 18/100 of the County rents and raises 123 men of the 800 men for the old Militia. It contains 4 parishes and 70 townships. In the census taken in 1801, it appeared to contain 16061 houses, and 88503 inhabitants.
Blackgate Lane, 2 miles S.W. of Tarleton	LL.
Blacklow Hall, 2 miles W. of Colne	B.
Blacklow Stone, near Huyton	W.D.
Blackmoor, near Mawdsley	LL.
BLACKPOOL, a celebrated bathing place on the coast of the Irish Sea, 7 miles N.E. of Kirkham	A.
BLACKROD, with Aspull, in the parish of Bolton, 17 miles N.W. of Manchester; the church is a chapel of ease under Bolton; Patron, Vicar of Bolton	S.
Blackstone Edge, a range of hills, which separate the hundred of Salford from Yorkshire	S.
Blain's Clough Hall, 6 miles N.W. of Wigan	LL.
Blake Hall, 6 miles S.E. of Garstang	A.
Blakeholme, Cartmel Fells	L.
BLAKELEY, in the Parish of and 4 miles N.N.E. of Manchester, a pleasant Village with a chapel of ease; patrons the Warden and Fellows of the Collegiate church of Manchester; beside which there is a neat Chapel belonging to the Dissenters of the Presbyterian persuasion	S.
Blakeley Hurst, near Ashton in the Willows	W.D.
Blakestakes, 2 miles S.S.E. of Manchester	S.
BLAWITH, (Furness) South End of Coniston Water, in the parish of Ulverston, under which it has a chapel of ease; patron W. Bradyll, Esq	L.
Blawith, a Hill North End of Lancaster Sands	L.
BLEASDALE, 4 miles E. of Garstang	A.
Bleatham Tarn, (Furness) a lake 2 miles N.E. of Hawkshead	L.
Blind Tarn, (Furness) a small Lake 2 miles W. of Conister	L.
Blindhurst, in Bleasdale	A.
Bloody Lane End, 1 mile N.W. of Kirkham	A.
Blowick, 11/2 mile S. of North Meols	W.D.
Blundell, see "Ince Blundell"	W.D.
Boar Foot, Low Furness	L.
Board Ridge, (Furness) 1 mile E. of Broughton	L.
Boarshaw Fold, near Middleton	S.
Bogg Height, 2 miles S. of Blackburn	B.
BOLD, 4 miles S.E. of Prescot	W.D.
Bold Hall, 4 miles N.W. of Warrington	W.D.
Bold Heath, 5 miles S.E. of Prescot	W.D.
Bold May Pole, 41/2 miles N.W. of Warrington	W.D.
BOLTON, Little, a township adjoining to Great Bolton, and forming one town with it under the name of "Bolton-le-moors"	S.
Bolton (Little), (Pendleton) 3 miles W. of Manchester	S.
BOLTON (on the Sands), 4 miles N. of Lancaster, a parish in the deanry of Richmond. The living is a vicarage; patron the Bishop of Chester	L.
Bolton Fold, 3 miles S. of Ribchester	B.
Bolton Hall, 1 mile N. of Hoghton Tower	LL.
Bolton Head, in Tatham	L.
Bolton Heys, near Bolton, Furness Fells	L.
Bolton Holme, near Bolton in the Sands	L.
BOLTON with Adgarley, (Furness) 4 miles S.W. of Ulverston	L.
BOLTON-le-moors, (N. lat. 53°.32". W. lon. 2°.21") 11 miles N.E. of Manchester, and 196 miles from London, a market town and parish, in the deanry of Manchester. The living is a vicarage; patron the Bishop of Chester. Beside the old, or Parochial Church, it has two others situated in Little Bolton from which it is seperated by a rivulet, the two townships forming one town. Besides the churches of the established religion there are chapels for almost all the various dissenters which are known in England. The grammar school, in this town, can boast, that Ainsworth, the Author of the Latin Dictionary, was formerly its Master. The manufactory of cotton, now so great a source of National Wealth, originated in this place, which is large, and increasing in buildings and population: in 1801 there were 2510 houses, and 12549 inhabitants. The market day is Monday, and the fairs are holden July 19, and October 2, for Cattle, Horses, Cheese, &c.	S.
Boltons, in Entwistle	S.
BONDS, a township separated from Garstang by the river Wyer	A.
Bone House, Pilling Moss	A.
Bone-beck, a rivulet which falls into the river Wenning near Hornby Castle	L.
BONWICK, 8 miles N. of Lancaster	L.
Bonwick Castle, (Furness) 1 mile N.W. of Hawkshead	L.
Boor Green, Moston	S.
Boot, 2 miles E.N.E. of Bolton-le-moors	S.
Booth Fall, 4 miles S.S.E. of Lancaster	L.
Booth Fold, 3 miles S.W. of Haslingden	B.
Booth Hall, near Blakeley	S.
Booth Hall, Worsley	S.
Booth Town, Worsley	S.
BOOTLE, (a township united with Lynacre) 3 miles N. of Liverpool, is situated near the Sea, and is a much frequented Bathing place. Several springs in this place serve to supply the town of Liverpool with good water, to which place it is conveyed in pipes.	W.D.
BOSWICK, 2 miles E.N.E. of Warton	L.
Bottom, 21/2 miles N.E. of Ashton-under-line	S.
Bottom's Mill, 3 miles N.E. of Ashton-under-line	S.
Bottom-gate, near Blackburn	B.
Bottomley Fold, 7 miles N.N.E. of Rochdale	S.
Bottoms, 3 miles N.N.E. of Garstang	A.
Bottoms, 6 miles N.N.E. of Rochdale	S.
Boulsworth Hill, 6 miles E. of Burnley	B.
Bow Lee, Little Heaton, 6 miles N. of Manchester	S.
Bower House, Heaton Norris, 6 miles S.S.E. of Manchester	S.
Bower's House, 1 mile W. of Garstang	A.
Bowker's Bank, 3 miles N. of Manchester	S.
Bowker's Green, 1 mile S. of Aughton	W.D.
Bowley Hill, in Great Harwood	B.
Boysnape, in Barton township, 8 miles W.S.W. of Manchester	S.
Bracelet, (Furness) 3 miles N.E. of Broughton	L.
Brachen Barrow, (Furness) West bank of Coniston Water	L.
Brackenbottom, 4 miles S. of Bentham (Yorkshire)	L.
BRADFORD, 11/2 mile E. of Manchester. The coals got in this township, are very valuable for manufacturing purposes	S.
Bradford Hall, 2 miles E. of Manchester	S.
Bradley, 1 mile N. of Burton Wood	W.D.
Bradley (over and lower), 2 miles S.W. of Colne	B.
BRADSHAW, in the parish of and 2 miles N.N.E. of Bolton-le-moors, to which it has a chapel of ease; patron, vicar of Bolton	S.
Bradshaw Hall, 21/2 miles N.N.E. of Bolton-le-moors	S.
Bradshaw Hall, 2 miles E. of Wigan	S.
Brand Wood-side, 4 miles N. of Rochdale	S.
Brandlesholme, 2 miles N.E. of Bury	S.
Brathy, (the river) rises above Longdale Tarn, in Furness, flows through Elderwater, and falls into Winander mere, near Ambleside, forming the boundary (as far as it flows) between the Counties of Lancaster and Westmorland	L.
Brathy Bridge, (Furness) 4 miles N.E. of Hawkshead	L.
Breadley Hall, in Great Harwood	L.
Breck, 2 miles E.N.E. of Liverpool	W.D.
BREIGHTMET, 2 miles N.E. of Bolton-le-moors	L.
Brekels, 2 miles E. of North Meols	W.D.
BRETHERTON, 9 miles S.W. of Preston	LL.
Breworth Fold, near Wheelton	LL.
Brick Hall, Failsworth	S.
Bridge End, 2 miles W.S.W. of Haslingden	B.
Bridge End, (Furness) 3 miles N.E. of Broughton	L.
Bridge Field, (Furness) 2 miles N.W. of Coulton	L.
Bridge Green, 2 miles E.S.E. of Ormskirk	W.D.
Bridge Green, 2 miles N.E. of Rochdale	S.
Brier Cliff, 3 miles N.E. of Burnley	B.
Brim Hall, 5 miles N.W. of Leigh	W.D.
Brinan Tarn, a small lake at the head of Over Wyer's-dale, at the boundary-line of the counties of Lancaster and York	L.
BRINDLE, 5 miles S.S.W. of Preston, a parish in the Deanry of Leyland. The living is a rectory: Patron, the Duke of Devonshire	LL.
Brine Beck, a rivulet in Cartmel Fells	L.
Briney, near Whitnell	LL.
BRINING, 2 miles S.W. of Kirkham	A.
Brinson Hall, 2 miles S.E. of Blackrod	S.
Britch Hall, 11/2 mile East of Warrington	W.D.
Broad Clough, 4 miles E. of Haslingden	B.
Broad Field, 3 miles N.W. of Haslingden	B.
Broad Green, 4 miles E. of Liverpool	W.D.
Broad Heath, in Ditton	W.D.
Broad Lane, 2 miles S.S.E. of Rochdale	S.
Broad Oak, 1 mile E. of St. Hellens	W.D.
Broad Oak, 3 miles N. of Haslingden	B.
Broad Wood, near Wray	B.
Broadbent, 1 mile N.N.E. of Oldham	S.
Broadhalgh-hill, 11/2 mile W.S.W. of Rochdale	S.
Brock Forge, 2 miles N. of Wigan	W.D.
Brock-hall, 2 miles W. of Whalley	B.
Brocklebank, (Furness) Trover	L.
Brocklehurst, 3 miles N. of Haslingden	B.
Broken Bank, in Broughton, 21/2 miles N. of Manchester	B.
Broken Bank, the old name for that beautiful situation, the Crescent, Salford	S.
Bromley, 5 miles E. of Chorley	S.
Brook Cotton, near Longridge Fell	B.
Brook's Barn, in Bleasdale	A.
Brook's Fall-end, in Bleasdale	A.
Brook-field, near Bradshaw	S.
Brook-houses, Longridge Fell	B.
Brooks, in Bleasdale	A.
Brookside, 2 miles E. of Blackburn	B.
Broseley Hall, 2 miles S. of Leigh	W.D.
Brotherhood, 1 mile N.N.W. of Rochdale	S.
BROUGHTON, 1 mile N. of Manchester	S.
BROUGHTON, in the parish of, and distant 31/2 miles N. of Preston. Has a chapel of ease. Living, a perpetual Curacy; Patron, Sir H. Haughton, Bart.	A.
BROUGHTON, 2 miles N. of Cartmell, in which parish it is situated, and has a chapel of ease. Patron, Curate of Cartmell	L.
BROUGHTON, (in Furness) a large village N. of Dudden-sands, in the parish of Kirkby Ireleth under which it has a chapel of ease; Patroness, Mrs. Sawrey. It has no market, but has a fair annually on August 1st. for woollen yarn, &c. The neighbourhood produces excellent blue slates, of which article, 2000 tons are said to be annually exported	L.
Broughton Barn, 3 miles S.E. of Blackburn	B.
Broughton Beck, (Furness) 3 miles N. of Ulverston	L.
Broughton Ford, 2 miles W.N.W. of Manchester	S.
Broughton Hall, 3 miles N. of Manchester	S.
Broughton Spout, 2 miles N. of Manchester	S.
Broughton Tower, 21/2 miles E. of Preston	A.
Brow Edge, Upper Holkar, Furness	L.
Brow Top, 4 miles S.S.E. of Lancaster	L.
Brown Birks, 6 miles E.N.E. of Blackburn	B.
Brown Edge, 2 miles S.S.W. of St. Hellen's	W.D.
Brown Edge, 2 miles S. of North Meols	W.D.
Brown Edge, 2 miles W. of Walton le Dale	B.
Brown Edge, 9 miles N.E. of Lancaster	L.
Buckley Hall, 1 mile N.W. of Ribchester	B.
Buckley Hill, 1 mile N.N.W. of Ashton-under-line	S.
Buckshaw, 5 miles S. of Preston	A.
Bug Moor, abounding with coal mines, 1 mile W. of St. Hellens	W.D.
BULK, 11/2 mile N.E. of Lancaster	L.
Bull Bank, in Wrayton	L.
Bull Close, (Furness) 3 miles N.E. of Hawkshead	L.
Burket, (Furness) 4 miles N.N.W. of Broughton	L.
Burket Houses, Cartmel Fells	L.
Burn Edge, 2 miles S.S.E. of Rochdale	S.
BURNAGE, 5 miles E.S.E. of Manchester	S.
Burney End, (Furness) near Burney Hill	L.
Burney Hill, (Furness) 3 miles N.E. of Kirkby	L.
BURNLEY, a market town (N. lat. 53°.45". W. lon. 2°.10") 12 miles E.N.E. of Blackburn and 208 miles from London. It is in the parish of Whalley, under which it has a chapel of ease. Patron, E. Townley, Esq. Market day, Monday. Fairs, March 6 and Easter Eve, for horned cattle; May 9 and 13, July 10, and October 11, for horses, cloths and pedlars' wares. In 1801 it contained 678 houses, and 3305 inhabitants.
Burnt Mill, near Hale	W.D.
Burnwaims, in Briercliff	B.
Burrough, 2 miles S. of Lancaster	L.
BURROW, 1 mile E. of Whittington	L.
Burrow, 3 miles S. of Kirkby Lonsdale (Westmorland)	L.
BURSCOUGH, 31/2 miles N.E. of Ormskirk	W.D.
Burscough Bridge, 3 miles N.E. of Ormskirk	W.D.
Burscough Hall, 2 miles N.E. of Ormskirk	W.D.
Burscough Priory, 11/2 miles N.E. of Ormskirk, founded in the reign of Richard 1st. by Robert Fitz Henry, Lord of Latham	W.D.
BURTON WOOD, in the parish of, and distant 4 miles N.W. of Warrington, under which it has a chapel of ease. Patron, rector of Warrington	W.D.
BURY, (N. lat. 53º.33". W. lon. 2º 13".) 9 miles N.N.W. of Manchester and 194 from London, a market town and parish, in the Deanry of Manchester. The living is a rectory; patron, the Earl of Derby, who is the lord of the manor. Beside the parochial church, there is also another dedicated to St. John. In this town is a grammar school, well endowed for two masters, and a charity school for 80 boys and 30 girls. At the north end of the town is an elegant square. One half of the town is leasehold, and the other glebe. The lordship of Bury consists of the four following townships, viz. Bury, Walmesley, Heap, and Elton. Besides the chapel of ease in the town, there are also three others in the parish, viz. Holcomb, Edenfield, and Heywood. The market day at Bury is Thursday; the annual fairs are Thursday before March 5, May 3, Whit-Monday, Thursday before St. James' day, and on Thursday October 29. By the census taken 1801, Bury appears to have 1384 Houses, and 7020 inhabitants.
Busill's Fold, 2 miles S. of Rochdale	S.
Busills, 11/2 mile S.E. of Rochdale	S.
Butt Hill, in Claughton	A.
Butterland, 11/2 mile E. of Preston	A.
BUTTERWORTH, 2 miles E.S.E. of Rochdale	S.
Butterworth, 2 miles N.E. of Middleton	S.
Butterworth Hall, 2 miles E.S.E. of Rochdale	S.
Byrom Hall, 2 miles W.S.W. of Leigh	W.D.

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CABUS, 2 miles N. of Garstang	A.
Cadaley Moor, 2 miles N.N.W. of Preston	A.
CADDISHEAD, 11 miles S.S.W. of Manchester, one of the hamlets attached to the township of Barton-upon-Irwell.	S.
Cadshaw Moss, 2 miles N. of Prescot	W.D.
Calder, (the river) there are two rivers of this name, the first rises in Pendle Forest, and is joined by another branch, from Trawden Forest, in the neighbourhood of Great Marsden, flows by Padiam and Whalley, and falls into the Ribble, about 3 miles N.E. of Whalley	B.
The other river Calder, rises in the moors above Barnacre, and falls into the Wyre, near Garstang.	A.
Calf House, Mellor	B.
Camp House, 1 mile N.E. of Claughton	L.
Canfield, 11/2 mile N.N.W. of Bentham (Yorkshire)	L.
Cannon Winder, (Furness) east bank of Leven sands	L.
CANSFIELD, 2 miles N.E. of Melling	L.
Cant's Field, in Tatham	L.
CAPONWRAY, 3 miles E. of Warton	L.
Capster Green, 4 miles N. of Blackburn	B.
Captains Fold, near Heywood	S.
Cark, (Furness) near Lower Holker	L.
CARLETON (Great), 1 mile N. of Poulton	A.
CARLETON (Little), 1/2 mile South of Great Carleton	A.
Carley Fold, near Dean Church	S.
CARNFORTH, 6 miles N. of Lancaster	L.
Carr Hall, Clayton Le Dale	B.
Carr Hall, 4 miles N. of Burnley	B.
Carr House, 2 miles N. of Bispham	A.
Carr House, Much Hool	LL.
Carr Houses, near Ince Blundell	W.D.
Carr Mill, 2 miles N.E. of St. Hellen's	W.D.
Carr Side, 5 miles N. of Ribchester	B.
Carr Side, near Ince Blundell	W.D.
Carrs, near Pilling	A.
Carry Bridge, near Colne	B.
Cart Ford Ferry, (over the Wyer) 4 miles S.W. of Garstang	A.
Cart Lane, (Furness) 2 miles S.W. of Cartmel	L.
Carter Place, 1 mile N. of Haslingden	B.
Carter's Ground, (Furness) 3 miles N. of Broughton	L.
Carter's House, (Furness) 2 miles E.S.E. of Ulverston	L.
Carter's House, near Cuerdley Marsh	W.D.
Carter's or Guide's House, (Furness) 21/2 miles W. of Cartmel	L.
CARTMEL, (N. lat. 50º, 9" W. lon. 2º, 51") 12 miles N.E. of Lancaster, and 2523/4 from London; a small market town and parish, in the deanry of Furness, and Cartmel. The living is a perpetual curacy; Patron, The Bishop of Chester. It has a handsome Gothic Church, dedicated to St. Mary. The tower is singular, being one square set diagonally upon another. There is a good grammar school here, well endowed. There are no manufactories in Cartmel, but in the neighbourhood there are several cotton mills. The market day is Monday. The fairs are on Whit-Monday, and on the Tuesday following October 23d.
CARTMEL FELL CHAPEL, in the parish of Cartmel, 3 miles N.E. of Upper Allithwaite, is a chapel of ease; Patron, Lord George Cavendish	L.
Cartmel Fells, a range of mountains on the easterly side of the district of Furness	L.
Cartmel Wharf, the shore on the north of the bay of Morecombe	L.
Castle, (Furness) 1 mile N.W. of Hakshead	L.
Castle Croft, a field adjoining the town of Bury, on which scite was formerly a Castle	S.
Castle Head, the seat of J. Wilkinson Esq., at the conflux of the river Winster with the Ken, at the north end of Lancaster sands	L.
Castle Hill, near Derby Chapel	W.D.
Castle Hill, in Hindley	W.D.
Castle Mere, near Rochdale	S.
Castle Stead, in Walmsley, near Bury, the scite of an ancient castle; but according to some authors, it is only the remains of a fortification thrown up by the parliament forces, in the civil wars of the 17th century.	S.
CASTLETON, one of the four townships in the parish of Rochdale	S.
Castleton Hall, 1 mile S. of Rochdale	S.
Castor Cliff, 1 mile S. of Colne	B.
Cat Hall, 11/2 mile S. of Bury	S.
Cat Stones, S.W. end of Tatham, on the borders of Yorkshire	L.
Cat Stones, E. side of Tatham, on the borders of Yorkshire	L.
CATFORTH, 6 miles N.W. of Preston	A.
Catforth Hall, 5 miles N.W. of Preston	A.
CATON, in the parish of Lancaster, from which town it is distant 5 miles N.E. It has a chapel of ease. The living is a perpetual curacy; patron, the vicar of Lancaster	L.
Caton Green, 6 miles N.E. of Lancaster	L.
Caton Moor, near Caton and Claughton	L.
Catshaw, in Over Wyer's Dale	L.
Catt Hall, 1 mile S.W. of Old Accrington	B.
CATTERALL, 2 miles S. of Garstang, and separated by the river Wyer from Garstang Church Town. N.B. A part of this township is separated from it, to the distance of seven miles, to the S.E. lying between Barnacre and Bleasdale	A.
Causeway Bridge, Winwick	W.D.
Causeway End, (Furness) 1 mile N.E. of Ulverston	L.
Centry Gate, 11/2 mile S.W. of Burnley	B.
Chadder, see "Hanging Chadder"	S.
CHADDERTON, a township in the parish of Oldham cum Prestwich, is situated between Oldham and Alkrington	S.
Chadderton Hall, the seat of Sir Watts Horton, Bart. in Chadderton, 8 miles N.N.E. of Manchester	S.
Chadderton Hay, 51/2 miles N. of Bury	S.
Chadwick Green, 3 miles N.E. of St. Hellens	S.
Chadwick Hall, Astley	S.
Chadwick Hall, near Bamford	S.
Chamber Hall, near Bury	S.
Chamber Hall, 11/2 mile S. of Oldham	S.
Chamber Hall, near Bolton	S.
Chapel Island, a small Island in Leven's Water	L.
CHARDGELEY, (a township united with Aighton and Bailey) on the river Hodden, 5 miles N. of Ribchester	B.
Charles Town, Ashton-under-line	S.
Charnock, see "Heath Charnock"	LL.
CHARNOCK RICHARD, 8 miles N.N.W. of Wigan	LL.
Chat-moss, an extensive moss, stretching for upwards of 5 miles on the right of the road from Manchester to Warrington, commencing near the 6th mile stone, and extending to Caddishead; and is about 3 miles wide. It is very nearly all a peat bog, which when cut into turves (a provincialism) are a very good substitute for coal	S.
CHATBURN, 2 miles N.E. of Clitheroe	B.
Cheadle Bridge, (over the Mersey,) 61/2 miles S. of Manchester	S.
Chequers, West Houghton	S.
Cherry Clough Yate, 5 miles E.S.E. of Rochdale, the border of the counties of York and Lancaster	S.
Chesham Fold, 1 mile N.E. of Bury	S.
Chesham Lees, 11/2 mile N.N.E. of Bury	S.
CHETHAM, the township in the parish of, and adjoining on the N. and N.N.E. to Manchester, under which it has a chapel of ease, dedicated to St. Mark; patrons, Warden and Fellows of the Collegiate Church of Manchester. In this township are many beautiful situations and Gentlemens' seats	S.
Chetham Hill, a pleasant village in the township of Chetham, 2 miles N. of Manchester	S.
Chetwood, 1 mile N. of Manchester	S.
Chew Moor, 2 miles N.E. of West Houghton	S.
Chifnal Hall, 2 miles N.N.W. of Standish	LL.
CHILDWALL, 5 miles E.S.E. of Liverpool, a township and parish in the deanry of Warrington; the living is a vicarage; patron the Bishop of Chester	W.D.
Childwall House, Childwall	W.D.
CHIPPING, 6 miles N.N.W. of Ribchester, a parish in the deanry of Amounderness. The living is a vicarage; patron, the Bishop of Chester. There is no market kept here, but there are two annual fairs, viz. Easter Tuesday, and August, 24th. for Cattle	B.
Chor, (The) a rivulet which rises near Heapy Chapel, runs through Chorley into the Yarrow below Astley Hall	LL.
CHORLEY, (N. lat. 53º 37" W. lon. 2º 32") 21 miles N.W. of Manchester, 9 miles S.S.W. of Preston, and 206 miles from London, is a small market town, seated on the rivulet Chor; it has a church, formerly under Croston, but lately made parochial. The living is a perpetual curacy; patron, the rector of Croston. Here is a grammar school, endowed, but not free; a prison for offenders in the hundred of Leyland. In the neighbourhood are mines of coal, cannel, lead and allum, ashler, flag, and millstones. The market day is Tuesday. Fairs, March 26, May 5, August 20, for horned cattle, and September 4, for toys, smallwares, and woollen cloth	LL.
Chorley Hall, Chorley	LL.
CHORLTON (with Hardy), in the parish of, and 4 miles S.W. of Manchester, a pleasant rural village. It has a handsome chapel of ease; patrons, Warden and Fellows of the Collegiate Church of Manchester. There is also a methodist chapel in the village	S.
Chorlton Fold, Monton, 5 miles W.N.W. of Manchester	S.
Chorlton Hall, in Chorlton Row. In the year 1780, this House was 1 mile from Manchester; it is now (such has been the progress of building) a part of the town.	S.
CHORLTON ROW, a township in the parish of, and adjoining on the S.S.E. to Manchester, to which it is now become a suburb, with a great and increasing population. One side of the beautiful village of Ardwick, is in this township. It contains a chapel dedicated to St. Luke, built in the year 1804. Grosvenor Square, which when completely built round the beautiful plantation in its centre, will be the handsomest Square in the north of England, is in this township	S.
CHOWBENT, 21/2 miles N.E. of Leigh, 10 miles W.N.W. of Manchester, and 195 miles from London, is in the township of Atherton, and parish of Leigh, under which it has a chapel of ease; patron, Atherton Gwillum, Esq. It has likewise a large dissenting chapel, belonging to a congregation of Presbyterians. This place affords employment for many weavers and nailors, (the later being the original trade of the place) and though it is not a market town, there are many such, which have nothing like the population which Chowbent can boast.
CHURCH, 5 miles N.N.W. of Haslingden: It has a chapel of ease: the living is a perpetual curacy.	B.
Church Bank, near Haslingden	B.
Church Kirk, near Haslingden	B.
CLAIFE, lies between Winander Mere, and Easthwaitwater	L.
Clarkson Green, 6 miles N.W. of Preston	A.
CLAUGHTON, 7 miles N.E. of Lancaster, a parish in the deanry of Kirkby Lonsdale. The living is a rectory; patron, P.T. Leigh, Esq.	L.
CLAUGHTON, 2 miles S.S.E. of Garstang	A.
Claughton House, 3 miles S.E. of Garstang	A.
CLAYTON, 5 miles S. of Walton Le Dale	LL.
Clayton Bridge, 4 miles E. of Manchester.	S.
Clayton Green, 3 miles S.S.E. of Walton Le Dale	LL.
Clayton Hall, 3 miles E. of Manchester	S.
Clayton Hall, 1 mile E.N.E. of Leyland	LL.
Clayton Hall, Clayton Le Moors	B.
Clayton Hey Fold, Clayton Le Dale	B.
CLAYTON LE DALE, 3 miles N. of Blackburn	B.
CLAYTON LE MOORS, 5 miles W. of Haslingden	B.
Clayworth Hall, Shackerley	W.D.
Clegg, 2 miles N.N.E. of Bury	S.
Clegg Hall, 21/2 miles E. of Rochdale	S.
Clegg's Wood, 3 miles N.E. of Rochdale	S.
Clerk Hill, 1 mile E. of Whalley	B.
CLEVELEY, 61/2 miles S. of Lancaster	A.
Cliff Lane End, 3 miles S. of Preston	LL.
CLIFTON, 5 miles W. of Preston	A.
CLIFTON, (in the parish of Eccles) 5 miles N.E. of Manchester. It has coal mines which produce coals of an excellent quality	S.
Clifton Hall, 7 miles S. of Lancaster	A.
Clifton Hall, 5 miles N.E. of Manchester	S.
Clifton's, 8 miles S.S.E. of Lancaster	A.
Climb Style, 3 miles N.E. of Broughton, in Furness	L.
CLITHEROE, (N. lat. 53º 50", W. lon. 2º 19") 5 miles N. of Whalley. 30 miles N.N.E. of Manchester, and 216 miles from London. This is a Borough by prescription, governed by two Bailiffs who act together, and are the returning officers of the borough, which sends two members to parliament who are elected by the resident owners of houses, who have estates for life or in fee. The number of these is said not to exceed forty-two. The church is a neat structure, and a chapelry under Whalley. The living is a perpetual curacy; patron, vicar of Whalley. Here are the remains of an ancient castle, the property of the Duke of Montague, to whom the lordship of Clitheroe belongs, altho' the lords Ribblesdale and Curzon, being proprietors of the borough, have the reputation of influencing the return of members to parliament. The market day is Saturday. The fairs are March 24, August 1st, fourth Saturday after Michaelmas day, and December 7th, for cattle, woollen cloths, &c. In the year 1801, there were in the town, 309 houses, and 1368 inhabitants.	B.
Clitheroe Moor, 1 mile S.W. of Clitheroe	B.
Clive's Hills, near Ormskirk	W.D.
CLIVEGER, 3 miles S.S.E. of Burnley	B.
Cliveger Common, 4 miles S.S.E. of Burnley	B.
Clock House, in Droylsden, 4 miles E. of Manchester	S.
Clock House, Fazackerly	W.D.
Clock House, near Fulwood Moor, 4 miles N.E. of Preston	A.
Clock House, in Openshaw, 4 miles E.S.E. of Manchester	S.
Clock House, near Lea, 31/2 miles W.N.W. of Preston	A.
Clough Bank, 2 miles N.E. of Ribchester	B.
Clough End, 3 miles E.S.E. of Haslingden	B.
Clough Hall, Littledale Moor	L.
Club Moor, West Derby	W.D.
Coal Clough, 1 mile S.S.W. of Burnley	B.
Coal Gate, (Furness) 1 mile S. of Broughton	L.
Coat Green, 1 mile S.W. of Dalton	L.
Cobb Hey, 3 miles E. of Garstang	A.
Cocden, 2 miles N.E. of Burnley	B.
Cock Bank, 21/2 miles N. of Ashton-under-line	S.
Cock Hill, 2 miles N.W. of Ribchester	A.
COCKERHAM, 7 miles S. of Lancaster, a township, and a parish in the deanry of Amounderness; the living is a vicarage; patron, F. Charteries Esq. There is no market kept here, but there is a fair on Easter Monday, chiefly for pedlary.	L.
Cockerley Fold, New Accrington	B.
Cockersand Abbey, 41/2 miles S.W. of Lancaster	L.
COCKEY MOOR, a pleasant piece of waste, about 3 miles E. of Bolton, surrounded by many houses and a considerable population. Here is a chapel belonging the established church, and a dissenting chapel, attended by a respectable congregation of the Presbyterian persuasion. The episcopal chapel at Cockey Moor, is in the parish of Middleton; to which place it is a chapel of ease: patron, the rector of Middleton	S.
Cockle Bank, the north east extremity of the county of Lancaster	L.
Cockshuts, 4 miles S.E. of Lancaster	L.
Codshaw, 4 miles N.E. of Bury	S.
Cold Coats, Chipping	B.
Cold Grave, 5 miles E. of Rochdale	S.
Cold Hutch Bank, a famous slate and stone quarry, near Haslingden	B.
COLE COATS, 2 miles E. of Whalley	B.
Collarly, 4 miles S. of Lancaster	L.
Collin Holme, 1 mile E.N.E. of Tunstall	L.
Collyhurst, 11/2 mile N.E. of Manchester. Here was formerly a burial place for the inhabitants of Manchester, when that place was visited by the plague.	S.
Collyhurst Hall, an old seat of the Mosley family, 11/2 mile N.E. of Manchester	S.
COLNE, (N. lat. 53º 49" W. lon. 2º 9".) 61/2 miles N.E. of Burnley, 30 miles N.N.E. of Manchester, and 216 miles from London. A small market town in the parish of Whalley. The church is a perpetual curacy; patron, the vicar of Whalley. Here is a piece hall for Woollen goods, upon a similar plan to that at Leeds. The market day is Wednesday. The fairs are May 14, and October 10 for cattle, sheep and woollen cloth. Colne has beside the church, chapels for Methodists and Baptists; and a free school. Colne, (according to Dr. Whitaker the learned historian of Whalley) appears to have been erected into a station by the Romans in the year 79, by Agricola. Colne is situated at a short distance from the Leeds and Liverpool canal, where a subterraneous tunnel is carried through a quicksand-kind of mountain. The town covers a bed of coals, with stone and slate beneath that, proper for building. In 1801 there were in Colne 782 houses, and 3626 inhabitants	B.
Comb Fold, 6 miles S.S.E. of Blackburn	B.
Conder Green, 4 miles S.S.W. of Lancaster	L.
Conishead Priory, (Furness) 2 miles S.W. of Ulverston	L.
CONISTON, (Furness) 9 miles N.E. of Broughton, near the west side of Coniston water, in the parish of Ulverston, under which it has a chapel of ease; living a perpetual curacy; the presentation to which is in the inhabitants of Coniston	L.
Coniston Hall, (Furness) 1/2 mile S.W. of Coniston, near the lake, a venerable house, nearly overgrown with ivy	L.
Coniston Water, a large, beautiful, and picturesque lake in Furness, parallel to Winander Mere, at the distance of a few miles to the west. It is about half the size of that famous lake, but in the opinion of many people of taste, equal to it in the effect produced upon the imagination by its singular beauty and grandeur. It is about 6 miles long, and in its broadest part, about 3/4 of a mile. Its greatest depth is about 40 fathoms. This lake contains that beautiful fish, the Char, which is said to be taken here later in the spring than in the neighbouring lake of Winander. There are many boats employed on this lake, by the proprietors of slate quarries and copper mines in its vicinity.	L.
Cook Bridge, (over the Calder) 2 miles S.S.E. of Whalley	B.
Cooper Fold, Alkrington	S.
Cope, near Cope Law	S.
Cope Law, a high hill, 4 miles S.E. of Haslingden	S.
COPP CHAPEL, 5 miles N. of Kirkham, a chapel of ease, in the township of Eccleston, in the parish of Saint Michael on Wyre; patron, the vicar of St. Michael	A.
Copp Mill, near Copp Chapel	A.
Copper Works, 2 miles E.N.E. of St. Hellens	W.D.
COPPULL, in the parish of Standish, 6 miles N.N.W. of Wigan. It has a chapel of ease, patron, the rector of Standish	LL.
Coppull Hall, 1 mile N.E. of Coppull Chapel	LL.
Coppyhold, 21/2 miles N.N.W. of Standish	LL.
Corkers, in Alkrington	S.
Corn Field, 1 mile N.E. of Padiham	B.
Corn-brook, a rivulet which rises in Oppenshaw and Higher Ardwick, crosses Chorlton Row, and winds by Moss-side, to Hulme, where it serves as a feeder to the late Duke of Bridgwater's canal, the overpluss falling into a bason, which conveys it into its old channel, by which it passes into the Irwell about 11/2 mile S.W. of Manchester	S.
Cote, 1 mile N. of Halton	L.
Cottam Hall, 3 miles N.W. of Preston	A.
Cottam Mill, 2 miles N.W. of Preston	A.
COTTOM, 21/2 miles N.W. of Preston	A.
Cotton Hall, 3 miles S. of Blackburn	B.
Coulthouse, (Furness) 1 mile E. of Hawkshead	L.
COULTON, (Furness) 6 miles N.E. of Ulverston, a township and parish in the deanry of Furness and Cartmel. The living is a perpetual curacy; the incumbent chosen by the inhabitants and owners, paying salary	L.
Count Hill, 3 miles N.E. of Oldham	S.
County Stones, marking Yorkshire, Westmoreland and Lancashire N.E. of Greygarth Fell	L.
County Stones, of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire 4 miles N. of Coniston	L.
Courant Hill, in Wray	L.
Cow Dubs, 3 miles W. of Lancaster	L.
Cow Hey, 4 miles N.E. of Burnley	B.
Cow Hill, 5 miles N.E. of Preston	A.
Cow Hill, near Church	B.
Cow Lane, Burton Wood	W.D.
Cow Ridings, 3 miles N.E. of Ulverston	L.
Cow Tongue, Over Wyer's Dale	L.
Cowden, (higher and lower) 2 miles S.S.E. of Whalley	A.
Cowley Hill, near St. Hellens	W.D.
Crack, 4 miles N. of Rochdale	S.
Crag, 5 miles S.S.E. of Lancaster	L.
Crag, 1 mile N.E. of Dalton	L.
Crag Birch, in Tatham	L.
Crag Hall, 51/2 miles S. of Lancaster	L.
Crag Houses, 5 miles S.S.E. of Lancaster	L.
Cragg-knott, (Furness) in Blawith	L.
Crain Head, in Rossendale	B.
Crake, (The river) runs out of Coniston Water, and falls into the Leven, near Egton at the head of Leven Water	L.
Crake Birch, (Furness) 3 miles E. of Broughton	L.
Crake House, (Furness) 4 miles N. of Ulverston	L.
Crake Side, (Furness) 4 miles N. of Ulverston	L.
Crane, in Rossendale Forest	B.
Cravens, in Little Dale	L.
Crawless Cross, 4 miles N.W. of Garstang	A.
Crawless Dyke, a rivulet which rises near Garstang, and falls into the sea, near Pilling	A.
Crawshaw Booth, 2 miles N.E. of Haslingden. Here is a Quaker's Meeting House	B.
Craystone Lees (higher and lower), Little Bowland	B.
Cribden Hill, 1 mile N.E. of Haslingden	B.
Crimble (Great and Little), 11/2 mile S.E. of Cockerham	L.
Critchlow Fold, south end of Longworth	S.
Crock, 4 miles N. of Rochdale	S.
CROFT, a small township, near Winwick	W.D.
Croft, in Barton, 6 miles W.S.W. of Manchester	S.
Croft Eaves, 2 miles E. of Winwick	W.D.
Croftons, 1 mile N. of North Meols	W.D.
CROMPTON, the township, N. of Royton, in the parish of Oldham cum Prestwich; has a chapel of ease, called Shaw Chapel	S.
Crompton (High), 1/2 mile N. of Shaw Chapel	S.
Crompton (Low), 1/2 mile W. of Shaw Chapel	S.
Crompton Fold, 1 mile E. of Bolton-le-moors	S.
Crompton Hall, 1 mile N.E. of Shaw Chapel	S.
CRONTON, 4 miles S.E. of Prescot	W.D.
Cronton Hall, Cronton	W.D.
Crook, 41/2 miles S.W. of Lancaster, opposite Sunderland Point	L.
Crook's Smithy, 3 miles N.W. of Standish	LL.
Crookey, 1 mile E.S.E. of Lancaster	L.
Crooks, (Furness) near Coulton	L.
CROSBY (Great), in the parish of Sephton, under which it has a chapel of ease; patron, the rector of Sephton. It is 6 miles N. of Liverpool. A good race cource is near the village.	W.D.
CROSBY (Little), 1 mile N. of Great Crosby	W.D.
Crosby Marsh, between the towns of Great and Little Crosby, and the sea	W.D.
Cross, near Garstang	A.
Cross Bank, in Barton, 6 miles W.S.W. of Manchester	S.
Cross Dale, in Tatham	L.
Cross Gates, 2 miles N.E. of Colne	B.
Cross Gill, in Littledale	L.
Cross Hall, 6 miles S. of Lancaster	A.
Cross Hall, near Ormskirk	W.D.
Cross Moor, 2 miles S.S.W. of St. Michaels	A.
Cross Moor, (Furness) near Pennington	L.
Cross Moor, (Furness) 1 mile S. of Ulverston	L.
CROSTON, 6 miles W. of Chorley, a parish in the deanry of Blackburn. The living is a rectory; patron, the Rev. Dr. Masters	LL.
Croston Meadows, between Croston and Mawdsley	LL.
Crow Heath, 5 miles W. of Warrington	W.D.
Crow Hill, near Ashton-under-line	S.
Crow Lane, 2 miles W. of Newton in the Willows	W.D.
Crow Mill, 4 miles S. of Dalton, Low Furness	L.
Crow Trees, 2 miles S.S.W. of Chipping	B.
Crow Trees, 2 miles S.S.W. of Blackburn	B.
Crowcall Trees, Crompton	S.
Crowley, 2 miles N.E. of Oldham	S.
Crown Point, 3 miles S.S.W. of Ashton	S.
Crowshaw, near Blackrod	S.
Crowthorn, near Ashton-under-line	S.
Croxteth Hall, the seat of the Earl of Sefton, 1 mile N.E. of Derby Chapel	W.D.
CROXTETH PARK, a township adjoining to the N.W. of Knowsley	W.D.
Crumbleholme, near Beacon Fell	A.
CRUMPSALL, a pleasant hamlet, attached to the township of, and in the parish of Manchester. It contains several beautiful seats, and its various views into Blakley valley, and the distant hills of Oldham, Middleton, Royton, &c. afford much pleasure to the admirers of rural and picturesque scenery.	S.
Crumpsall Hall, 21/2 miles N. of Manchester	S.
Cucham Hall, 3 miles N. of Ribchester	B.
Cuckow hall, 1 mile N.N.E. of Blackburn	B.
CUERDALE, 1 mile N.E. of Walton-le-Dale	B.
Cuerdale Hall, in Cuerdale	B.
CUERDEN, 2 miles S. of Walton-le-Dale	LL.
Cuerden Green, Cuerden	LL.
Cuerden Hall, Cuerden	LL.
CUERDLEY (and CRONTON, united townships,) 5 miles W. of Warrington	W.D.
Cuerdley Marsh, a large marsh on the banks of the Mersey, 5 miles W.S.W. of Warrington	W.D.
CULCHETH, 6 miles N.E. of Warrington	W.D.
Culcheth Hall, Culcheth	W.D.
Culcheth Hall, Newton, 3 miles E. of Manchester	S.
Cunfey (High and Low), west side of Winander Mere	L.
Cunfey House, (Furness) between Easthwaite Water, and Winander Mere	L.
Cunliffe, 3 miles N.E. of Blackburn	B.
Cunliffe House, 4 miles N. of Blackburn	B.
Cunscough, near Maghull	W.D.
Cunscough Hall, 2 miles E. of Maghull	W.D.
Custom House, 2 miles W. of Preston	A.
Cutler Hill, near Failsworth, 5 miles N.E. of Manchester	S.

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Daisey Bank, 2 1/2 miles S.S.E. of Manchester	S.
Daisey Hillock, west Houghton	S.
Dale Fold, 2 miles S.E. of Whitnall	LL.
Dale Head, (Furness) N.E. extremity of the county	L.
Dallum, 2 miles N.N.W. of Warrington	W.D.
Dallum Moss, 2 miles S.W. of Winwick	W.D.
DALTON, 1 mile N. of Up Holland	S.
DALTON, 11 miles N.E. of Lancaster	L.
DALTON, (N. lat 54º. 6". W. lon. 3º. 4".) 5 miles S.W. of Ulverston, and 265 miles from London, a market town in Furness, and a parish in the deanry of Furness and Cartmel. The living is a vicarage; patron, the King. Market day, Saturday. Fairs, June 6th. and October 23d. for horses, horned cattle, &c. In the market place is an old tower, built by the Abbots of Furness, for the imprisonment of debtors within the liberty; but at present it is only used for a court baron held here every three weeks, for the recovery of debts under forty shillings. The Duke of Burclough and Lord Beaulieu are the Lords of the liberty, which includes the parishes of Dalton, Aldingham, Urswick, Pennington, Ulverston, Coulton, Hawkshead, Coniston, Broughton and Kirkley. In the year 1801, Dalton contained 241 houses, and 1125 inhabitants	L.
Dam House, Astley	W.D.
Dam House, near Hayton	W.D.
Dam House Gill, Over Wyer's Dale	L.
Dandybirk, in Claughton	A.
Dansons, in Barnacre	A.
DARCEY LEVER, 2 miles S.E. of Bolton-le-moors	S.
Darcey Lever Hall, 1 mile S.S.E. of Bolton-le-moors	S.
Darley, 2 miles S.S.E. of Bolton-le-moors	S.
Darwen, (The river) rises in Over Darwen, and Haslingden Booth, the branches forming a junction at Lower Darwen, it flows to the south of Blackburn, whence it receives a small stream, which rises near Oswaldtwistle; afterwards it winds to the west, and joins the Ribble, near Walton Le Dale	B.
DARWEN (Lower), 2 miles S. of Blackburn	B.
DARWEN (Over), 4 miles S. of Blackburn	B.
Darwen Chapel, in the parish of Blackburn, is a chapel of ease, on a bleak, elevated, but remarkably healthy situation, about 4 miles S. of Blackburn; patron, the vicar of Blackburn. At this place is also a chapel belonging to dissenters of the Presbyterian persuasion.	B.
Darwen Moor, 5 miles S. of Blackburn	B.
Darwens, near Balderstone	B.
Dauber's Lane, near Eccleston	LL.
Davies Yate, in Dutton	B.
Davy Field, near Eccleshill	B.
Davy Hulme, (in the township of Barton, and parish of Eccles) 7 miles W.S.W. of Manchester	S.
Dawford Bridge, Chardgeley	B.
DEAN, 11/2 mile W.S.W. of Bolton-le-moors, a rural village and parish, in the deanry of Manchester. The living is a vicarage, patron the king. It has two chapels of ease under it, viz. Horwich, and west Houghton, in the presentation, of the vicar of Dean	S.
Dean Head, 5 miles N.E. of Rochdale	S.
Dean House, near Burnley	B.
Dean Moor, near Bolton	S.
Dean Yate, in Halliwell	S.
Deanes Estate, Rainhill	W.D.
Dencombes, in Bilsborough	A.
DENDRON, (Low Furness) in the parish of Aldingham, 5 miles S.S.W. of Ulverston; has a chapel of ease, patron, the rector of Aldingham
Denham Hall, 3 miles N. of Chorley	LL.
DENTON, 3 miles S.S.W. of Ashton-under-line, is in the parish of Manchester, and has a chapel of ease, the living being a perpetual curacy: patron the Earl of Wilton. A great proportion of the population of the township find employment in the manufactory of hats	S.
Denton Green, near Eccleston	W.D.
Denton Hall, 5 miles E.S.E. of Manchester	S.
DERBY, (commonly called West Derby, to distinguish it from the county town of Derbyshire) gives name to the hundred in which it is situated, and the title of Earl to the noble family of Stanley. It is in the parish of Walton, under which it has a chapel of ease, called Derby Chapel, 4 miles N.E. of Liverpool; patron, the rector of Walton	W.D.
Dewhurst, near Great Harwood	B.
Dewhurst Houses, 1 mile N.E. of Ribchester	B.
Dewhursts, 4 miles N. of Blackburn	B.
Dick's Mill, near Poulton in the Fylde	A.
Dickson's Hill, Hoghton	LL.
DIDSBURY, in the parish of, and distant 6 miles S. of Manchester. The church has a tower, and a pleasant peal of bells. The living is a perpetual curacy: patron, W. Broome, Esq.	S.
Diggles Fold, near Prestwich	S.
Dimples, 1 mile S.S.E. of Garstang	A.
DINKLEY, 5 miles N. of Blackburn	B.
Dinkley Hall, 6 miles N. of Blackburn	B.
Dinkley Moor, 5 miles N. of Blackburn	B.
Ditchfield Green, near Ditton	W.D.
DITTON, 8 miles W. of Warrington	W.D.
Ditton Mills, 12 miles W. of Warrington	W.D.
Dixon Green, 9 miles N.W. of Manchester. The coals got here are of a superior quality	S.
Dob Lane, 3 miles E.N.E. of Manchester, where there is a small dissenting chapel belonging to the Presbyterians	S.
Dob Lane Head, Tottington-lower-end	S.
DOCKER, 10 miles N.N.E. of Lancaster	L.
Docker Park, near Docker	L.
Dog House, Withington, 4 miles S. of Manchester	S.
Dogs, in Halliwell	S.
Dolphinholme, 6 miles S.S.E. of Lancaster	A.
Dolphinlea Ridge, 1 mile N.N.E. of Lancaster	L.
Dones, 1 mile S.W. of Liverpool	W.D.
Donnishaw, Over Wyers Dale	L.
Donnyshop, 4 miles N.N.W. of Haslingden	B.
Douglas, (The river) rises in the neighbourhood of Blackrod, flows by Wigan to the westward, till in the neighbourhood of Croston, it is joined by the Yarrow and the Lostock, and proceeding onward, it falls into the estuary of the Ribble, at Much Hole. This river was made navigable from Wigan to its mouth, by act of Parliament obtained in 1719, but not fully carried into effect till 1727. The Douglas navigation has been since purchased by the Proprietors of the Leeds and Liverpool canal, who have in part substituted an artificial, for the natural course of the river.	LL.
DOUGLAS CHAPEL, near the river Douglas, is a chapel of ease, in the parish of Eccleston, about 1 mile E.S.E. of Newburg; patron, the rector of Eccleston	LL.
Dova Haw, a small island between the island of Old Barrow, and the island of Walney	L.
Dove Cotes, in Little Harwood	B.
Dove Stones, at the edge of the county, near Boulsworth Hill	B.
Dovelow Stones, 7 miles N.E. of Rochdale, on the borders of the counties of York and Lancaster	S.
Dow Crag, (Furness) near Goat's Water	L.
DOWN HOLLAND, 2 miles N.W. of Aughton	W.D.
Down Holland Hall, 21/2 miles E.N.E. of Altcar	W.D.
Downall Green, 1 mile N.W. of Ashton in Makerfield	W.D.
DOWNHAM, 3 miles N.E. of Clitheroe, is in the parish of Whalley, under which it has a chapel of ease; patron, A. Curzon, Esq.	B.
Downham Hall, 1 mile N.N.E. of Downham	B.
Downy Field, near Middleton, 4 miles S.W. of Lancaster	L.
Dragley, (Furness) 1/2 mile S. of Ulverston	L.
DROYLSDEN, 4 miles E. of Manchester	S.
Drummer's Dale, 5 miles N.N.W. of Ormskirk	W.D.
Drummer's Field, 11/2 mile N.W. of Ashton in Makerfield	W.D.
Drysoil, near Allerton	W.D.
Dubty, (Furness) at the south end of Easthwaite Water	L.
Duckworth Hall, 3 miles E.S.E. of Blackburn	B.
Duckworth Hill, 3 miles E.S.E. of Blackburn	B.
Duddon, (The river) in Furness, which separates Lancashire from Cumberland, widening into the estuary, known by the name of Duddon Water, and Duddon Sands	L.
Duddon Bridge, (Furness) 1 mile W.N.W. of Broughton	L.
Duddon Sands, (Furness) the Sands which appear nearly dry at the receding of the tide from the estuary of Duddon, at which time they are passable with a guide, from Kirkby Ireleth.	L.
Duddon Water, (Furness) an estuary formed at the mouth of the river Duddon, below Broughton, extending southward to the N.E. of Walney Island, (nearly 10 miles) and from 2 to 3 miles broad. When the tide is in, this is a beautiful piece of water, but when the tide is out, it is nearly dry.	L.
Dumplington, in Barton, 6 miles W.S.W. of Manchester	S.
Dungeon Salt Works, near Hale	W.D.
Dunken Hall, the seat of Lord Petre, near Church	B.
Dunkirk, 1 mile W. of Leyland	LL.
Dunkirk, 3 miles N. of Bolton-le-Moors	S.
Dunkirk Chapel, (parish of Whalley) in the township of Altham, is a chapel of ease to Whalley; patron, A. Curzon, Esq.	B.
Dunnack Shaw, 4 miles N.N.E. of Haslingden	B.
DUNNERDALE, (Furness) 5 miles N. of Broughton. In this township is situated Seathwaite Chapel, in the parish of Kirkby Ireleth, to which it is a chapel of ease; patron, W. Penny, Esq. In this township are some excellent slate quarries	L.
Dupleth Hill, Castleton	S.
Durton, 4 miles N. of Preston	A.
DUTTON, the township which joins Ribchester to the N. and N.E.	B.
DUXBURY, 2 miles S.S.E. of Chorley	LL.
Duxbury Hall, the seat of Sir F. Standish, Bart. 11/2 mile S. of Chorley	LL.
Dwerry House Green, 3 miles N.E. of Liverpool	W.D.
Dyke Nook, S.W. extremity of Tatham	L.

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Eacroft, 3 miles S. of Blackburn	B.
Eadsford Bridge, 1 mile S.W. of Clitheroe	B.
Eagle Bridge, Sharples. 3 miles N. of Bolton-le-moors	S.
Eagle Tower, 1 mile E. of Heapy Chapel	LL.
Easterly, 3 miles N.W. of Padiham	B.
Easthwaite Hall, (Furness) on the west side of Easthwaite Water	L.
Easthwaite Water, a beautiful lake, situated between Winander Mere, and Coniston Water. It is about 2 miles long and 1/2 mile in breadth. The vale in which this lake is situated, is not so magnificently grand, as those on its right and left, but it is thought by many persons to be more beautiful; the hills being either cultivated to their summit, or adorned with woods and coppice. This Water abounds with perch, pike, eel, and trout, but no char, notwithstanding it has a communication with Winander Mere, into which it overflows, about 2 miles S. of Curwen's Island	L.
EAVES, 6 miles N.N.W. of Preston	A.
Eaves, 1 mile N. of Pendle Hill	B.
ECCLES, a populous village, 4 miles W. of Manchester, a part of the township of Barton, although it is a parish, (in which the township of Barton is included) in the deanry of Manchester. The church is a venerable gothic building; the living a vicarage; patron, the King. This church has under it the following chapels of ease; viz. Pendleton, Swinton, and Ellenbrook. The last of which is a domestic chapel; patrons, the executors of the late Duke of Bridgewater. Eccles has much encreased in size of late years, and has a population equal to many market towns, although it has neither market nor fair, but for the riot and confusion, often to be met with at a fair, it amply compensates itself, at the annual wake, by that elegant, humane, and rational amusement, bull baiting
ECCLESHILL, 4 miles S.S.E. of Blackburn	B.
ECCLESTON, 41/2 miles W. of Chorley, a parish in the deanry of Blackburn. The living is a rectory; patron, R. Whitehead, Esq. Eccleston is joined as a township to Heskin	LL.
ECCLESTON, 3 miles N.E. of Prescot	W.D.
ECCLESTON (Great), 21/2 miles W.S.W. of St. Michaels on the Wyer	A.
ECCLESTON (Little), 3 miles W.S.W. of St. Michaels on the Wyer	A.
Eccleston Green, 1 mile S. of Eccleston church	LL.
Eccleston Hall, in Great Eccleston	A.
Eccleston Hall, in Eccleston	W.D.
EDENFIELD CHAPEL, in Tottington, 6 miles N. of Bury, in which parish it is situated: patron, the rector of Bury	S.
Edge End, Little Marsden	B.
Edge End, 2 miles W. of Bacap	B.
Edge Hill, 1 mile E. of Liverpool	W.D.
Edge Lane, 2 miles E. of Liverpool	W.D.
Edge Side, east end of Rossendale Forest	B.
EDGEWORTH, a township extending from 5 to 8 miles N.N.W. of Bolton-le-Moors	S.
Eel Heath, (Furness) 2 miles E. of Coulton	L.
Eel House, (Furness) 2 miles N.E. of Satterthwaite	L.
EGTON CHAPEL, (Furness) 2 miles N.N.E. of Ulverston, in which parish it is situated, and to which it is a chapel of ease; patron the vicar of Ulverston	L.
EGTON cum NEWLAND, (Furness) the townships adjoining on the N.N.E. to Ulverston	L.
Egypt, in Little Woolton	W.D.
ELLEL, in the parish of Cockerham, extends from 3 to 6 miles S. of Lancaster. It has a chapel of ease (3 miles S. of Lancaster) patron, the vicar of Cockerham	L.
Ellel Hall, 3 miles S. of Lancaster	L.
Ellel Hole, 51/2 S. of Lancaster	L.
Ellenbrook, in the township of Worsley and parish of Eccles, has a domestic chapel; patrons the executors of the late Duke of Bridgewater	S.
Ellerbrook, a rivulet which rises near Latham, and falls into the river Douglas, at Burscough	W.D.
Elmhouse Green, 2 miles N.E. of Up Holland	W.D.
ELSTON, 4 miles N.E. of Preston	A.
ELSWICK, 4 miles N. of Kirkham	A.
Elton Head, 2 miles E. of Prescot	W.D.
Eltonfold, near Bury	S.
Emmet Brows, in Over Wyer's Dale	L.
Emmet Hall, 2 miles E. of Colne	B.
ENTWISTLE, 6 miles N. of Bolton-le-Moors	S.
Entwistle Hall, 5 miles N.N.E. of Bolton	S.
Eskrigg, near Gressingham	L.
EUXTON, in the parish of Leyland, 2 miles W.N.W. of Chorley. The church is a chapel of ease; patron, the vicar of Leyland	LL.
Euxton Burg, Euxton	LL.
Euxton Hall, 2 miles W. of Chorley	LL.
EVERTON, a township adjoining, on the N.E. to Liverpool, in the parish of Walton, and is one of the most delightful situations in the north of England, commanding a charming prospect of the estuary of the Mersey, the mouth of that river, the Irish Channel, the Cheshire shore, and the distant mountains of Wales. It contains a great number of elegant houses, chiefly the residence of the wealthy merchants of Liverpool	W.D.
Extwistle Hall, 2 miles E.N.E. of Burnley	B.

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FAILSWORTH, a very populous hamlet, extending for a considerable Distance on the road-side from Manchester to Oldham; distant 4 miles N.E. from the former place. At Failsworth are the remains of a Roman road	S.
Fair Oak, in Little Bowland	B.
Fairfield, (Furness) a mountain 3 miles N.N.W. of Coniston	L.
Fairfield, 21/2 miles E. of Liverpool	W.D.
Fairfield, 4 miles E. of Manchester; an establishment of the Moravians, similar to that at Fulneck in Yorkshire	S.
Fairhurst, in Bilsborough	A.
Fairhurst Hall, 1 mile N. of Douglas Chapel	LL.
Fairy Hill, 11/2 mile N. of Manchester	S.
Falling, near Rochdale	S.
Fallow Field, 31/2 miles S. of Manchester	S.
Famine Lodge, 4 miles S.E. of Manchester	S.
FARLTON, 71/2 miles N.E. of Lancaster	L.
FARNWORTH, (in the parish of Prescot) a township united with Rumsforth and Kearsley, 51/2 miles W. of Warrington. The church is a chapel of ease; the living is a perpetual curacy; patron, the Vicar of Prescot	W.D.
FARNWORTH, 8 miles N.W. of Manchester	S.
Farnworth Hall, 2 miles S.E. of Bolton-le-Moors	S.
Farr Houses, (Furness) 2 miles E. of Broughton	L.
FARRINGTON, 5 miles S. of Preston	LL.
Farrington Hall, 1 mile N. of Leyland	LL.
Farrington Moss, a large moss W. of Farrington	LL.
Farther Lane, near Old Accrington	B.
Farther Sawrey, (Furness) in Claife	L.
Faulkners, 2 miles N. of Garstang	A.
Fawig, (Furness) in Staveley	L.
FAZACKERLEY, a joint township with Walton, and the next to it on the N.E. side	W.D.
Fazackerley Hall, 2 miles N.E. of Walton	W.D.
Feanyside, 2 miles E.S.E. of Bolton-le-Moors	S.
Fell Field, 1 mile S.S.W. of Cartmel Fell Chapel	L.
Fell Foot, (Furness) at the south end of Winander Mere	L.
Fell Yate, 1 mile S.S.E. of Cartmel	L.
Fell Yate, (Furness) 21/2 miles E. of Broughton	L.
Fenny, on the sea shore, 5 miles N.N.W. of Poulton	A.
Ferne, in Little Bowland	B.
FERNHEAD, 21/2 miles N.E. of Warrington	W.D.
Fernhurst, 2 miles S. of Blackburn	B.
Fernyhalgh, 3 miles N.E. of Preston	A.
Ferret Hall, 2 miles N.E. of Winwick	W.D.
Fidler's Hall, (Furness) in Staveley	L.
FIELD BROUGHTON, in the parish of Cartmel, has a chapel of ease; patron, curate of Cartmel	L.
Field End, 3 miles N.E. of Cartmel	L.
Field Head, (Furness) 11/2 mile N. of Hawkshead	L.
Field Head, in Littledale	L.
Finch House, 3 miles W. of Prescot	W.D.
Fine Peters, 4 miles S. of Blackburn	B.
Fir Grove, 4 miles E.N.E. of Liverpool	W.D.
Firber, 3 miles N.E. of Pendle Hill	B.
FISHWICK, the township adjoining to and E. of Preston	A.
Flag Quarry, (Furness) 3 miles N. of Hawkshead	L.
Flakefeet, west side of Wyer Water	A.
Flax Moss, 1 miles S. of Haslingden	B.
Fletcher's Fold, 11/2 mile S.S.E. of Bury	S.
FLIXTON, a parish and township, 7 miles S.W. of Manchester, is situated in the angle which is formed by the conflux of the Mersey and the Irwell. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Litchfield, being an appendage to the Prebendary of Flixton in that cathedral, though the parish is in the deanry of Manchester, and the diocese of Chester	S.
FLOCKBOROUGH, 2 miles S.W. of Cartmel, in which parish it is situated, and under which it has a chapel of ease; patron, Lord George Cavendish. This place was once a market-town by charter, but the market has been long discontinued	L.
Fock, (Furness) near Lowick	L.
Foggs, in Claughton	A.
Foggs, Darcy Lever, near Bolton-le-Moors	S.
Fold, near Marton Moss	A.
Fold Green, 1 mile W. of Bentham (Yorkshire)	L.
Folds, near Leyland	LL.
Folds, in Heaton Norris, 61/2 miles S.S.E. of Manchester	S.
Folly, 3 miles W. of Garstang	A.
Folly, 1/2 mile S.W. of Preston	A.
Folly (The), 1 mile N. of Lancaster	L.
Fool Fold, near Livesey	B.
Fooler Hill, 11/2 mile N. of Garstang	A.
Force Forge, (Furness) 2 miles S. of Satterthwaite	L.
Force Mill, (Furness) 1 mile S. of Satterthwaite	L.
FORD, a township united to Litherland, Ayntree, and Orrel, 1 mile N. of Litherland	W.D.
Fore Gate, a suburb of Blackburn	B.
Fore Green, Nateby	B.
FORMBY, 11 miles N.N.W. of Liverpool, is in the Parish of Walton, under which it has a chapel of ease; patron, the rector of Walton	W.D.
Formby Land Marks, upon the sea coast, about 2 miles S.W. of Formby Church	W.D.
FORTON, 7 miles S. of Lancaster	A.
Forton Green, Forton	A.
Foul Yate, (Furness) near Easthwait Water	L.
FOUL-RIDGE, the township N. of Colne, and adjoining to the county of York	B.
Foul-ridge Hall, 2 miles N. of Colne	B.
Foulney, a small Island about 11/2 mile N.N.E. of the Southend Haws, of the Island of Walney	L.
Four Lane Ends, 41/2 miles N.N.E. of Preston	A.
Four Lane Ends, Hulton, 11 miles W.N.W. of Manchester	S.
Fourfooted Cross, 31/2 miles N.E. of Newton in the Willows	W.D.
Fourscore Acres, 1 mile E. of Wray	L.
Fowley Common, near Culcheth	W.D.
Fox Denton, 2 miles W. of Oldham. The coal mines here produce coals of an excellent quality	S.
Fox Field, (Furness) 2 miles S. of Broughton	L.
Fox Hall, Blackpool	A.
Fox Hill, 61/2 miles W. of Manchester, in the township of Barton-upon-Irwell	S.
Fox Stones, 3 miles S.E. of Burnley	B.
Foxes, in Cleveley	A.
Foxes, in Over Wyer's Dale	L.
Foxholes, near Rochdale, the seat of I. Entwistle, Esq.	S.
FRECKLETON, 2 miles S. of Kirkham	A.
Freckleton Warehouse, on the north side of the river Ribble, 1 mile S. of Freckleton	A.
French Wood, near Preston	A.
Friar Ground, (Furness) near Kirkby Chapel	L.
Friar's Cross, Quarn Moor	L.
Friar-mere, a hamlet in the parish of Rochdale, under which it has a chapel of ease; patron, the rector of Rochdale	S.
FULWOOD, 2 miles N.N.E. of Preston	A.
Fulwood Moor, 2 miles N.N.E. of Preston	A.
FURNESS ABBEY, 11/2 mile S. of Dalton, in Lower Furness; the venerable ruins of an abbey, founded in 1127 by Stephen, before he became King of England. It is one of the most perfect specimens of monastic architecture now remaining in the kingdom. For an animated description of these ruins, see Mrs. Radcliffe's Tour; and for a further account, see "Antiquities of Furness," and Whitaker's "History of Craven."	L.
Furness Fells, that part of Lonsdale Hundred, which is cut off from the rest of the county by Lancaster Sands, bordering on Westmorland to the E. and N. on Cumberland to the N.N.W. and the W. and by the Bay of Morcombe on the S.	L.
Futidge, near Burnley	B.

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Galgate, 4 miles S. of Lancaster	L.
Galla Berry, (Furness) near Hawkshead	L.
Gambleside, 1 mile N.E. of Goodshaw Chapel	B.
Gannow Clough, 1 mile W. of Burnley	B.
Gargreave, (Furness) 2 miles N. of Kirkby Ireleth	L.
Garple Stones, the boundary marks of the counties of York and Lancaster, 3 miles S. of Bauldsworth Hill	B.
Garrat Hall, a decayed, but curious old house, (adjoining to Manchester on the south), which in the reign of Henry VIII was the seat of George Trafford, Esq. but of late years has been divided, and let in numerous tenements	S.
GARSTANG, (N. lat. 53º 51" W. lon. 2º 41") 11 miles S. of Lancaster, 11 miles N.N.W. of Preston, and 228 miles from London; is situated on the river Wyre, and has the advantage of the Lancaster Canal, which crosses the Wyer close to the town. Calicoes and other cotton goods have of late years been made in this town. The parish church of Garstang being distant 1 mile S. a chapel of ease has been erected in the town; patron, the vicar of Garstang. By the incorporation of Garstang by Charles II it is governed by a Bailiff and seven Burgesses, who have the power of trying offences committed in the borough. The market day is Thursday. The fairs are on Holy Thursday, for cattle and hardware; July 9, 10, and 11, for cattle, wool, and woollen cloths, toys and hardware; Nov. 21, 22, and 23, for cattle, horses, woollen cloth, hardware, and onions	A.
GARSTANG, (Church Town) stands about 1 mile S. of the borough of Garstang. The parish is in the deanry of Amounderness: the living is a vicarage; patron, - Pedder, Esq	A.
GARSTON, in the parish of Childwall, 6 miles S.E. of Liverpool. The church is a chapel of ease to Childwall; the curacy is in the gift of the heirs of Topham Beauclerk, Esq.	W.D.
Garswood Hall, 3 miles N.N.W. of St. Hellen's, the seat of Sir Robert Gerrard, Bart	W.D.
Garth, (Furness) 2 miles N. of Tibberthwaite	L.
Gartside, in Castleton, near Rochdale	S.
Gartside, (Furness) 2 miles N. of Cartmel	L.
Gaskel Point, on the river Wyer, on the bank nearly opposite to Thornton	A.
Gatacre, 6 miles E.S.E. of Liverpool. Here is a dissenting chapel, belonging to a congregation of the Presbyterian persuasion	W.D.
Gathurst Bridge, (over the Douglas) 4 miles N.W. of Wigan	W.D.
Gauxholme, 31/2 miles E. of Bacap	S.
Gawthwaite, (Furness) 2 miles E. of Kirkby	L.
Gerrard Hall, near Astley, in the parish of Leigh	W.D.
Gerrard's Bridge, 1 mile N. of St. Hellen's	W.D.
Giban Bridge, 5 miles N. of Ribchester	B.
Gilead House, a monument of human credulity, 11/2 mile E. of Liverpool	W.D.
Gill, 1 mile W. of Hornby	L.
Gill Bank, (Furness) 3 miles N.N.E. of Broughton	L.
Gill Moss, Croxteth Park	W.D.
Gillar's Green, 1 mile N. of Prescot	W.D.
Gingle Hall, 5 miles N.E. of Preston	A.
Glasson, in Thurnham, 4 miles S.S.W. of Lancaster	L.
Glasson Point, near Glasson, at the mouth of the river Loyne	L.
GLAZEBROOK, 12 miles S.W. of Manchester	W.D.
Glazebrook Moss, on the north side of the township of Glazebrook	W.D.
Gleaston, (Low Furness) 1 mile N.N.E. of Dendrow	L.
Gleaston Castle, (Low Furness) 11/2 mile N.E. of Dendrow	L.
Glodwick, 1 mile S.S.E. of Oldham	S.
Goat's Water, (Furness) a small lake, 2 miles N.W. of Furness	L.
GOLBORN, 1 mile N. of Newton in the Willows	W.D.
Golborn Hall, 1/2 mile N. of Newton in the Willows	W.D.
GOODSHAW, under Haslingden, but in the parish of Whalley, has a chapel of ease, 3 miles N.E. of Haslingden; patron, the Vicar of Whalley	B.
Goodshaw Fold, 3 miles N.N.E. of Haslingden	B.
Goor Houses, 9 miles N. of Liverpool	W.D.
Goose Green, 2 miles S.W. of Wigan	W.D.
Goose House, in Balderston	B.
GOOSNARGH, (in the parish of Kirkham) 6 miles N.N.E. of Preston, has a chapel of ease; patron, the Vicar of Kirkham	A.
Gorsuch Hall, Scarisbrick, 4 miles N.W. of Ormskirk	W.D.
GORTON, in the parish of Manchester, from whence it is distant 4 miles S.E. It has a chapel of ease, in the patronage of the Warden and Fellows of the collegiate church of Manchester. It has also a neat dissenting chapel, belonging to a congregation of the Presbyterian persuasion. There is a tradition, that a very bloody battle was fought in this place, in which the Danes were routed by the Britons	S.
Gorton Hall, Gorton, 4 miles S.E. of Manchester	S.
Gorton House, 41/2 miles S.E. of Manchester	S.
Gowthorpe Hall, 1 mile E. of Padiham	B.
Grange, on the sea shore, 1 mile S. of Formby	W.D.
Grange, 1 mile W. of Stalmin	A.
Grange, 4 miles S. of Lancaster	L.
Grange, 2 miles E.S.E. of Cartmel	L.
Grange Barn, in Shuttleworth, 5 miles N.N.E. of Bury	S.
Grass Yard Hall, 1 mile S.S.W. of Caton	L.
Grave, 1 mile E.N.E. of Bacap	S.
Grave, 1 mile W. of Rochdale	S.
Graygarth Fell, a mountain on the N.E. extremity of the county, 4 miles N.E. of Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmoreland	L.
Graythwaite, (Furness) west side of Winander Mere, 5 miles N.E. of Coulton	L.
Great Carleton, see "Carleton, Great"	A.
Great Crosby, see "Crosby, Great"	W.D.
Great Eccleston, see "Eccleston, Great"	A.
Great Harwood, see "Harwood, Great"	B.
Great Heaton, see "Heaton, Great"	S.
Great House, 1 mile E. of Cockerham	A.
Great Layton, see "Layton, Great"	A.
Great Lever, see "Lever, Great"	S.
Great Marsden, see "Marsden, Great"	B.
Great Marton, see "Marton, Great"	A.
Great Plumpton, see "Plumpton, Great"	A.
Great Sankey, see "Sankey, Great"	W.D.
Great Stone of Four Stones, a boundary stone between the counties of York and Lancaster, 2 miles S. of Bentham, Yorkshire	L.
Great Wooton, see "Wooton, Great"	W.D.
Greaves Ground, (Furness) 4 miles N.E. of Broughton	L.
Green (the), in Hale	W.D.
Green Bank, (Furness) 2 miles N. of Cartmel	L.
Green Bank, (Furness) 2 miles N.E. of Broughton	L.
Green Bank, near Preston	A.
Green Bank, 3 miles E.S.E. of Liverpool	W.D.
Green Bank (Higher), east side of Roboransdale	L.
Green Bank (Lower), east side of Roboransdale	L.
Green Barn, 1 mile S.E. of Blackrod	S.
Green Cliff, near Great Harwood	B.
Green End, in Burnage, 5 miles S.S.E. of Manchester	S.
Green Field, 2 miles S.W. of Whalley	B.
Green Gore, 3 miles N.E. of Ribchester	B.
Green Hey, Moss side, near Manchester	S.
Green Hill, 1 mile N.N.W. of Shaw Chapel	S.
Green Hill, on the east side of Graygarth Fell	L.
Green Hill, 1 mile S.S.W. of Bentham, Yorkshire	L.
Green Holme, (Furness) 1 mile N. of Blawith	L.
Green Howarth, 3 miles N.N.W. of Haslingden	B.
Green Hurst, 3 miles W. of Blackburn	B.
Green Hurst, 11/2 mile N.N.E. of Ashton-under-line	S.
Green Low, 1 mile E.N.E. of Bacap	B.
Green Nook, in Alston, 1 mile N.E. of Preston	A.
Green Rig, (Furness) 3 miles N.E. of Broughton	S.
Green Road, 2 miles E.N.E. of Whitworth	S.
Green Roads, Heaton, 5 miles N. of Manchester	S.
Green Thorn, near Cartmel Fell Chapel	L.
Greenacre Moor, E. side of Oldham, 9 miles N.E. of Manchester	S.
GREENHALGH, 3 miles N.W. of Kirkham in the Fylde	A.
Greenhaugh Castle, 1 mile E. of Garstang; the ruins of a castle of which only a single tower remains, built by the first Earl of Derby, in the reign of Henry VII	A.
Greenlane House, (Furness) 1 mile S. of Pennington	L.
Greenside, Droylsden, 4 miles E. of Manchester	S.
Greety Gate, (Furness) near Broughton	L.
Greg Field, (Furness) 1 mile N.E. of Kirkby	L.
GRESSINGHAM, 8 miles N.E. of Lancaster, in which parish it is situated, notwithstanding it is in the deanry of Kirkby Lonsdale. It has a chapel of ease; patron, the Vicar of Lancaster	L.
Greta, (the river) rises in Yorkshire, and enters the county of Lancaster near Cansfield, in the hundred of Lonsdale, and falls into the Loyne near Melling	L.
Grey Friar, (Furness) a mountain 4 miles N.W. of Coniston	L.
Grey Hills, 1 mile S.W. of Bentham, Yorkshire	L.
GRIMSARGH, 4 miles N.E. of Preston, in which parish it is situated, and has a chapel of ease; patron, the Vicar of Preston	A.
Grimsargh Hall, Grimsargh	A.
Grimshaw Park, 1 mile S.S.E. of Blackburn	B.
Grizedale, (Furness) 2 miles N. of Satterthwaite Chapel	L.
Groffer Cragg, (Furness) 2 miles E. of Kirkby	L.
Grossdale Grange, south end of Tatham	L.
Growegrave Fold, 2 miles N.W. of Radcliffe Bridge	S.
Grundy Houses, 2 miles S. of Blackrod	S.
Guide Post, on the borders of Lancaster Sands, 1/2 mile W. of Carnforth	L.
Guide's House, on the N. shore of the river Ribble, 3 miles S. of Kirkham	A.
Guminer's How, 2 miles N.N.E. of Staveley, Cartmell Fells	L.
Gunnerthwaite, 2 miles E. of Priest Hutton	L.

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Habby Hay, near Gorton	S.
HABERGHAM EAVES, 2 miles of Burnley	B.
HACKENSALL, on the E. side of the mouth of the river Wyer	A.
Hackensall Hall, on the east bank of Wyer Water, in Hackensall	A.
Hackensall Ridge, near the sea shore, Hackensall	A.
Hacking Hall, 11/2 mile W. of Whalley	B.
Hag, (Furness) 1 mile N. of Broughton	L.
Hage Fold, 4 miles N. of Rochdale	S.
HAIGH, 2 miles N. of Wigan. This place is famous for the excellence of its cannal, a species of coal, which is often fashioned into elegant trinkets	W.D.
Haigh Hall, 11/2 mile N.N.E. of Wigan, an old seat of the Bradshaigh family, who resided here from the time of Edward II. It is now the property of Lord Balcarras, who married the Bradshaigh heiress. It contains many valuable pictures, chiefly collected by the ancient family in whose hands it had remained so many years.	W.D.
HAIGHTON, 4 miles N.N.E. of Preston	A.
Haighton Green, 4 miles N.N.E. of Preston	A.
Haighton Hall, 5 miles N.N.E. of Preston	A.
Haighton House, 4 miles N.N.E. of Preston	A.
HALE, (joint township with Halwood) 10 miles E.S.E. of Liverpool, at the east end of the estuary formed by the Mersey and the Weaver, opposite to Frodsham Marsh. It is in the parish of Childwall, and the patronage of its chapel of ease is in J. Blackburn, Esq.	W.D.
Hale Bank, 1 mile N. of Hale	W.D.
Hale Hall, the seat of J. Blackburn, Esq. Hale	W.D.
Hale Nook, 2 miles S.E. of Stalmin	A.
HALEWOOD, adjoining on the N. to Hale, to which it is an united township	W.D.
Halewood Green, 1 mile E. of Gatacre	W.D.
Half House, Old Accrington	B.
Half-way, 1 mile E. of Cansfield	L.
HALGH, the township adjoining on the S. to Bolton-le-Moors	S.
Hall Fold, 4 miles N.N.W. of Rochdale	S.
Hall Foot, 2 miles E. of Clitheroe	B.
Hall Green, 11/2 mile N. of Much Hool	LL.
Hall o'th' Hill, 2 miles S.S.E. of Chorley	LL.
HALLIWELL, 11/2 mile N.W. of Bolton-le-Moors, a township joined to those of Howick and Heaton	S.
HALSALL, 3 miles N.W. of Ormskirk, a parish in the deanry of Warrington. The living is a vicarage; patron, C. Mordaunt, Esq.	W.D.
Halsall Moss, a large morass which is situated between Halsall and Birkdale	W.D.
Halshaw Moor, 9 miles W.N.W. of Manchester	S.
HALTON, 21/2 miles N.N.E. of Lancaster, a township and parish in the deanry of -; the living is a rectory, patron, -	L.
Halton Green, 31/2 miles N.E. of Lancaster	L.
Halton Moss, a large common, which, at the south end is 4 miles N.E. of Lancaster	L.
Halton Park, 4 miles N.E. of Lancaster	L.
HAMBLETON, 3 miles N.N.E. of Poulton in the Fylde, is in the parish of Kirkham, under which it has a chapel of ease; patron, the Vicar of Kirkham	A.
Hambleton Hill, (Hapton Moor) 3 miles N.N.E. of Haslingden	B.
Hambleton Hill, (part of which is in Yorkshire), 5 miles E.S.E. of Burnley	B.
Hambleton Springs, 31/2 miles E.S.E. of Burnley	B.
Hamer, 1 mile N.E. of Rochdale	S.
Hampson, 5 miles S. of Lancaster	L.
Hanging Chadder, 1 mile N. of Royton Chapel	S.
HAPTON, 5 miles N. of Haslingden	B.
Hapton Hall, 5 miles N. of Haslingden	B.
Hapton Moor, 3 miles N.E. of Haslingden	B.
Hardhead, 2 miles S. of Cockerham church	L.
Hardhill, near Cartmel	L.
HARDHORN, 1 mile S. of Poulton in the Fylde	A.
Hardman's Fold, 1 mile S.S.W. of Bury	S.
Hardman's Fold, 2 miles S. of Bolton-le-Moors	S.
Hardman's Fold, near Prestwich	S.
Hardmans, 3 miles N. of Bolton-le-Moors	S.
Hardshaw, near St. Hellen's. The people called Quakers have a meeting house here	W.D.
HARDY, a township joined with Chorlton, 41/2 miles S. of Manchester	S.
Hare Hall, (Furness) 31/2 miles N. of Broughton	L.
Hare How, 51/2 miles E.N.E. of Cartmel	L.
Harestones, 11/2 mile S. of Cockerham church	L.
Hargreave Fold, 2 miles N.W. of Bacap	B.
Hargreaves, 1 mile N.N.E. of Padiham	B.
Harnfield Fell, a mountain, 1 mile E. of Cartmel	L.
HARPUR HEY, 21/2 miles S.E. of Manchester. This small township has many pleasant situations in it, and commands some views of Blakely Valley, Smedley, and Heaton House, which are beautifully picturesque	S.
Hart Hill, 3 miles W. of Manchester	S.
Hartbarrow, 2 miles N. of Cartmel Fell chapel	L.
Harter Beck, in Roboransdale	L.
Hartley, 10 miles N.N.E. of Manchester	S.
HARTSHEAD, 3 miles N.E. of Ashton-under-line	S.
Hartshead Pike, a conical pillar on the summit of a hill, anciently a beacon, 8 miles E.N.E. of Manchester	S.
Hartshead Well, on the borders of Yorkshire, 4 miles E.S.E. of Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmoreland	L.
HARWOOD, 2 miles N.E. of Bolton-le-Moors	S.
HARWOOD (Great), 3 miles S. of Whally, is in the parish of Blackburn, under which it has a chapel of ease; patron, the Vicar of Blackburn	B.
HARWOOD (Little), 2 miles N. of Blackburn	B.
Harwood Hall, 1 mile N. of Blackburn	B.
HASLINGDEN, (N. lat 53º 40" W. long. 2º 14") is situated on the rivulet Swinnel, 81/4 miles E.S.E. of Blackburn, 171/2 miles N.N.W. of Manchester, and 2031/2 miles from London. It is in the parish of Whalley, under which it has a chapel of ease. The living is a perpetual curacy; patron, the Vicar of Whalley. The market day is Wednesday, and the Fairs are holden Feb. 2, May 8, July 5, and Oct. 2, for horses and sheep. In 1801 it had 844 houses, and 4040 inhabitants	B.
Haslingden Booth, 4 miles S.W. of Haslingden	B.
Hatlocks, 3 miles N. of Lancaster	L.
HAUGHTON, 8 miles S.E. of Manchester, between Denton, and the river Tame, which divides the township from Cheshire.	S.
HAVERTHWAITE, (Furness) on the north bank of the river Leven, 4 miles N.E. of Ulverston	L.
HAWCOAT, (Low Furness) 11/2 mile S.W. of Dalton	L.
Hawke's Hole, 2 miles N.N.E. of Burnley	B.
HAWKSHEAD, (N. lat. 54º 19", W. long. 2º 54") 5 miles S.S.W. of Ambleside, Westmoreland; 13 miles N.E. of Broughton, Furness; and 2753/4 from London. It is a parish in the deanry of Furness and Cartmel; the living a perpetual curacy; patron, the King. Market day, Monday; the Fairs are holden on Easter Monday, the Monday before Ascension day, Whit Monday, and October 2, for cattle and pedlary. In 1801, Hawkshead contained 160 houses, and 634 inhabitants.	L.
Hawkshead Hill, (Furness) 1 mile W.N.W. of Hawkshead	L.
Haworth Fold, 1 mile S. of Burnley	B.
Haws, on the shire, near Bolton-in-the-Sands	L.
Hawthornthwaite, on the south side of Over Wyer's Dale	L.
Hawthwaite, (Furness) 1/2 mile N.E. of Torver	L.
Hawthwaite, (Furness) 1 mile N. of Broughton	L.
Hay, 2 miles E. of Oldham, is in the parish of Ashton-under-line, and has a chapel of ease; patron, the Rector of Ashton. N.B. The chapel is often called Lee Chapel	S.
Hay Fold, near Darwen Chapel	B.
Hay Houses, 2 miles N.N.W. of Lytham	A.
Hay's-side, near Great Marton	A.
HAYDOCK, (a joint township with Golbourne) 2 miles N.E. of St. Hellen's	W.D.
Haydock Lodge, 1/2 mile S.S.E. of Ashton in the Willows	W.D.
Hayfoot, in Roboransdale	L.
Haysham, (Furness) N.E. end of Leven Water	L.
Hazle Hall, (Furness) 1 mile S.S.W. of Torver	L.
Hazleheads, north side of Bleasdale	A.
Hazlehurst, 2 miles N.E. of Ashton-under-line	S.
Headless Cross, 4 miles S.S.E. of Chorley	LL.
Headnook, 6 miles N.N.W. of Preston	A.
Healds, 2 miles E. of Garstang	A.
Healey Hall, an ancient seat of the family of Chadwick, 2 miles N.N.W. of Rochdale	S.
HEAP, the township E. of Bury	S.
Heap Fold, 1 mile E. of Bury	S.
HEAPEY, 2 miles N.N.E. of Chorley, in the parish of Leyland, under which it has a chapel of ease; patron, the Vicar of Leyland	LL.
HEATH CHARNOCK, 21/2 miles S.S.E. of Chorley	LL.
Heath Lane, 2 miles N.E. of Winwick	W.D.
Heathwaite, (Furness) 2 miles E. of Broughton	L.
HEATON, on the west bank of the river Loyne, 21/2 miles W.S.W. of Lancaster	L.
HEATON, (a joint township with Horwich and Halliwell), in the parish of Dean, 2 miles W. of Bolton-le-Moors	S.
HEATON (Great), 4 miles N. of Manchester	S.
HEATON (Little), 5 miles N. of Manchester	S.
Heaton Hall, Heaton, near Lancaster	L.
Heaton House, the elegant seat of the Earl of Wilton, 4 miles N. of Manchester	S.
HEATON NORRIS, a very populous township in the parish of Manchester, from which it is distant 5 miles S.S.E. It is seperated from Stockport, Cheshire, by the river Mersey, and forms a large handsome suburb to that thriving town; on the road leading from Manchester to Stockport, a little beyond the 5 mile stone, it has a chapel, dedicated to St. Thomas; patrons, the Warden and Fellows of the collegiate church of Manchester	S.
Height, 3 miles N.N.E. of Blackburn	B.
Height, 5 miles N.N.E. of Cartmel	L.
Height House, (Furness) 2 miles N.E. of Broughton	L.
Height Nook, 3 miles S.W. of Haslingden	B.
Height o'th' Hill, near Stalmin	A.
Helks, 4 miles S.E. of Wray	L.
Hell Bank, Little Green, near Manchester	S.
Hell Beck, in Barnacre	A.
Hell-well, an estuary, or cove, at the S. extremity of Cartmel Fells, adjoining Cartmel Wharf	L.
Hellen's, see St. Hellen's	W.D.
Helm Barn, 6 miles N.W. of Ribchester	B.
Hen Croft, (Furness) 2 miles N.E. of Broughton	L.
Hen Moss, 1 mile S.W. of Great Harwood	B.
Hen-redding, in Dalton, 11/2 mile E.S.E. of Burton, Westmoreland	L.
Henfield Moor, a large common, 41/2 miles N.E. of Blackburn	B.
HENTHORN, 2 miles N. of Whalley	B.
Heskayne, 2 miles S.S.W. of Halsall	W.D.
HESKETH (with Beconsall), 8 miles W.S.W. of Preston	LL.
Hesketh Bank, (on the shore of the estuary of the Ribble), 8 miles W.S.W. of Preston	LL.
Heskham House, on Pilling Moss	A.
HESKIN, 5 miles N.N.W. of Standish	LL.
Heskin Hall, Heskin	LL.
Hest, 3 miles N. of Lancaster	L.
Hest-bank, at Hest, the place where travellers enter upon the Lancaster Sands, when they pass over them to Cartmel	L.
HEY HOUSES, 3 miles N. of Padiham	B.
Hey-carr, 5 miles S. of Lancaster	L.
Heycoat Hall, (Furness) 3 miles N.N.E. of Broughton	L.
Heyrod Hall, 2 miles E.N.E. of Ashton-under-line	S.
Heyroyd, 1 mile N.E. of Colne	B.
HEYSHAM, 4 miles W. of Lancaster, a parish in the deanry of -; the living is -; patron -	L.
Heysham Mill, 1 mile N.N.E. of Heysham Church	L.
HEYWOOD, 4 miles E. of Bury (in which parish it is situated), and 10 miles N. of Manchester. It has a chapel of ease; patron, the Rector of Bury	S.
Heywood Bridge, (over the Irwell), 2 miles S. of Haslingden	B.
Heywood Hall, at Heywood, 10 miles N. of Manchester	S.
Higginshaw, 1 mile N.N.E. of Oldham	S.
High Bank, (Furness) 11/2 mile W.N.W. of Satterthwaite chapel	L.
High Barn, Middleton, 6 miles N. of Manchester	S.
High Bullow, (on the Moors), 2 miles N. of Rivington chapel	S.
High Crompton, see Crompton	S.
High Cross, near Broughton, in Furness	L.
High Field, 1/2 mile E. of Lancaster	L.
High Field, 1/2 mile E.S.E. of Winwick	W.D.
High Field, 4 miles E. of Liverpool	W.D.
High Field, near Dixon Green, 9 miles W.N.W. of Manchester	S.
High Field (Higher), 6 miles N.E. of Lancaster	L.
High Field (Lower), 41/2 miles N.E. of Lancaster	L.
High Field (Middle), 5 miles N.E. of Lancaster	L.
High Field Hall, 1/2 mile N.E. of Winwick	W.D.
High Hall, (Furness) 2 miles N.E. of Ruslam church	L.
High Haw Dale, (Furness) 11/2 mile N. of Monk Coniston	L.
High House, 2 miles N.N.W. of Ribchester	B.
High House, (Furness) 1 mile N.E. of Hawkshead	L.
High House, near the north end of Cartmel Fells	L.
High Houses, 6 miles W. of Rochdale	S.
High Houses, 2 miles N. of Bolton-le-Moors	S.
High Moor, Bleasdale	A.
High Park, (Furness) 4 miles N.N.E. of Hawkshead	L.
High Park, on the south-east side of Liverpool	S.
High Satterthwaite, (Furness) 1 mile N.W. of Egton	L.
High Stile, (Furness) near Trover	L.
High Style, 3 miles S.S.E. of Bolton-le-Moors	S.
High Town, 1 mile W.N.W. of Ince Blundell	W.D.
High Wardle, 3 miles N. of Rochdale	S.
High Wray, (Furness) between Winander Mere and Blatham Tarn	L.
Higham, 2 miles N.N.E. of Padiham	B.
Higham Fold, Ashton-under-line	S.
Highdale Park, (Furness) 1 mile E. of Satterthwaite chapel	L.
Higher Ballum, 2 miles N. of Lytham	A.
Higher Bridge, (over the Hodder), 5 miles N.N.E. of Ribchester	B.
Higher Brockholes, 3 miles E.N.E. of Preston	A.
Higher College, 2 miles N.W. of Ribchester	B.
Higher Cowden, 2 miles S. of Whalley	B.
Higher Fold, 11/2 mile N.E. of Bradshaw chapel	S.
Higher Gore, 11/2 mile W. of Chipping	B.
Higher Green Bank, Over Wyer's Dale	L.
Higher Green Bank, east side of Roboransdale	L.
Higher Heaps, 11/2 mile S. of Bury	S.
Higher Hill, 1 mile W.S.W. of Hartshead Pike	S.
Higher Lane, Fazackerly	W.D.
Higher Lee, Over Wyer's Dale	L.
Higher Lickhurst, south side of Bleasdale	A.
Higher Moor, 1 mile N.N.E. of Oldham	S.
Higher Moor Head, 5 miles S.E. f Lancaster	L.
Higher Salter, in Roboransdale	L.
Higher Thrusgill, east side of Roboransdale	L.
Higher Whittle, in Pilsworth	S.
Hight, 1 mile N. of Rochdale	S.
Hilderstone, 1 mile W. of Burton, Westmoreland	L.
Hilham, 1 mile N.N.W. of Cockerham church	L.
Hill House, 1 mile N. of Cockerham church	L.
Hill House Fold, 3 miles N.W. of Standish	LL.
Hill Lane, 1 mile E.N.E. of Ashton-under-Line	S.
Hill Top, 1 mile E. of Melling	L.
Hill Top, S. end of Caton Moor	L.
Hill Top, 2 miles S.E. of Bury	S.
Hillock, 1 mile E. of Old Accrington	B.
Hillock, (Over Darwen) 6 miles S.S.E. of Blackburn	B.
Hillock, 1 mile E. of Whitfield	S.
Hinding House, (in Seathwaite), N.N.W. extremity of the county	L.
HINDLEY (with Abram), 3 miles S.S.E. of Wigan, in which parish it is situated, and under which it has a chapel of ease; patron, the Rector Of Wigan	W.D.
Hindley Green, 4 miles S.E. of Wigan	W.D.
Hindley Hall, 2 miles E. of Wigan	S.
Hippen Hall, 3 miles S.E. of Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmoreland	L.
Hob Lane, south part of Edgeworth	S.
Hodder, (the river), rises in Yorkshire, and at the north end of Little Bowland, becomes a boundary of the counties of York and Lancaster, till it falls into the Ribble, 2 miles N.W. of Whalley	B.
HOGHTON, 5 miles W.S.W. of Blackburn	LL.
Hoghton Lane, 3 miles E.N.E. of Walton-le-Dale	LL.
Hoghton Tower, the seat of Sir Henry Hoghton, Bart. 41/2 miles W.S.W. of Blackburn	LL.
Hogshead Trough, 5 miles N. of Rochdale	S.
Holcombe, (in the parish of Bury), in Tottington, 4 miles N.N.W. of Bury, has a chapel of ease; patron, the Rector of Bury	S.
Holcombe, (the), a rivulet which rises in Tottington higher end, and falls into the Irwell about 3 miles N. of Bury	S.
Holcombe Brook, 3 miles N.N.W. of Bury	S.
Holcombe Hill, in Tottington, 4 miles N.N.W. of Bury	S.
Hole, near Little Harwood	B.
Hole House, 1 mile N.E. of Blackburn	B.
Hole of Ellot, 6 miles S.S.E. of Lancaster	L.
Holker, (Furness), see Upper and Lower Holker	L.
Holker Hall, (the seat of Lord George Cavendish), 11/2 mile S.W. of Cartmel	L.
Holland Lees, 2 miles N. of Up-Holland	W.D.
Holland Moor, 1 mile W. of Up-Holland	W.D.
HOLLETH, 6 miles S. of Lancaster	A.
Holling Bank, 1 mile S. of Blackburn	B.
Holling Bank, 2 miles S.S.W. of Haslingden	B.
Holling Yate, 1 mile N. of Haslingden	B.
Holling-house, (Furness) 1 mile N. of Seathwaite chapel	L.
Hollinghead Hall, (near Darwen Moor), 21/2 miles S. of Toakholes	B.
Hollinghurst, 7 miles N.N.W. of Manchester	S.
Hollings, 3 miles N. of Preston	A.
Hollings, 3 miles N.N.W. of Haslingden	B.
Hollings Ferry, (over the Mersey), at Hollings Green	S.
Hollings Green, 12 miles W.S.W. of Manchester; is in the parish of Warrington, under which it has a chapel of ease; patron, the Rector of Warrington	W.D.
Hollingsworth, 1 mile S. of Littleborough	S.
Hollins, 2 miles E. of Burnley	B.
Hollinwood, 6 miles N.E. of Manchester, and 2 miles S.W. of Oldham, is in the parish of Prestwich, under which it has a chapel of ease; patron, the Rector of Prestwich	S.
Hollow Field, 5 miles N.N.W. of Preston	A.
Hollow Oak, (Furness) in Satterthwaite	L.
Holme, 3 miles S. of Cartmel	L.
Holme, (on the river Hodder), 5 miles N.N.E. of Ribchester	B.
Holme (in Cliveger), 4 miles S.E. of Burnley, is in the parish of Whalley, and has a chapel of ease under Burnley; patron, the Vicar of Whalley	B.
Holme End, 2 miles N. of Burnley	B.
Holme's Wood Hall, 6 miles N. of Ormskirk	W.D.
Holmes, 3 miles N. of Bolton-le-Moors	S.
Holmes, 2 miles N. of Goosnargh	A.
Holt, 11/2 mile S. of Huyton	W.D.
Homer's Green, 1 mile N.W. of Sephton	W.D.
Hool, see Much Hool and Little Hool	LL.
Hooley Hill, 2 miles S.S.W. of Ashton-under-Line	S.
Hopcar Hall, 1 miles S.S.E. of Leigh	W.D.
Hope, 3 miles W.N.W. of Manchester	S.
HOPWOOD, the township adjoining on the N. to Middleton	S.
Hopwood Hall, the seat of E.G. Hopwood, Esq. 7 miles N.N.E. of Manchester	S.
HORNBY, in the parish of Melling, 9 miles N.E. of Lancaster, and 2491/2 miles from London; is situated on the river Loyne, and has a chapel of ease under Melling, living a perpetual curacy; patron, F. Charteris, Esq. Hornby has no market, but has an annual fair for horses and cattle, on July 30 and 31.	L.
Hornby Castle, near Hornby	L.
Horris Ford, (over the Ribble) 11/2 mile N. of Clitheroe	B.
Horris Hall, 1 mile N. of Clitheroe	B.
Horrock's Moor, 3 miles N.W. of Bolton-le-Moors	S.
Horrocks' Fold, 21/2 miles N.W. of Bolton-le-Moors	S.
Horrocks' Hall, 31/2 miles N.W. of Standish	LL.
Horrocks' Mill, 31/2 miles N.W. of Standish	LL.
Horsage Fold, near Oldham	S.
Horse Houses, 21/2 miles S.W. of North Meols	W.D.
Horsecar Moss, a large morass, 1 mile N. of Latham Hall	W.D.
Horselet, 2 miles S.S.E. of Prescot	W.D.
Horses, (Furness) 4 miles N. of Broughton	L.
HORWICH, (a joint township with Heaton and Halliwell) 5 miles W.N.W. of Bolton-le-Moors; is in the parish of Dean, under which it has a chapel of ease; patron, the Vicar of Dean. About a mile to the S.E. of the chapel of ease, is a dissenting chapel	S.
Horwich Moor, 31/2 miles W.N.W. of Bolton	S.
HOTHERSALL, 1 mile W. of Ribchester	A.
Hough, 5 miles N.N.W. of Preston	A.
Hough, 2 miles N.N.E. of Ribchester	B.
Hough Green, 4 miles S.S.E. of Prescot	W.D.
Hough's End, 4 miles S.S.E. of Manchester; an old house, formerly the seat of Sir Edward Mosley, Bart. the ancestor of the present Lords of the manor of Manchester	S.
HOUGHTON, 21/2 miles N.N.E. of Warrington	W.D.
HOUGHTON, see "WEST HOUGHTON"	S.
Houghton (Little), 2 miles N. of Eccles	S.
Houlding Hall, 1 miles S.W. of Haslingden	B.
Houlding Mill, 1 miles S.W. of Haslingden	B.
Houses o'th' Hill, 3 miles N.N.W. of Rochdale	S.
How, (Furness) 4 miles N. of Broughton	L.
How Clough, 1 mile S.W. of Chipping	B.
How Head, (Furness) east side of the north end of Coniston Water	L.
Howbarrow, 1 mile W. of Cartmel	L.
HOWICK, 2 miles W.S.W. of Preston	LL.
Hoyles, 1/2 mile E. of Eatonfield Chapel	S.
Hullart Hall, 4 miles W.S.W. of Blackburn	B.
Hullart Hall, 2 miles S.S.W. of Manchester	S.
HULME, a hamlet attached to the township, and in the parish of Manchester, from which it is separated by the river Medlock. If it were detached from its parent town it would rank as a considerable place, on account of the number and respectability of its buildings. A large barrack is in this township, generally occupied by a squadron of horse.	S.
HULME, 2 miles N. of Warrington	W.D.
Hulme Hall, 1 mile S.W. of Manchester Cross, is and ancient half-timbered house, with an inner court, situated on the S.E. bank of the Irwell, was formerly the property of the Prestwich's, Baronets of Prestwich, a family which lost the greater part of its fortune in the civil wars of Charles I. The last Baronet, Sir John Prestwich, a very ingenious antiquary, died a few years ago, in absolute poverty, and at his death the title became extinct. The Prestwich's sold Hulme Hall to the Blands, from whence it passed to the late George Lloyd, Esq. who sold it to the late Duke of Bridgewater. It is now let off to numerous tenants	S.
Hulme Hall, Reddish, 51/2 miles S.E. of Manchester	S.
HULTON, 3 miles W.S.W. of Preston	LL.
HULTON (Little) HULTON (Middle) HULTON (Over), Three joint townships, extending from Walgden Moor to west Houghton, on the road from Manchester to Wigan	S.
Hulton Park, the seat of Wm. Hulton, Esq. 12 miles W.N.W. of Manchester	S.
Hulton Pasture, at the northern end of Longworth	S.
Humphrey Head, a point of land 4 miles S. of Cartmel, and adjoining the Lancaster Sands	L.
HUNCOTE, the township adjoining on the north to Old Accrington	B.
Huncote Hall, Huncote, 4 miles N. of Haslingden	B.
HUNDERSFIELD, one of the four townships in the parish of Rochdale, forming the east and north-east of that parish	S.
Huntington Hall, 2 miles N. of Ribchester	B.
Huntroid, 1 mile N.N.W. of Padiham	B.
Hurden Fold, near Graygarth Fell, on the boundary line of Yorkshire	L.
Hurleston Hall, 11/2 mile N.N.W. of Ormskirk	W.D.
Hurlestone Green, 2 miles N.N.W. of Ormskirk	W.D.
HURST, a hamlet adjoining to the town, and in the parish of Ashton-under-Line	S.
Hurst Houses, 4 miles N.W. of Standish	LL.
HUTTON, 3 miles W.S.W. of Preston	LL.
HUYTON, 7 miles E. of Liverpool, a township (united to Robey) and a parish in the deanry of Warrington. The living is a vicarage; patron, the Earl of Sefton	W.D.
Huyton Hey, near Huyton	W.D.
Hyde Hall, near Denton, 6 miles S.E. of Manchester	S.
Hylewood, a Danish tumulus, in Broughton Vale, but situated in the township of Pendleton, near the Irwell, 2 miles N.N.W. of Manchester. It derives its name (probably) from having been covered with trees, in the memory of people now living, and, without regard to its venerable origin, it was called the Hill Wood, corrupted to Hylewood. The learned Mr. Whitaker, has taken much pains in his history of Manchester to prove this place a Roman camp, formed for the purpose of defending the cattle in the valley which it commands; but with all deference for authority so respectable, we cannot suppose it any thing than what we have called it.	S.

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IGTON HILL PARK, 1 mile W.N.W. of Burnley	B.
INCE, 1 mile E. of Wigan	W.D.
INCE BLUNDELL, 8 miles N. of Liverpool	W.D.
Ince Hall, 1/2 mile E.S.E. of Wigan	W.D.
Ince Hall, 8 miles N. of Liverpool	W.D.
Infield House, 3 miles W. of Garstang	A.
INSKIP, 11/2 mile S. of St. Michaels-le-Wyer	A.
Ippings, 2 miles S.W. of Old Accrington	B.
IREBY, 4 miles S.W. of Kirkby Lonsdale Westmorland	L.
Ireleth, (Furness) 2 miles N.W. of Ulverston	L.
Irk, (The river) rises in Royton and the neighbourhood of Oldham, the two branches uniting in the vicinity of Alkrington Hall, from whence the river proceeds to the S.W. till, at Heaton it begins to flow S. watering Blakely and the beautiful valley of Crumpsall. At Collyhurst it is increased by a rivulet (which rises near Hollinwood) and falls into the river Irwell at the back of that venerable building the College, at Manchester	S.
IRLAM, 9 miles W.S.W. of Manchester, a hamlet in the township of Barton and parish of Eccles	S.
Irlam Hall, 91/2 miles W.S.W. of Manchester	S.
Irlam's o'th' Height, 31/2 miles N.W. of Manchester	S.
Irwell, (the river) rises in three places. The first branch takes its rise in the south-east part of Blackburn hundred, about 5 miles N.N.E. of Goodshaw chapel, from where it flows through the south end of Rossendale Forest, where it is joined by a rivulet which rises near Cliveger Common, and by another which rises near Bacap Booth; the stream then flows westerly, till about 1 mile N.W. of Etonfield Chapel, it turns full south; at Radcliffe it is joined by the Roch, when it again takes a westerly direction till it is joined by other branches; one of which rises in Longworth, and the other in Edgeworth; they both take a southerly direction till they meet near Darcy Lever Hall, whence the river proceeds towards the S.S.E. till it joins the main branch at about 81/2 miles N.W. of Manchester, to which place the river proceeds by a serpentine course. At Manchester it is joined by the Irk and the Medlock, and becomes navigable to its confluence with the Mersey, about 1 mile S. of Irlam, and about 9 miles W.S.W. of Manchester.	S.
Irwell House, in the parish of Prestwich, 4 miles N.E. of Manchester	S.
Island, (near Pilling Moss) 2 miles W. of Garstang	A.
Island, 21/2 miles W.N.W. of Garstang	A.
ISLAND OF WALNEY, (the) is situated at the south-east end of Lower Furness. It is about 9 miles long, the south end receding from the main land, and forming Pile Harbour. The island is in the parish of Dalton under which it has a chapel of ease, on that part of the island, nearly opposite the Old Barrow island; patron the Vicar of Dalton	L.
Island's Brow, 2 miles N.E. of St. Hellens	W.D.
Isle White, Birkdale	W.D.

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Jackson's Common, 2 miles N.N.W. of Ormskirk	W.D.
Jackson's Ferry, (commonly called "Jackson's Boat") over the Mersey, near Chorlton, 41/2 miles S.S.W. of Manchester	S.
Jackson's Hill, 71/2 miles S. of Lancaster	A.
Jackson's Pasture, in Tatham township	L.
Janger Moss, 21/2 miles E. of Kirkby Lonsdale Westmorland	L.
Jerico, 3 miles S.S.E. of Liverpool	W.D.

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KEARSLEY, 6 miles N.W. of Manchester	S.
Kearsley Hall, 7 miles N.W. of Manchester	S.
Kearsley Moor, a large common, under which are valuable coal mines, 7 miles N. of Manchester	S.
Kedman's Hulme, see "Kirkham's Hulme"	S.
KELLAMERGH, 1 mile N.W. of Warton chapel	A.
Kellet (Nether), 1 mile E.N.E. of Bolton on the Sands	L.
KELLET (Over), 6 miles N.N.E. of Lancaster, in the parish of Bolton on the Sands, under which it has a chapel; the living is a perpetual curacy, in the gift of Mr. Leaper and the inhabitants alternately	L.
Kendall Ground, (Furness) 5 miles N. of Ulverston	L.
Kent's Bank, (Furness) on the Sands, 3 miles S.E. of Cartmel	L.
KENYON, 11/2 mile W. of Newton in the Willows	W.D.
Kenyon Hall, 2 miles N.E. of Winwick	W.D.
KERSALL, 3 miles N.W. of Manchester	S.
Kersall Hall, 3 miles N.W. of Manchester	S.
Kersall Moor, 3 miles N.N.W. of Manchester, a common on which the Manchester races are annually run	L.
Kildray, (Furness) 41/2 miles N.W. of Ulverston	L.
Kirk, (Furness) between Coniston Water and Trevor	L.
Kirk Hay, 1 mile E. of Wigan	S.
KIRKBY, (Furness) the parish which is to the N. of Pennington parish. It is in the deanry of Furness and Cartmel. The church is 41/2 miles N.W. of Ulverston. The living is a vicarage; the patrons are the Dean and Chapter of York	L.
KIRKBY, 6 miles N.E. of Liverpool, in the parish of Walton, under which it has a chapel of ease; patron, the Rector of Walton	W.D.
Kirkby Hall, Kirkby	W.D.
KIRKBY IRELETH, (Furness) 4 miles W. of Ulverston	W.D.
Kirkby Pool, (Furness) the mouth of a rivulet which rises about 6 miles N.E. of Broughton, and falls into Duddon Water, about 11/2 mile N.W. of Kirkby church	L.
KIRKDALE, 21/2 miles N. of Liverpool	W.D.
KIRKHAM, (N. lat. 53º 43" W. long. 2º 46") 9 miles W. of Preston, 81/4 miles E.S.E. of Blackpool, 53/4 miles S.E. of Poulton, and 2261/4 miles from London. The parish is in the deanry of Amounderness. The living is a vicarage; patrons, the Fellows of Christ Church College, Oxford. It has under it seven chapels of ease. Here is a free school, well endowed, for three masters. This place is generally called "Kirkham in the Fylde," that is, in the field country. The market day is Tuesday. Fairs, June 24, for cattle and horses, and Oct. 18, for toys and small wares. In the year 1801, it contained 352 houses, and 1561 inhabitants	A.
Kirkham's Hulme, or Kedman's Hulme, 3 miles S.E. of Manchester	S.
Kirkhams, 2 miles W.N.W. of Pilling chapel	A.
KIRKLAND, the township between Garstang and Garstang church town	A.
Knapthaw, (Furness) 4 miles N. of Ulverston	L.
Knots, 2 miles W. of Burnley	B.
Knots, in Quarlton	S.
Knots Hole, (on the Mersey) 3 miles S.S.E. of Liverpool	W.D.
Knott End, (Furness) 3 miles E. of Broughton	L.
Knott End, (Furness) 3 miles N. of Broughton	L.
Knott End, at the mouth of Wyer's Water	A.
KNOTT LANE, 2 miles N.N.W. of Ashton-under-line	S.
Knotty Ash, 4 miles E. of Liverpool	W.D.
Knowl Green, 2 miles N.N.W. of Ribchester	B.
Knowl Hill, 41/2 miles N.E. of Bury	S.
Knowl Hill Moor, on the N. of Knowl Hill	S.
KNOWSLEY, the township adjoining Prescot, on the N.W.	W.D.
Knowsley Chapel, (for Dissenters) 21/2 miles W. of Knowsley Hall	W.D.
Knowsley Hall, 11/2 mile W.N.W. of Prescot, the seat of the Earl of Derby. The old part was built by the first Earl of Derby, for the reception of his son-in-law, Henry VII.	W.D.

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Ladlaw, on Boulsworth Hill	B.
Lady Barn, 5 miles S.S.E. of Manchester	S.
Lady House, 1 miles S. of Milnerow	S.
Lamb Row, 1 miles N. of Whalley
Lamberhead Green, 3 miles W.S.W. of Wigan	W.D.
LANCASTER, (N. lat 54º, W. long. 2º 42"), the county town and a parish in the deanry of Amounderness, is situated on the banks of the Loyne, is 11 miles N. of Garstang, 10 miles S. of Burton, Westmoreland; 14 miles S.W. of Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmoreland; 531/4 miles N.N.W. of Manchester, 533/4 miles N. of Liverpool, and 2391/2 miles from London. Lancaster is said to have been the "Caer Werid," that is, the Green Town of the Britons. Afterwards, the Romans, under Agricola, occupied the eminence where the church and castle now stand, which he erected into a station A.D. 79, calling it LONGOVICUM. On the evacuation of the Romans, the present town was built by the Saxons. King John granted Lancaster a most ample charter, which was confirmed by Charles II. Henry III created his second son Edmund, Duke of Lancaster. It suffered so much in the wars of the contending Plantagenets, that in 1609 Camden speaks of it as a poor town, inhabited by husbandmen. Lancaster Castle, which stands on a commanding situation, and affording, from its battlements, a most charming and extensive prospect, both of land and water, is supposed to have been built by Edward III. During the present reign some magnificent additions have been made to it. It serves for the county jail, which is managed in a manner that does honour to the humanity of the goaler, Mr. Higgins. The County Hall is also in the Castle, where the Assizes are held, and other public business is transacted. Of late years Lancaster has become a port of some importance; the trade to the Baltic and the West Indies being considerable. Owing to the shallows near the town, vessels of burden are obliged to unload near Glasson point, about 4 miles S. of Lancaster, from whence their cargoes are sent up to the merchants' warehouses in small craft. The advantage of a canal (from Liverpool to Kendal, &c.), in addition to the Assizes being held here, and the town being a great thoroughfare towards the north, has contributed to increase it very much. The old bridge over the Loyne was long complained of, as very narrow and inconveniently situated; but the new bridge is an object of universal admiration. It was built at the expence of the county, has five eliptical arches, is 549 feet long, and cost 14,000l. The parish church is situated on the hill near the Castle. The living is a vicarage, of which Dr. Marton is the patron. Beside the old church, Lancaster has a chapel of ease, dedicated to St. John; patron, the vicar of Lancaster. The town of Lancaster was made a borough in the fourth year of Richard I & sends two members to Parliament. By the charter, freemen only have a vote. They are either the sons of freemen, or have served an apprenticeship to freemen. The returning officers are the Mayor and two Bailiffs. The corporation consists of a Mayor, Recorder, twelve Aldermen, two Bailiffs, twelve Capital Burgesses, twelve Common Burgesses, a Town Clerk, and two Serjeants at Mace. In the Year 1801, the town contained 1611 houses, and 9030 inhabitants. The market day is Saturday. The fairs are holden on May 1, for cattle, cheese, and pedlary; July 5, for the same articles, and wool; and Oct. 10, for cattle and cheese	L.
Lancaster Sands, 3 miles N.N.W. of Lancaster, reckoning from Hest, where travellers generally enter upon the sands, under the direction of a guide, who is necessary to conduct them in safety to Cartmel. The sands are about 8 miles across, and are often fatal to unwary travellers. A plan was once formed, some years ago, to recover these sands from the tide, and convert them to agricultural purposes. The expence was estimated at about 160,000l. and the land expected to be recovered 32,510 acres. This patriotic scheme, notwithstanding the offer of Mr. Wilkinson, of Castle Head, to lead a subscription with 50,000l. fell to the ground.	L.
Land Mark, at the mouth of the river Alt, near Formby	W.D.
Land of Nod, in Pendleton	S.
Land's End, 5 miles N. of Manchester	S.
Landings, south-end of Winander Mere	L.
Landscale, 3 miles E. of Garstang	A.
Landshaw, south-west side of Tatham township	L.
Landside, 2 miles S. of Leigh	W.D.
Landthwaite, (Furness) 1 mile N. of Hawkshead	L.
Lane Ditch, 2 miles S.E. of Wray	L.
Lane End, near Farrington	LL.
Lane End, 21/2 miles S.E. of Lancaster	L.
Lane Ends, 1 mile S. of Old Accrington	B.
Lane Ends, 3 miles N.E. of Kirkham	A.
Lane Ends, Blackpool	A.
Lane Head, 11/2 mile N.N.E. of Burnley	B.
Lane Head, 21/2 miles E.S.E. of Oldham	S.
Lane Head, (Furness) 2 miles N.W. of Hawkshead	L.
Lane Head, 4 miles E. of Manchester	S.
Lane Head, 5 miles N.N.E. of Garstang	L.
Langley Hall, 1 mile N.E. of Middleton	S.
Lango Green, in the parish of Blackburn, 2 miles W. of Whalley, has a chapel of ease; patron, the Vicar of Blackburn	B.
Langroyd, 1 mile N. of Colne	B.
Langshaw, 1 mile S. of Blackburn	B.
LANGTREE, 1 mile N.N.W. of Standish	LL.
LARBRICK, 31/2 miles W. of St. Michael's-le-Wyre	A.
Larbrick Hall, 11/2 mile W.N.W. of Preston	A.
Lark Hall, 3 miles N.N.W. of Ribchester	B.
Lark Hill, 3 miles N.E. of Liverpool	W.D.
Lark Hill, 1 mile W. of Manchester	S.
Lately Common, 2 miles S.S.E. of Leigh	D.W.
LATHAM, the township adjoining on the E. to Ormskirk	W.D.
Latham Hall, the seat of Edward Wilbraham Bootle, Esq. 3 miles E.N.E. of Ormskirk	W.D.
Lathebents, 11/2 mile E. of Tunstall	L.
Law, or Low Church, or Walton-le-Dale, 2 miles S.S.E. of Preston, in the parish of Blackburn, to which the church is a chapel of ease; patron, the Vicar of Blackburn	B.
Law Tarn, (Furness) a lake 2 miles W.N.W. of Coniston	L.
Lawns, 1/2 mile S. of Up Holland	W.D.
Lawrence, see St. Lawrence	A.
Layshaw Bridge, 2 miles E.N.E. of Colne	B.
LAYTON (Great), the township N. of Great Marton	A.
Layton (Little), 1 mile N.N.E. of Great Layton	A.
Layton Hall, 1 mile E. of Blackpool	A.
Layton Heys, 1 mile S.W. of Great Marton	A.
LEA, 3 miles W. of Preston	A.
Lea Green, 2 miles S. of St. Hellen's	W.D.
Lea Hall, 3 miles W. of Preston	A.
Leach Hall, 4 miles W.S.W. of Preston	A.
Leach House, 3 miles S. of Lancaster	L.
LEAGRAM, the township N. of Chipping	B.
Leasey Point, the most westerly point of Low Furness, adjoining to Dudden sands, opposite the north end of Walney Island	L.
LECK, 21/2 miles N.E. of Tunstall, in which parish it is situated, and under which it has a chapel of ease; patron, the Vicar of Tunstall	L.
Leck Beck, a rivulet which rises near the N.E. extremity of Graygarth Fell, passes through the townships of Leck and Burrow, and falls into the Loyne, about 1 mile N. of Tunstall church	L.
Leck Mill, 2 miles E.S.E. of Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmoreland	L.
Lee, near Rushton	B.
Lee, in Little Woolton	W.D.
Lee (Higher), 61/2 miles S.E. of Lancaster	L.
Lee (Lower), 71/2 miles S.E. of Lancaster	L.
Lee Wood, 9 miles S. of Lancaster	L.
Lees (or Hay) Chapel, 2 miles E. of Oldham, is in the parish of Ashton-under-line; is a chapel of ease, the curacy of which is in the Rector of Ashton	S.
Lees Hall, 1/2 mile W. of Oldham	S.
LEESE, 1 mile S. of Dendren, Low Furness	L.
Legh House, 2 miles W. of Tarleton	LL.
LEIGH, (N. lat. 53º 28". W. lon. 2º 26".) 10 miles N.N.E. of Warrington, 12 miles W.N.W. of Manchester, 8 miles S.S.W. of Bolton-le-Moors, and 198 miles from London. Leigh is a joint township with Pennington, and a parish in the deanry of Warrington: the living is a vicarage; patrons, Messrs Starkie and Gwillum, Esqrs. This parish is famous for its excellent cheese. Market day, Saturday. A branch of the Duke of Bridgewater's canal comes up to this place from Worsley	S.
Leigh (West), see "West Leigh"	W.D.
Leigh Place, 11/2 mile N.N.W. of Wigan	W.D.
Leighton Beck, a rivulet which rises near Hilderstone, from whence it forms the boundary between Lancashire and Westmoreland, till it is joined by another rivulet, which rises in Silverdale: soon after that junction it falls into the Ken about 2 miles N.E. of Arnside Point	L.
Leighton Hall, 11/2 mile N. of Warton	L.
Lenforth Hall, in Over Wyer's Dale, 1/2 mile W. of Abbeystead	L.
Lenshaw, 2 miles E.N.E. of Eatonfield chapel	S.
Leven, (the river) which discharges the water from Winander Mere, affording, on its passage many valuable mill seats; after which it falls into the estuary formed by the Leven and the Crake, near Egton Church; the united streams flowing through Ulverston sands, to the sea.	L.
Leven Sands, the space left dry, on the recess of the tide from Leven Water	L.
Leven Water, (Furness) the estuary formed by the Leven and the Crake, about 6 miles long, reckoning northward from the line of Cartmel Wharf to Haverthwaite; and is about 3 miles wide at the mouth, growing gradually narrower to the north. At high water, this is a beautiful sea lake, but at low water, it is fordable with a guide, from Hoskar to Ulverston Carter's house	L.
LEVENSHULME, 4 miles S.S.E. of Manchester. Here is a small endowed school, and a Methodist chapel.	S.
LEVER (GREAT), 2 miles S. of Bolton-le-Moors	S.
LEVER (LITTLE), 11/2 mile S.E. of Bolton-le-Moors	S.
Lever Hall, 11/2 mile S.S.E. of Bolton-le-Moors	S.
LEYLAND, a pleasant village, 6 miles S. of Preston, and 4 miles N.W. of Chorley, a parish in the Deanry of Leyland. The living is a vicarage; patron the Rev. T. Baldwin. The church is 63 feet by 33 feet, without a pillar. This place gives the name to the hundred and to the Deanry in which it is situated. Sir William Farrington Bart. is Lord of the manor	LL.
Leyland Hundred, (the smallest in the county) is bounded on the N. by the hundred of Blackburn and Amounderness; on the N.E. by Blackburn hundred; on the N.W. by the estuary of the Ribble; on the S. and S.W. and the W. by West Derby hundred; and on the S.E. by Salford hundred - It pays 9/100 of the county rates, and raises 44 men for the old Militia of 800. - It contains 7 parishes and 42 townships. In the year 1801, it contained according to the census, 5,522 houses and 30,461 inhabitants	LL.
Leyland Lane, 1 mile W. of Leyland	LL.
Lickham, 2 miles N.N.E. of Chipping	B.
LIDIATE, 10 miles N. of Liverpool, contains the venerable ruins of a church, formerly a chapel of ease to Halsall, in which parish the township is situated	W.D.
Lidiate, 11/2 mile E.N.E. of Croston	LL.
Lidiate, 1 mile E. of Colne	B.
Lidiate Cross, 2 miles W. of Aughton	W.D.
Lidiate Hall, Lidiate	W.D.
Light Ash, in Myerscough, on the river Wyer	A.
Light Oak, 21/2 miles E.S.E. of Leigh	W.D.
Lightboun Hall, 3 miles N.E. of Manchester	S.
Lightshaw Hall, 2 miles W. of Leigh	W.D.
Lightwood, 11/2 mile W.N.W. of Cartmel Fell chapel	L.
Lillys, 3 miles N. of Ribchester	B.
Lime Kilns, 2 miles S.W. of Chipping	B.
Lime Side, 2 miles S. of Oldham	S.
Lime Works, 1 mile E. of Chipping	B.
Lime Works, 1/2 mile N. of Clitheroe	B.
Linacre, 4 miles N. of Liverpool, a pleasant village in the parish of Walton, situated near the sea	W.D.
Lindal, (Furness) 2 miles N.E. of Dalton	L.
LINDALE, (Furness) 3 miles N.E. of Cartmel, in which parish it is situated, and has a chapel of ease; patron, Lord George Cavendish	L.
Lindeth, 2 miles N.W. of Warton	L.
Ling Crag, (Furness) 1 mile S.W. of Blawith chapel	L.
Lion's House, near Great Woolton	W.D.
Litchfield Hall, 4 miles N.N.E. of Manchester	S.
Lithe, S. end of Tatham township	L.
LITHERLAND, (a joint township with Ayntree, Orrel and Ford, in the parish of Sephton), 5 miles N. of Liverpool	W.D.
Little Bispham, see "Bispham"	A.
Little Bolton, near Bolton-le-Moors, see "Bolton, Little"	S.
Little Bolton, 3 miles W. of Manchester	S.
LITTLE BOWLAND, the township N.E. of Leagram	B.
Little Britain, 1 mile N.N.W. of Knowsley chapel	W.D.
Little Carleton, see "Carleton, Little"	A.
Little Clegg, 2 miles N.E. of Rochdale	S.
Little Crosby, see "Crosby, Little"	W.D.
Little Green, 1/2 mile E. of Middleton	S.
Little Green, 1 mile N.E. of Manchester	S.
LITTLE HARWOOD, see "Harwood, Little"	B.
Little Heath, 7 miles W. of Warrington	W.D.
LITTLE HEATON , see "Heaton, Little"	S.
LITTLE HOOL, 1 mile N.N.E. of Much Hool	LL.
LITTLE HOUGHTON, see "Houghton, Little"	S.
LITTLE HULTON , see "Hulton"	S.
Little Layton, see "Layton, Little"	A.
LITTLE LEVER, see "Lever, Little"	S.
Little London, 11/2 mile S. of North Meols	W.D.
LITTLE MARSDEN, see "Marsden, Little"	B.
Little Marton, see "Marton"	A.
Little Mearley, 1/2 mile N.E. of Mearley	B.
LITTLE MITTON, see "Mitton, Little"	B.
Little Moss, 2 miles N.W. of Ashton-under-line	S.
Little Plumpton, see "Plumpton"	A.
Little Poulton, see "Poulton"	A.
Little Sankey, see "Sankey"	W.D.
Little Town, 3 miles N.E. of Winwick	W.D.
Little Town, 1/2 mile N. of Littlebrough	S.
Little Wardle, 3 miles N.N.E. of Rochdale	S.
Little Wood, 11/2 mile N. of Croston	LL.
Little Wood, 11/2 mile N. of Bury	S.
Little Woolden, 2 miles N. of Holling's Green	S.
LITTLE WOOLTON, see "Woolton, Little"	W.D.
Littlebound, 3 miles W.N.W. of Bolton-le-Moors	S.
Littlebrough, 31/2 miles N.E. of Rochdale, in which parish the hamlet is situated, and has a chapel of ease; patron of the curacy, the Vicar of Rochdale. That eccentric genius, John Collier (better known as "Tim Bobbin"), has given some celebrity to this village, by making it the scene of a principal adventure of his Lancashire Clown	S.
Littledale, 5 miles E. of Lancaster, in the parish of Lancaster, has a chapel of ease. The curacy is in the gift of the inhabitants	L.
LIVERPOOL, (N. lat. 53º 23", W. long. 25º 54"), 18 miles W. of Warrington, 37 miles W. of Manchester, 533/4 miles S. of Lancaster, and 2061/2 miles from London. This large and opulent town is the second sea port in the kingdom, and is situated on the eastern banks of the Mersey. The name of Liverpool has created many disputes as to its etymology; some contending that it is derived from Lever, the name of an ancient family in the county of Lancaster; others from a bird, called a Liver, which was said to have formerly been found here. The other part of the name, viz. pool, is generally agreed to be derived from a pool of water, which formerly overspread what is now the lower part of the town, the docks, &c. Charters were granted to Liverpool by Henry I John, Henry II and III by Edward III Richard III and Henry IV; and in 1752, by George II. Until the year 1699 the town of Liverpool was in the parish of Walton, having only one church, which was a chapel of ease under Walton; but in that year an act was obtained to form the town into a distinct parish of itself, in the deanry of Warrington. In the year 1565 there were in Liverpool only 138 householders, or cottagers, and ten barks (the largest of 40 tons), and two boats; the whole 223 tons, and navigated by 25 men. So long ago as 1790 (since which the increase has been very great) 4223 ships were cleared out of the port of Liverpool. And from June 1800, to June 1801, 5060 ships arrived at Liverpool, of the united burden of 482,719 tons. And by the general census taken in that year Liverpool appeared to have 11,784 houses, and 77,653 inhabitants, exclusive of those families which are absolutely dependant on the trade and prosperity of the town, but whose dwelling houses are in Everton, Kirkdale, Toxteth Park, &c. This surprising increase has been in a great measure owing to the judicious application of the funds belonging to the corporation which have been employed in the improvement of the town and port, and particularly in the construction of the docks, the first of which was formed about 80 years ago, now increased to five, viz. the Old Dock, George's Dock, Salt-house Dock, the King's, and the Queen's Dock (which, together, are capable of containing at once 20,000 tons of shipping), beside the dock belonging to the Duke of Bridgewater, five graving docks, and three dry docks. Liverpool sends two members to Parliament. The right of election is in the freemen, who are also free of Bristol, and of Wexford and Waterford, in Ireland. Liverpool is governed by a Mayor (annually chosen by the Burgesses, on St. Luke's Day), a Recorder, and 41 Common Council-men, who, having served the office of Mayor, are thenceforward called Aldermen. The Mayor has a personal allowance of 800l. for his private contingencies during the time he fills the office. General sessions are holden four times a year, and by adjournment every Monday. A court of requests is also held every Wednesday. The corporation are (by purchase) Lords of the Manor. The greater part of the town is leasehold, under the corporation, for three lives, and a further term of 21 years, with a ground-rent. The leases renewable under a fixed fine, which, with town's dues and tolls, produce a revenue, continually increasing, and now nearly 30,000l. a year. Liverpool contains fifteen churches belonging to the establishment, viz. St. Nicholas, (the Old Church) - St. Peter's, built in 1704, which, with St. Nicholas, are the parish churches, the livings of which are rectories. St. George's, consecrated in 1734, a very handsome edifice. St. Thomas' consecrated in 1750. St. Paul's consecrated in 1769. St. Ann's, built in 1770. St. John's, finished 1784. Trinity, consecrated 1792. St. James', not directly in the parish, but in Toxteth Park, built in 1774. St. Catherine's, St. Stephen's, and St. Matthew's, St. Mark's, All Saint's, and St. Mary's. There are also meeting-houses for Dissenters of all the various denominations, a Jew's synagogue, and three Roman Catholic chapels. Of the public buildings of a charitable nature we must mention the Blue Coat Hospital, built in 1726, in which school 230 boys and 50 girls are educated and protected. The General Infirmary is a part of a building, which also contains in it the Seaman's Hospital (opened in 1752), which forms the wings. It was opened in 1749, since which time upwards of 70,000 in and out-patients have partaken of the charity. The Seaman's Hospital is intended for the maintenance of decayed seaman belonging to the port of Liverpool. We ought also to mention the Poor House, the Alms House adjoining, the Lunatic Hospital adjoining the Infirmary, the Dispensary, instituted in 1778, and the Asylum for the Blind, established in 1790. All these speak loudly in favour of the active benevolence of the inhabitants of Liverpool, as do the Exchange, the Exchange Buildings, the Atheneum, the Lyceum, the Union, Libraries, and News Rooms, the Theatre, the Music Hall, St. James' Walk, and the Botanic Garden, of their public spirit and taste. Liverpool at present is not well provided with a prison, the old one being very inconvenient, confined, and insecure. The new one, which, during the war which commenced in 1793, was chiefly occupied by French prisoners of war, is now shut up, the corporation of Liverpool having unthinkingly erected it on land the property of the Earl of Derby. On the north shore is a large fort, which has a formidable battery of heavy metal, over which a strong guard is mounted every day. Liverpool is supplied plentifully with provisions of every kind, every day in the week; but its chief markets are on Wednesday and Saturday. The fairs are July 25 and November 11, for cattle and horses, beside a small fair every fortnight, for cattle.	W.D.
LIVESEY, 2 miles S.W. of Blackburn	B.
Livesey Fold, 31/2 miles S. of Blackburn	B.
Livesey Hall, 2 miles S.W. of Blackburn	B.
Lodge, 2 miles S.E. of Liverpool	W.D.
Lodge, 1 mile N. of Burnley	B.
Lomax Fold, 2 miles E.S.E. of Bolton-le-Moors	S.
Lomax Wives, 3 miles N.W. of Bolton-le-Moors	S.
Long Bank, E. side of the township of Tatham	L.
Long Field, a boundary mark on Blackstone edge, between the counties of York and Lancaster, 7 miles N.E. of Rochdale	S.
Long Field House, 3 miles E.S.E. of Garstang	A.
Long House, 1 mile E. of Eccleshill	B.
Long Lane, 2 miles S.E. of Ribchester	B.
Long Mire, (Furness) 1 mile N.E. of Coulton church	L.
Long Moor, 4 miles S.E. of Lancaster	L.
Longdale Tarn, a lake in Furness, on the N.N.W. extremity of the county, adjoining to Westmoreland	L.
Longford, 31/2 miles S.S.W. of Manchester	S.
Longridge Fell, a mountain 3 miles N. of Ribchester	B.
Longshaw Head, 11/2 mile S.E. of Darwen chapel	B.
Longsight, 3 miles S.S.E. of Manchester	S.
Longthwaite Hill, 2 miles S.E. of Lancaster	L.
LONGTON, 5 miles S.W. of Preston, is in the Parish of Penworthan, under which it has a chapel of ease; patron, - Barton, Esq. of Penworthan	LL.
LONGWORTH, a place well designated by its name, laying between Turton and Anglezark, and extending N.N.W. from Sharples nearly 6 miles	S.
Longworth Hall, 1 mile N.W. of Turton	S.
Longworth Mill, 1 mile W. of Turton chapel	S.
Lonsdale Hundred, is the most northerly of the six hundreds contained in the county. It is divided into two parts, south of the Sands, and north of the Sands. The latter is completely separated from the rest of the county by Lancaster Sands, and are called Furness Fells, which are bounded on the W. by part of Cumberland, on the N. and E. by Westmoreland, and on the W. by the Irish Sea. The south part is bounded on the N. by Westmoreland, on the E. by Yorkshire, on the S. by Amounderness Hundred, and on the W. by the Bay of Morecombe and the Irish Sea. It pays 16/100 of the county rates, and raises 74 men for the old militia of 800. It contains 61 townships and 20 parishes, of which nine are in Furness Fells. In 1801 there were north of the Sands 3702 houses, and 17,787 inhabitants. On the south of the Sands 4836 houses, and 25,190 inhabitants. Total 8538 houses, and 52,977 inhabitants.
Lord Lane, 1 mile E. of Newton chapel	S.
LOSTOCK, 4 miles W. of Bolton-le-Moors	S.
Lostock, 4 miles S.W. of Manchester	S.
Lostock, (the river) rises in Wheelton, about 3 miles N.N.E. of Chorley, from whence it flows to the S.W. to Shaw Hill, when it turns N.N.W. to Cuerden, which it nearly encircles, and for about 2 miles becomes the boundary line between the hundreds of Leyland and Blackburn. It then turns S.W. till about 1 mile W. of Croston it forms a junction with the Yarrow, their united streams falling into the Douglas about 1 mile S.W. below	LL.
Lostock Brow, 2 miles S.W. of Leyland	LL.
Lostock Hall, 31/2 miles W. of Bolton-le-Moors	S.
Lostock Hall, 31/2 miles S.S.E. of Preston	B.
Lothwaite, 2 miles S. of Cockerham church	L.
Lott, in Roboransdale	L.
Love Clough, 1 mile N. of Goodshaw chapel	B.
Loveley Hall, near Clayton-le-Dale	B.
Low, 2 miles S.W. of Wigan	W.D.
Low Beck, (Furness) at the N. end of Cartmel Fells	L.
Low Church, see "Law"	B.
Low Crompton, 1/2 mile N.W. of Shaw chapel	S.
Low Fold, 11/2 mile E.S.E. of Heapey chapel	LL.
Low Furness, that part of Furness S. of Ulverston	L.
Low Green, 2 miles S. of Wigan	W.D.
Low Hill, 11/2 mile E. of Liverpool	W.D.
Low House, 2 miles E. of Rochdale	S.
Low House, 2 miles N. of Halsall	W.D.
Low Moor Head, 5 miles S.E. of Lancaster	L.
Low Moss, 2 miles W. of Leyland	LL.
Low Newton, near Upper Allithwaite, Cartmel Fells	L.
Low Park, at the most northerly part of Furness	L.
Low Wood, (Furness) on the south bank of the river Leven, in Upper Holker	L.
Low Wray, (Furness) between Bletham Tarn and Winander Mere	L.
Low Yew Dale, (Furness) at Monk Coniston	L.
Lower Ballum, 4 miles W. of Kirkham	A.
Lower Bradley, 1 mile N. of Little Marsden	B.
Lower Bridge, (over the Hodder) 3 miles N.W. of Whalley	B.
Lower College, 2 miles W.N.W. of Ribchester	A.
Lower Cowden, 2 miles W.S.W. of Whalley	B.
Lower Darwen, 2 miles S. of Blackburn, see "Darwen"	B.
Lower Gate, 2 miles E. of Downham	B.
Lower Gore, 2 miles W. of Chipping	B.
Lower Hall, 1 mile E.N.E. of Preston	B.
Lower Heyside, 1 mile E. of Royton chapel	S.
LOWER HOLKER, 2 miles S.W. of Cartmel	L.
Lower House, in Leyland	LL.
Lower House, 1 mile N. of Old Accrington	B.
Lower House Fold, 1 mile E. of Heapey Chapel	LL.
Lower Lane, 2 miles S.W. of Ashton-in-the-Willows	W.D.
Lower Lane, near Milnerow	S.
Lower Moor, 1 mile N.E. of Oldham	S.
Lower Place, 1 mile S.S.E. of Rochdale	S.
Lower Singleton, see "Singleton"	A.
Lower Standen, 2 miles N. of Whalley	B.
Lower Urswick, near Monk Urswick	L.
Lower Whittle, 2 miles N.W. of Middleton	S.
Lower Wyer's Dale, see "Wyer's Dale"	A.
Lowgill, in the township of Tatham, 4 miles S.E. of Wray	L.
LOWICK, (Furness) 4 miles N. of, and in the parish of Ulverston. The chapel of ease is 5 miles N. of the mother church; patron, W.F. Blencowe, Esq.	L.
Lowick Bridge, (Furness) over the Crake, 5 miles N. of Ulverston	L.
Lowick Hall, (Furness) near Lowick chapel	L.
LOWTON, 3 miles S.W. of Leigh, a township united with Kenyon, in the parish of Winwick, under which it has a chapel of ease; patron, the Rector of Winwick	W.D.
Loyne, (the river) or Lune, as it is sometimes improperly called, rises in the Fells of Westmoreland, and enters Lancashire near Kirkby Lonsdale, whence it proceeds S. increased by the Lechbeck, about 1 mile N. of Tunstall, by the Greta, 1 mile S. of Tunstall, and by the Winning, 1/2 mile W.S.W. of Hornby, proceeding by Arkholme, Gressingham, Claughton, and Halton, to Lancaster, below which it forms a considerable estuary, and valuable harbour; discharging itself into the Irish Channel, at Sunderland Point	L.
Lucas Green, 2 miles N. of Chorley	LL.
Lum, 3 miles S. of Haslingden	S.
Lumas Fold, 1 mile E. of Haywood chapel	S.
Lun, 2 miles E. of Crawshaw Booth	B.
Lund Chapel, 21/2 miles E.S.E. of Kirkham, in which parish it is situated, and for which it is a chapel of ease; patron, the Vicar of Kirkham	A.
Lune, (the river) see "Loyne"	L.
LUNT, 1 mile W.N.W. of Sephton	W.D.
LYTHAM, 12 miles W. of Preston, a village and a parish, in the deanry of Amounderness; the living is a curacy to an Impropriation; patron the Prior of Durham. Lytham has of late years become a fashionable bathing place, as the shore is fine, and the water pure, as it is situated at the mouth of the estuary of the Ribble	A.
Lytham Common, extends from Lytham several miles to the N.W.	A.

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Madge Hill, 1 mile S.E. of Ribchester	B.
MAGHULL, 8 miles N.N.E. of Liverpool, is in the parish of Halsall, under which it has a chapel of ease; patron, the Rector of Halsall	W.D.
Maghull Hall, 1/2 mile S. of Maghull church	W.D.
Maiden Cross, 31/2 miles N. of Bacap	B.
Maiden Fold, 21/2 miles W. of Blackburn	B.
Maiden's Bridge, 1 mile N.E. of Tatham chapel	L.
Maker Field, a district in which Ashton, commonly called "Ashton-in-the-Willows" is situated	W.D.
Mallow Dale, south-side of Roberansdale	L.
Mallow Dale Pike, 8 miles E. of Lancaster	L.
Malshead, 3 miles S.S.E. of Garstang	A.
MAN'S RIGGS, (Furness) 1 mile N. of Ulverston	L.
Man's Smithy, 1 mile W. of Burton Wood	W.D.
MANCHESTER, (N. lat. 53º 25" W. long. 2º 10".) the second town in the kingdom, and the largest in the county of Lancaster, is situated upon the rivers Irwell, Irk, and Medlock, 18 miles E. of Warrington; 37 miles E. of Liverpool; 11 miles S.E. of Bolton-le-Moors; 12 miles S.S.W. of Rochdale; 531/2 miles S.S.E. of Lancaster, and 186 miles from London. In the year 79 the town was conquered by Agricola, who changed its British name of Mancenion to MANCUNIUM. It was afterwards called Mancestre, from whence its present name is derived. William the Conquerer gave Roger de Poictiers all the land between the Mersey and the Ribble. It appears that De Poictiers did not hold Manchester long, before it came into the hands of Robert de Gredley; from whose family it passed to that of West, with the title of Lord de la Warr, one of whom, about 1600, sold the manor to Sir Nicholas Mosley, Knight, whose descendant, Sir Oswald Mosley, Baronet, is the present Lord of the manor, who holds a baronial court here for the recovery of small debts, &c. and two courts leet in the year; at that holden at Michaelmas, the municipal officers (who notwithstanding the size, population, and importance of the town, are only a boroughreeve, two constables, and their deputy are elected. Manchester is joined to Salford by 4 bridges, and they appear one town, though each have their separate officers and government, in the same way that London and Southwark are connected, and to which place the situation of the united towns, on the river Irwell bear a resemblance. (See SALFORD.) There are nine churches in Manchester (besides those in Salford and its other suburbs) belonging to the establishment, which are the following: (1) The Collegiate Church, founded in 1422, is the parish church. This venerable pile is very worthy the attention of the curious antiquary. The college is governed by a Warden, (appointed by the King), four Fellows (who are Rectors of the parish) elected by the college, except in case of a lapse, when the King presents; two Chaplains (who are Vicars of the parish) and two clerks, one of which is generally in orders, appointed by the college, and the other appointed by John Trafford, Esq. a right, which has continued in that ancient family from an early period, notwithstanding it continues the profession of the Roman Catholic Religion. There are four singing men, four singing boys, and an organist upon the establishment. (2) St. Ann's, consecrated July 17, 1712; the living a rectory, in the presentation of the Bishop of Chester. (3) St. Mary's (with a most elegant spire), consecrated Sep. 29, 1756; the living is a rectory; patrons, the Warden and Fellows of the Collegiate Church. (4) St. Paul's, consecrated July 28, 1765; the living a perpetual curacy; patrons, the Warden and Fellows of the Collegiate Church. (5) St. John's, a beautiful modern Gothic church, consecrated July 7, 1769; the living a rectory; patrons, the heirs of the late E. Byrom, Esq. (the founder), for one vacation after the death of the first incumbent, and afterwards, of the Warden and Fellows of the Collegiate Church. (6) St. James', consecrated Aug. 18, 1788; the living is a perpetual curacy; the presentation is in the founder (Dr. Bayley), and his family, for 60 years from its foundation, and afterwards the Warden and Fellows of the Collegiate Church become the patrons. (7) St. Michael's, consecrated July 23, 1789; the living is a perpetual curacy; the presentation is in the hands of the heirs of the late Rev. Humphrey Owen (the founder), for 60 years, and afterwards in the Warden and Fellows of the Collegiate Church. (8) St. Peter's, a very handsome Doric building, beautifully simple, consecrated Sep. 6, 1794. The living is a perpetual curacy; the presentation is vested in 21 trustees, for 60 years from the foundation, and afterwards falls to the Warden and Fellows of the Collegiate Church. (9) St. Clement's, not consecrated, but opened for divine worship, agreeable to the English rubric, on Christmas day, 1793. Beside the foregoing places of worship, there are in Manchester (independently of those in Salford and its other suburbs, which will be noticed under their proper heads), two Roman Catholic chapels, one Presbyterian chapel, one Unitarian chapel, five Independent chapels (one of which was intended for the establishment under the name of St. George's), two Quakers' meetings, five Methodist chapels (one of which is for the Welch inhabitants), three Baptist chapels, one New Jerusalem church, and one Jews' Synagogue. That noble foundation, Cheetham's Hospital, for the maintenance and education of 80 boys, and the capital Library annexed, are well worthy of attention; as are the Infirmary and Lunatic Hospital, and the Dispensary; the Fever Wards, the Lying-in Hospital (on the Salford side of the Irwell), and the parish Workhouse. All the former charities are supported by voluntary subscriptions, and the last by a well-regulated ley on the householders. In Jan. 1806, a very elegant stone building, called the PORTICO, was opened by subscription, as a News-room, and Library; and a large and magnificent stone edifice is now erecting in the Market-place, to be called the Commercial Buildings, intended for a News and Coffee-room, promising to be both useful and ornamental to the town. The places of amusement are, a very elegant and capacious Theatre Royal, opened for the first time on June 29, 1807; a Subscription Concert Room, which has long been deemed the first amateur concert in the kingdom; Elegant Assembly Rooms, and a Billiard Room. It has three Public Libraries, beside that in Cheetham's Hospital, the College, before-mentioned; and the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society (which has a Hall built solely for its use), is an institution which would reflect honour upon any town. Manchester has derived great advantages from its situation on the Irwell, navigable to the Mersey, and thence to Liverpool, for vessels of considerable tonnage, as well as from the canal of the late Duke of Bridgewater, the Ashton, the Rochdale, the Peak Forest, the Bolton, and the Bury canals, which all come up to the town. The weekly market days are Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, the latter being the most considerable, for provisions, though they are to be had here, of any kind, any hour in the week; and Tuesday, for the resort of the country manufacturers. The fairs, which, strictly speaking, are held in Manchester (for the Whit-Monday fair, and that on Nov. 17, are held in Salford), are Easter-Monday, for toys and ale, and boisterous mirth; and Oct. 1, for horses, cattle, hogs, &c. (see Salford). By the population act of 1801, it appeared, that the united towns of Manchester and Salford (which form one united mass of building), contained 12,649 inhabited houses, occupied by 18,640 families, which were comprized of 39,143 males, and 44,910 females; total, 84,053 persons, of whom 44,599 were employed in actual labour, in the manufactures of the place. The result of the census was evidently under the numbers actually in the town, from the omission of some of the back streets. Since that time, 2000 houses have been erected, and an increase of population of 10,000 is supposed to have taken place. (See Salford). For a further account of Manchester and Salford, and their suburbs, we refer to the "Manchester Guide," published by the author of this local Gazetteer.	S.
Mare Hill, near Bolton-le-Moors	S.
Market Field, 6 miles S.W. of Lancaster	L.
Marland, 2 miles S.S.W. of Rochdale	S.
MARSDEN (GREAT), 11/2 mile S. of Colne	B.
Marsden (Little), 3 miles S.W. of Colne, under which it has a chapel of ease. It is in the parish of Whalley, the Vicar of which place has the presentation of the curacy. There is a Quaker's meeting house here.	B.
Marsden Hall, Great Marsden	B.
Marsh, at the mouth of the Douglas, 8 miles W.S.W. of Preston	LL.
Marsh, 3 miles N.E. of North Meols	W.D.
Marsh Grange, (Furness) 2 miles N. of Kirkby Ireleth	L.
Marsh Green, 11/2 W. of Wigan	W.D.
Marsh Hall, near Farnworth chapel	W.D.
Marsh Head, 1 mile N.E. of Brindle church	W.D.
Marsh House, 1 mile E. of Grimsnargh church	A.
Marsh Lane, near Brindle	LL.
Marsh Side, North Meols	W.D.
Marshall Cross, 2 miles S. of St. Hellen's	W.D.
Marshaw, at the south-east end of Over Wyer's Dale	L.
Martin, (Furness) 1 mile E. of Kirkby Ireleth	L.
Martin Hill, 3 miles N.N.E. of Ormskirk	W.D.
Martin Lane, 3 miles N. of Ormskirk	W.D.
Martin Meer, 1 mile E. of North Meols; formerly the largest lake in Lancashire, but by the exertions of Thomas Eccleston, Esq. assisted by the advice of the late John Gilbert, Esq. of Worsley, it is now nearly dry, and is converted to the more profitable purposes of agriculture. It is remarkable, that in draining the Meer, eight canoes were found, similar in size, shape, and construction to those used by the American Indians	W.D.
MARTIN'S CROFT, 3 miles E. of Warrington	W.D.
MARTON (GREAT), 3 miles S.W. of Poulton in the Fylde	A.
MARTON (LITTLE), 1 mile E.S.E. of Great Marton	A.
Marton Mere, a lake 1/2 mile E. of Great Marton	A.
Marton Moss, a large morass extending from 1 mile S. to 4 miles S.S.E. of Great Marton	A.
Mascow Smithy, 41/2 miles E.N.E. of Walton-le-Dale	B.
MAWDSLEY, 2 miles S.S.E. of Croston	LL.
May Field, 2 miles S. of Manchester	S.
May Place, 31/2 miles E. of Liverpool Exchange	W.D.
Meadow Head, 21/2 miles S. of Blackburn	B.
Meadowcroft Fold, in Pilsworth	S.
Meal Bank, 2 miles W. of Wray	L.
MEARLEY, 2 miles S.E. of Clitheroe	B.
MEDLAR, 21/2 miles N.N.W. of Kirkham-in-the-Fylde	A.
Medlock, (the river) rises in Saddleworth, (Yorkshire) and enters Lancashire about 1 mile S. of Lees chapel, near which it is augmented by a stream which rises near Beesom Hill; it then runs S. and is joined by a stream which rises near Hawkshead Pike, and by another which rises above Higher Moor, running S. by Oldham, to the N. of Higher Hill, till it falls into the Medlock, which then turns S.W. passing by Clayton, Bradford, Beswick, Holt Town, Ardwick, Chorlton Row, Garret and Hulme, where, after serving as a feeder to the late Duke of Bridgewater's canal, it is precipitated through a basin, into its ancient channel, and falls into the Irwell, near Hulme Hall	S.
Meer Beck, (Furness) a small rivulet which falls into Duddon Water, about 2 miles N.N.W. of Kirkby Ireleth	L.
Meer Brow, 31/2 miles E. of North Meols	LL.
MELLING, 11 miles N.E. of Lancaster, a parish in the deanry of Kirkby Lonsdale. The living is a vicarage; patron the King.	L.
MELLING, 7 miles N.N.W. of Liverpool, in the parish of Halsall, has a chapel of ease; living, a perpetual curacy; patron, the Rector of Halsall	W.D.
Mellings, 2 miles E.S.E. of Wray	L.
MELLOR, 3 miles S. of Ribchester	B.
Meols, or Meals, the land on the sea coast from Formby to Hesketh. See "North Meols," and "Ravers Meols"	W.D.
Mersey, (the) is the principle river in the county. It originates in various small streams, which rise in Yorkshire, Derbyshire, and Cheshire; and at Stockport, (where it is joined by the river Tame,) it comes in contact with Lancashire, forming the boundary on its passage to the sea between that county and Cheshire. From Stockport it flows W. to Cheadle (Cheshire), then N. by Northenden (where there is a ford), and turns to the S.W. by Chorlton, near which there is a ferry, known by the name of "Jackson's Boat." The river is augmented at Chorlton by the rivulet Rush, and from hence it runs by Stretford, near which it is crossed by the late Duke of Bridgewater's canal, and by the turnpike-road from Manchester to Altringham; then glows westward by Ashton-upon-Mersey and Carrington, at which place there is a wood bridge over it, for horses. From thence it proceeds circuitously, and is soon after joined by the Irwell, and, at Warburton by the Bollin. It then winds by a serpentine course to the S.W. by Holling's Green, Rixen, Martin's Croft, &c to Warrington. From the junction with the Irwell, the river has been made more convenient for the purposes of navigation by several short canals, which cut off large angles; and in one place, about 14 miles from Manchester, a canal of five perches, cuts off several miles of circuitous bend in the river. Below Warrington the river widens into a broad shallow channel, but at Runcorn it suddenly contracts itself by a headland from the Lancaster side, and soon after spreads still wider than before, and receives the Weaver, when it swells into a noble estuary, on which Liverpool is situated, and below which it empties itself into the Irish Channel	S.
Mickle Hey, near Little Harwood	B.
Middle High Field, 5 miles N.E. of Lancaster	L.
Middle Salter, in Roboransdale	L.
MIDDLETON, (N. lat. 53º 31" W. long. 2º 7"), 7 miles N.N.E. of Manchester, by the old road, through Chetham and Heaton, but about 51/2 miles by the new road now making, through Blakeley; and 193 miles from London. Middleton is a parish in the deanry of Manchester; the living is a rectory; patron, Lord Suffield, who is also Lord of the Manor, having obtained it by marrying one of the heiresses of the late Sir Ralph Asheton, Bart. whose family had possessed it from the time of Edward VI. This place, which about the year 1770 was a very small village, is now a considerable town. In the year 1791 a grant was obtained from the Crown, to hold a weekly market here on Saturdays, and three annual fairs, viz. the first Thursday after the 10th of March, the first Thursday after the 15th of April, and the second Thursday after September 22. Middleton contains eight hamlets, and has two chapels of ease, viz. Ashworth and Cockey Moor. There are two Methodist chapels in Middleton	S.
MIDDLETON, the township adjoining to and E. of Winwick	W.D.
MIDDLETON, 4 miles S.W. of Lancaster	L.
Middleton Brows, on the sea shore, S.W. of Middleton, near Lancaster	L.
Middleton Hall, 1/2 mile N.E. of Goosenargh	A.
Middleton Hall, the neglected seat of Lord Suffield, 6 miles N.N.E. of Manchester, See "Middleton"	S.
Midge, near Eaves	A.
Midge Hall, 21/2 miles S.E. of North Meols	W.D.
Mill Hill, 1/2 mile E. of Bolton-le-Moors	S.
Mill House, 21/2 miles S.W. of Cockerham church	L.
Mill Wood, (Low Furness) 1 mile S. of Ulverstone	L.
Miller's House, at the east end of Over Wyer's Dale	L.
Millstone Hagg, east side of Graygarth Fells, a boundary mark between Yorkshire and Lancashire	L.
Milnerow, 2 miles E.S.E. of Rochdale, under which it has a chapel of ease; patron, the Vicar of Rochdale. In this place the celebrated John Collier (better known as Tim Bobbin) spent the greatest part of his life	S.
Milton Fold, 2 miles S.W. of Whalley	B.
Mire Brook, 2 miles W.N.W. of Middleton	S.
MITTON (Little), the township on the banks of the Ribble, N.E. of Whalley. N.B. Great Mitton is on the north side of the Ribble, in the county of York	B.
Mitton Hall, Little Mitton	B.
Mock Beggar, 3 miles W. of Prescot	W.D.
MONK CONISTON, (Furness) 2 miles W. of Hawkshead	L.
Monk's Hall, near Eccles	S.
Monk's Hall, 31/2 miles E.N.E. of Burnley	B.
Monsall, 21/2 miles E. of Manchester	S.
MONTON, 5 miles W.N.W. of Manchester. Here is a Dissenting chapel, belonging to a respectable congregation of Presbyterians	S.
Moor Edge, near Rivington Pike	S.
Moor End, 11/2 mile S. of Church	B.
Moor Field Hall, 2 miles N.E. of Wigan	S.
Moor Hall, (Low Furness) 1 mile S. of Ulverston	L.
Moor Hall, 31/2 miles W.N.W. of Preston	A.
Moor Hall, 2 miles S.E. of Bury	S.
Moor Head (Higher and Lower), 5 miles S.E. of Lancaster	L.
Moor House, (Furness) 3 miles N.N.W. of Ulverston	L.
Moor House, (Low Furness) 11/2 miles S.W. of Dalton	L.
Moor House, 3 miles N.W. of Ribchester	B.
Moor House, 1 mile N.N.W. of Little Crosby	W.D.
Moor House Fold, Balderston	B.
Moor Side, 11/2 mile N.N.E. of Kirkham	A.
Moor Side, 2 miles N.E. of Lancaster	L.
Moor Side, 3 miles S.S.E. of Lancaster	L.
Moor Side, 5 miles N.N.E. of Lancaster	L.
Moor Yate, 11/2 mile S. of Blackburn	S.
Moor Yeat, 4 miles N.E. of Lancaster	L.
Morley Hall, 11/2 mile S. of Astley Chapel	W.D.
Morrow Leet, 2 miles S.E. of St. Michael's-le-Wyre	A.
Morton, 11/2 mile S.S.E. of Whalley	B.
Moses' Gate, 2 miles S.S.E. of Bolton-le-Moors	S.
Mosey Lee, 2 miles N.W. of Standish	LL.
MOSLEY, 3 miles N.E. of Ashton-under-Line, in which parish this village is situated. It has a handsome chapel of ease; patron, the Rector of Ashton-under-Line. N.B. This place is situated at an angle, where the three counties of York, Chester, and Lancaster come to a point	S.
Mosley, 1 mile N.E. of Lowton chapel	W.D.
Mosley Common, near Ellenbrough Chapel, 3 miles E.S.E. of Chowbent	W.D.
Mosley Hill, 31/2 miles S.E. of Liverpool	W.D.
Moss Bank, 2 miles N. of St. Hellen's	W.D.
Moss Hall, 2 miles S.E. of Bury	S.
Moss Hall, 21/2 miles N.N.E. of Ribchester	B.
Moss House, 2 miles W.N.W. of Standish	LL.
Moss House, 1 mile N.W. of Mawdsley	LL.
Moss House, on the west side of Chat Moss, 21/2 miles W.N.W. of Irlam	S.
Moss House, 1/2 mile S. of Blakely	S.
Moss Houses, (Furness) near Mirkley	L.
Moss Houses, 1 mile S.E. of Pilling chapel	A.
Moss Houses, 2 miles N.N.E. of Colne	B.
Moss Lane, 4 miles S. of Garstang	A.
MOSS SIDE, 11/2 mile S. of Manchester	S.
Moss Side, 1 mile W. of Ashton-under-line	S.
Moss Side, 4 miles N.N.W. of Bury	S.
Moss Side, 2 miles E. of Much Hool	LL.
Moss Side, 11/2 mile N.N.E. of Croston	LL.
Moss Side, 2 miles N. of Chorley	LL.
Moss Side, 11/2 mile S. of Wigan	W.D.
Moss Side, near Great Marton	A.
Moss Vale, 21/2 miles S. of Chipping	B.
Mossborough Hall, 31/2 miles N. of Prescot	W.D.
MOSTON, 4 miles N.E. of Manchester	S.
Moston Hall, 31/2 miles N.E. of Manchester	S.
Moulding Waters, 31/2 miles S. of Blackburn	LL.
Mount, near Lytham	A.
Mount Pleasant, 21/2 miles N. of Bury	S.
Mount Pleasant, 1 mile N. of Manchester	S.
Mount Sion, 4 miles S.W. of Haslingden	B.
Mowbrick Hall, 31/2 miles W.N.W. of Kirkham	A.
MUCH HOOL, 8 miles S.W. of Preston, a parish in the deanry of Blackburn, the living is a rectory; patron - Barton, Esq.	LL.
MUCH URSWICK, (Furness) 21/2 miles E. of Dalton	L.
Mussbury, 2 miles S.W. of Haslingden	B.
Mussbury, 21/2 miles S.S.W. of Haslingden	B.
MYERSCOUGH, the township E. of St. Michaels le Wyer	A.
Myerscough House, 11/2 mile S.S.E. of Garstang Church Town	A.
Mytham, 2 miles E. of Chipping	B.

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Nab Fold, 1 mile N.N.E. of Cockey Moor	S.
Narrow Moss, 11/2 mile N.N.W. of Ormskirk	W.D.
Narrs, a Hill, 3 miles E.N.E. of Colne	B.
Nasty Nook, N.E. side of Lower Wyer's Dale	L.
NATEBY, 1 mile N.W. of Garstang	A.
Nateby Hall, 11/2 mile N.W. of Garstang	A.
Nether Houses, (Furness) 3 miles N.E. of Ulverston	L.
NETHER KELLET, See "Kellett Nether"
Nether Sawrey, (Furness) east side of Easthwaite water	L.
Nether Wood, 11/2 mile E.N.E. of Burnley	B.
NETHERTON, 21/2 miles E. of Great Crosby	W.D.
Nethneys, (Furness) 1/2 mile E. of Ulverston	L.
Nettle Flock, (Furness) 31/2 miles N. of Ulverston	L.
Nettle Slack, (Furness) 1 mile N. of Seathwaite Chapel	L.
New Barn, 1/2 mile N.W. of Church	B.
New Barn, 1 mile W. of Manchester	S.
New Barns, (Low Furness) 1/2 mile S.S.W. of Furness Abbey	L.
New Biggin, (Low Furness) on the west shore of Morecombe Bay, 21/2 miles S.S.E. of Dedron Church	L.
New Bridge, (Furness) 11/2 mile N.W. of Torver Chapel	L.
New Bridge, (Furness) 1/2 mile W.N.W. of Staveley Chapel	L.
New Chapel, 4 miles W.N.W. of Bolton le Moors	S.
New Church, (in Rossendale) 3 miles E.S.E. of Haslingden, is in the parish of Whalley, the living a perpetual curacy, patron the vicar of Whalley. Here are held, two fairs annually, viz. April 29, and September 30 for cattle and sheep	B.
New Church, (in Pendle Forest) 4 miles W. of Colne, is in the parish of Whalley to which it is a chapel of ease; patron the vicar of Whalley	B.
New Croft, 1/2 mile W. of Stretford	S.
New Earth, 1 mile E. of Oldham	S.
New Field, (Furness) in Dunnerdale	L.
New Hall, Capston's Green	B.
New Hall, Barnacre	A.
New Hall, Winmarley	A.
New Hall, Pendleton, 2 miles N.W. of Manchester	S.
New Hall, 3 miles S.S.E. of North Meols	W.D.
New Hall, near Club Moor	W.D.
New Hollins, in Forton	A.
New House, 3 miles S.S.E. of Walton-le-Dale	LL.
New House, in Fazackerly	W.D.
New House, 2 miles W. of Darwen chapel	B.
New House, 1/2 mile S.W. of Tockholes chapel	B.
New House, in Winmarley	A.
New House, 1/2 mile E. of Old Accrington	B.
New House, 1/2 mile S.E. of Church	B.
New House, 1 mile N. of Bacon Fell	A.
New Hut, 2 miles N.W. of Hale	W.D.
New Inn, 1 mile S.S.W. of Kirkby chapel	W.D.
New Inn, 3 miles N.W. of Walton-le-Dale	B.
New Inn, 2 miles W.N.W. of Great Harwood	B.
New Lawn, Little Bowland	B.
New Mill, on the west side of Wyer Water	A.
NEWBURG, 1/2 mile W.N.W. of Douglas chapel, has a fair on June 21st for cattle and horses	W.D.
NEWLAND, (Furness) the township N.E. of Ulverston	L.
Newland Hill, 5 miles S.S.W. of Lancaster	L.
Newland Mill, (Furness) in Newland township	L.
Newland Pool, (Furness) on the west side of Leven Water	L.
Newsham Hall, 5 miles N.N.W. of Preston	A.
Newshams, 21/2 miles E.N.E. of Liverpool	W.D.
NEWTON, 2 miles E. of Manchester	S.
NEWTON, 2 miles E. of Blackpool	A.
NEWTON, 11 miles N.E. of Lancaster	L.
Newton, (Low Furness) 1/2 mile E. of Furness Abbey	L.
NEWTON (in the Willows), 5 miles N. of Warrington, 7 miles S. of Wigan, 193 miles from London, in N. lat. 53º 25" W. long. 2º 32". It is in the parish of Winwick, under which it has a chapel of ease. The living is a perpetual curacy; patron, T. Leigh, Esq. Newton is a borough by prescription, governed by a Steward, Bailiff and Burgesses, and sends two members to parliament; the right of election is in 36 burgesses, who occupy certain tenements. Newton had formerly a market on Saturdays, but is now discontinued. It has, however, annual races, and two fairs, viz. May 17th, and August 11th and 12th, for cattle, horses, &c.	W.D.
Newton Hall, Newton-in-the-Willows	W.D.
Newton Heath, in Newton, 3 miles N.E. of Manchester, under which parish it has a chapel of ease; patrons, the Warden and Fellows of the Collegiate Church, Manchester	S.
Newton Mill, 11/2 mile S. of Kirkham	A.
NEWTON with SCALES, 11/2 miles S.E. of Kirkham	A.
NIBTHWAITE, (Furness) the township N. of Coulton	L.
Nightingale House, 2 miles N. of Blackrod	LL.
Nook, 2 miles S.W. of Blackburn	B.
Noon Pike, 3 miles N.E. of Littlebrough	S.
Noona, in Foulridge, 21/2 miles N.E. of Colne	B.
NORBRECK, 1/2 mile N.W. of Bispham	A.
Norbrick, 2 miles N.N.W. of Cockerham church	L.
NORCROSS, 11/2 mile N.E. of Bispham	A.
Norris Green, 1/2 mile N.W. of West Derby chapel	W.D.
Norris Hill, Heaton Norris, 6 miles S.S.E. of Manchester	S.
North End, a hamlet on the island of Walney	L.
North End, 2 miles S.S.E. of Formby	W.D.
North End Haws, the northern extremity of the island of Walney	L.
North Hall, 1 mile N.N.E. of Standish	LL.
NORTH MEOLS, 8 miles N.W. of Ormskirk, a parish in the deanry of Warrington, is situated on the sea coast, near the mouth of the Ribble, and has of late years been much frequented as a bathing place. The church is a rectory; patron the Rev. J. Baldwin	W.D.
North Meols Hall, North Meols	W.D.
North Moor, near Oldham	S.
Northern Ford, a Ford over the Mersey, 1/2 mile W. of Didsbury	S.
Northscale, a small village in the island of Walney	L.
Nutshaw, 3 miles S.S.W. of Burnley	B.

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Oak, 1 mile N.N.E. of Ashton-under-Line	S.
Oak, 11/2 mile S.S.W. of Oldham	S.
Oak Bridge, 31/2 miles S. of Manchester	S.
Oak House, 1 mile N. of West Derby chapel	W.D.
Oak Mills, 3 miles S.S.E. of Leigh	W.D.
Oak Tree, 2 miles N.E. of Goosenargh chapel	A.
Oaken Clough, 3 miles E.N.E. of Garstang	A.
Oakenrod, 1/2 mile S.W. of Rochdale	S.
Oakenshaw, 6 miles E.N.E. of Blackburn	B.
Ogden, 31/2 miles E.S.E. of Rochdale	S.
Old Accrington, see "Accrington Old"	B.
Old Barrow Island, the largest island in Pile harbour	L.
Old Barrow Ramsey, a small island in Pile harbour	L.
Old Hall, (Furness) 1 mile N.W. of Ulverston	L.
Old Hall, in Winmarly	A.
Old Hall, near Old Accrington	B.
Old Hall, in Charnock Richard	LL.
Old Hall, near Heskin	LL.
Old Hall, near Leyland	LL.
Old Hall, near Meghull	W.D.
Old Hall, 1 mile S.W. of Wigan	W.D.
Old Hall, 2 miles N.W. of Hollings Green	W.D.
Old Hall, in Bold	W.D.
Old Hall, 11/2 mile W.S.W. of Allerton Obelisk	W.D.
Old Hall, 2 miles W.S.W. of Bolton-le-Moors	S.
Old Hall, near Stand	S.
Old Hall, in Worsley	S.
Old Hall, (in Withington) 4 miles S. of Manchester	S.
Old Hall, in Ashton-under-Line	S.
Old Hams, 1 mile N. of Radcliff Bridge	S.
Old Hay, 11/2 mile N.W. of Winwick	W.D.
Old Hollings, 8 miles S. of Lancaster	L.
Old Hut, 1 mile N.E. of Hale	W.D.
Old Margery's, Blackpool	A.
Old Mill, 1/2 mile S. of Oldham	S.
Old Park, (Furness) near Kirkby Ireleth	L.
Old Park, (Furness) 3 miles W. of Cartmel	L.
Old Trafford, 2 miles S.W. of Manchester	S.
Oldfield Carr, near Poulton-in-the-Fylde	A.
Oldfield-lane, a suburb of Salford	S.
OLDHAM, (N. lat. 53º. 30". W. lon. 2º.3".) 71/2 miles N.E. of Manchester, is a parish; or rather a parochial Chapelry (being joined to Prestwich, which see) in the deanry of Manchester, containing 4 townships, viz. Oldham, Royton, Chadderton and Crompton, which, together, are supposed to contain nearly 20,000 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the joint gift of the rectors of Prestwich, Middleton and Bury. The church is an ancient structure with a good peal of bells. Oldham has not a regular market, but has a fair on May 2 for cattle, horses, sheep, toys, &c.	S.
Ooze Booth, 1/2 mile N. of Blackburn	B.
OPENSHAW, 31/2 miles E. of Manchester	S.
Ordsall Hall, (a curious old house formerly the seat of the ancient family of Radcliffe) 2 miles S.W. of Manchester	S.
ORFORD, 11/2 miles N.N.E. of Warrington	W.D.
Orford Hall, 1 mile N.N.E. of Warrington, the seat of J. Blackburn, Esq. M.P. for Lancashire	W.D.
Ormrod House, 2 miles E. of Burnley	B.
Ormsgill Hall, (Low Furness) 11/2 mile W.S.W. of Furness Abbey	S.
ORMSKIRK, (N. lat. 53º 52". W. lon. 2º 48".) 13 miles N.N.E. of Liverpool, 181/2 miles S.S.W. of Preston, and 2101/4 miles from London. This is a neat market town, with four well-built streets. It is a parish in the deanry of Warrington. The living is a vicarage; patron, the Earl of Derby. The parish contains the townships of Ormskirk, Burcough, Latham, Scarisbrook, and Bickerstaff-with-Shelmerdine. The church is an old Gothic structure, remarkable for having two steeples, one a tower, and the other a spire: popular tradition says it was built by two Ladies of the name of Orme, who disagreeing as to the kind of steeple, each built one to her own taste. It has two chapels of ease under it, viz. Latham and Shelmerdine. In the town is also a dissenting chapel, belonging to a congregation of Presbyterians. The market is one Thursday, and the fairs are held on Whit-monday and Tuesday, and September 8th, for cattle, horses, &c. In 1801, Ormskirk contained 614 houses, and 2554 inhabitants	W.D.
ORREL, 3 miles W. of Wigan	W.D.
ORREL (with Litherland), 4 miles N. of Liverpool	W.D.
OSBALDISTON, 11/2 mile S. of Ribchester	B.
Osbaldiston Green, 2 miles S. of Ribchester	B.
Osbaldiston Hall, 1 mile S.S.W. of Ribchester	B.
OSMOTHERLY, (Furness) 2 miles N.N.W. of Ulverston	L.
OSWALDTHISTLE, 2 miles W.S.W. of Blackburn	B.
Otter's Pool, the mouth of a rivulet which falls into the Mersey, 31/2 miles S.E. of Liverpool	W.D.
Out Yeat, (Furness) 1 mile N.N.E. of Hawkshead	L.
Outhwaite, 11/2 miles S.S.E. of Wray	L.
Outhwaite Well, on the borders of the county of York, 3 miles E. of Tunstall	L.
OUTWOOD, 21/2 miles W.N.W. of Prestwich	S.
Outwood Gate, 11/2 mile E.N.E. of Ringley chapel	S.
Ovangle, 1 mile W. of Lancaster	L.
Over Bradley, 2 miles S.W. of Colne	B.
OVER DARWEN, see "Darwen Over"	B.
OVER HULTON, see "Hulton"	S.
OVER KELLET, see "Kellet Over"	L.
Over Leck, in Leck	L.
Over Town, 2 miles N.E. of Tunstall	L.
OVERTON, on the west side of the Loyne, opposite to Glasson Point, 31/2 miles W. of Lancaster, under which parish it has a chapel of ease; patron, the vicar of Lancaster	L.
Owler Bottom, 1 mile W. of Eatonfield chapel	S.
Owler Hall, (Furness) in Blawith	L.
OXCLIFF, on the west bank of the Loyne, 2 miles W. of Lancaster	S.
Oxen Fell, (Furness) 3 miles N.W. of Hawkshead	L.
Oxen House, (Furness) 3 miles N. of Blawith chapel	L.
Oxon Park, (Furness) 1 mile N. of Coulton church	L.

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Padgate, 2 miles E.N.E. of Warrington	W.D.
PADIHAM, in the parish of Whalley, 4 miles W. of Burnley, has a chapel of ease; the living is a perpetual curacy; patron Legendre Starkie, Esq. This place has not a market, but it has two annual fairs, viz. May and September 26th. for coopers and other wooden-ware	B.
Pail, 1 mile S. of Chipping	B.
Palace House, 11/2 mile W. of Burnley	B.
Palate, in Quarlton	S.
PARBOLD, 3 miles W.N.W. of Standish	LL.
Parbold Hall, 3 miles W. of Standish	LL.
Park, near Tatham	L.
Park, (Furness) near Trover	L.
Park, 2 miles N.N.W. of Ashton-under-Line	S.
Park, 4 miles N. of Bury	S.
Park, the seat of Robert Philips, Esq. 1/2 mile W. of Prestwich church	S.
Park Chapel, (a dissenters' chapel) in Toxteth Park	W.D.
Park Farm, 3 miles S.W. of Manchester	S.
Park Hall, 11/4 mile S.E. of Blackrod	S.
Park Hall, 23/4 miles N.E. of Lancaster	L.
Park Head, 1 mile E. of Garstang	A.
Park House, (Furness) in the township of Skelwith	L.
Park House, (Furness) 1 mile N.W. of Ruslam church	L.
Park House, 3 miles N.E. of Tunstall	L.
Park Houses, 2 miles S.W. of Haslingden	B.
Park Lane, in Toxteth Park	W.D.
Park Side, near Prescot	W.D.
Parlike Pike, 2 miles N.W. of Chipping	B.
PARR, 1 mile E. of St. Hellens, abounds with coals and iron-stone	W.D.
Parr Hall, 1 mile E.N.E. of St. Hellens	W.D.
Parrs, 4 miles N.N.E. of Prescot	W.D.
Parsonage, 1 mile S.S.W. of Chipping	B.
Pasture, 3 miles W. of Colne	B.
Pasture Barn, at the north end of Longworth	S.
Pasture Yate, on the north-east side of Edgworth	S.
Pastures, 2 miles N.W. of Walmsley chapel	S.
Patterson How, (Furness) 2 miles S.S.W. of Cartmel Fell chapel	L.
Peacock Hill, in Bleasdale	A.
Pear Tree, (Furness) 13/4 mile N. of Kirkby Ireleth	L.
Pear Trees, 4 miles W.N.W. of Preston	A.
Peasholmes, (Furness) 1 mile S.S.E. of Leece	L.
Peasley Crofts, 3/4 mile S.E. of St. Hellens	W.D.
Pecks Mill, 3 miles S.E. of Prescot	W.D.
Peel, in Widness	W.D.
Peel, 4 miles W. of Kirkham	A.
Peel Chapel, 81/2 miles N.W. of Manchester, a chapel of ease in the parish of -	S.
Peel Hall, between Peel chapel and Warton chapel, 9 miles N.W. of Manchester	S.
Peel Hall, 81/2 miles N.W. of Manchester	S.
PEMBERTON, 2 miles W.S.W. of Wigan	W.D.
Pemberton Hall, an ancient, half-timbered house, the property of Robert Markland, Esq. and for a long series of years, the residence of his ancestors	W.D.
Pendle Forest, the district between Pendle Hill, Colne and Marsden	B.
Pendle Hall, 2 miles N.E. of Padiham	B.
Pendle Hill, a lofty mountain, the highest in the county, 4 miles N.E. of Whalley	B.
PENDLEBURY, 4 miles N.W. of Manchester	S.
PENDLETON, 2 miles N.E. of Whalley	B.
PENDLETON, 2 miles W.N.W. of Manchester, is a large populous, and thriving village, containing many capital houses, and continually increasing; the whole forming a large suburb to the towns of Manchester and Salford, to which it is almost joined, by the continuance of the building, though in the year 1780, it was a small rural village, having a may-pole, round which the lads and lasses danced, after bedecking it with garlands. The pole still remains, but the rural fete has no longer its innocent attractions. Pendleton boasts a handsome square, recently built, and some good streets. It is in the parish of Eccles, under which it has a chapel of ease, dedicated to St. Thomas; the living is a perpetual curacy; patron, the vicar of Eccles. This place also contains a Methodist chapel, and a burial place for the Jews. In the valley below the village, is a Danish tumulus	S.
Pendleton Hall, 3 miles N.E. of Whalley	B.
PENKETH, 21/2 miles W. of Warrington	W.D.
PENNINGTON, (Furness) 2 miles S.W. of Ulverston, a parish in the deanry of Furness and Cartmel; the living is a perpetual curacy: patron the king	L.
PENNINGTON, the township attached to that of Leigh, to which it is joined on the north	W.D.
Pennington Hall, 2 miles E. of Wigan	S.
Pennington Hall, 1/2 mile S. of Leigh	W.D.
PENWORTHAM, 2 miles S.W. of Preston, a parish in the deanry of Blackburn; the living is a perpetual curacy; patron, - Barton, Esq.	LL.
Pepper House Fold, 1/2 mile N.E. of Balderston chapel	B.
Persons, 21/2 miles N. of Haslingden	B.
PESFURLONG, 3 miles E. of Winwick	W.D.
Pheasant Fold, 1 mile N.E. of Burnley	B.
Picked Hall, (Furness) south end of Coniston Water	L.
Picked Hole, (Furness) 2 miles N. of Broughton	L.
Pickerings, in Balderston	B.
Picot, 2 miles N. of Grimsarg	A.
Pier Hall, 4 miles S.S.W. of Lancaster	L.
Pierce Clough, 2 miles N. of New Church, in Rossendale	B.
Pile Harbour, a harbour between the island of Walney, and Low Furness	L.
Pile of Foundray, a small island in Pile Harbour, on which there are the ruins of an old castle	L.
PILKINGTON, 6 miles N.N.W. of Manchester	S.
PILLING, 6 miles W.N.W. of Garstang, in which parish it is situated, and under which it has a chapel of ease; patron, Rev. Geoffry Hornby	A.
Pilling Lane, 1 mile W. of Pilling chapel	A.
Pilling Moss, a large morass, which is situated between Pilling and Garstang	A.
PILSWORTH, 21/2 miles S.E. of Bury	S.
Pimmet Bridge, near Colne	B.
Pinkpank Lane, part of the ancient highway between Manchester and Stockport, but now overgrown with trees and shrubs, 4 miles S.E. of Manchester, and about 1/2 mile E. of the present road between the town above mentioned	S.
Pitsley, 1/2 mile S.S.W. of Balderston church	B.
Plain Trees, 2 miles S.W. of Burnley	B.
Plate Bridge, 2 miles S. of Wigan	W.D.
Platt Chapel, (belonging to a respectable congregation of Presbyterians) 3 miles S.S.E. of Manchester	S.
Platt House, the seat of T.C. Worsley, Esq. 23/4 miles S. of Manchester	S.
PLEASINGTON, 3 miles W.S.W. of Blackburn	B.
PLUMPTON (Great and Little), about 1/2 a mile distant from each other, and 3 miles W.N.W. of Kirkham	A.
Plumpton Hall, (Furness) 11/2 Mile E. of Ulverston	L.
Point of Comfort, a point of land in Low Furness, in the bay of Morcomb, 2 miles S.E. of Dendron	L.
Pot House, 1/2 mile E. of Darwen chapel	B.
Potter's Fold, 11/2 mile W. of Whalley	B.
POULTON (in the Fylde), situated in N. lat. 53º 48". W. long. 2º 54". - 81/2 miles N.W. of Kirkham; and 2343/4 miles from London. The parish is in the deanry of Amounderness; the living is a vicarage; patron, R. Hesketh, Esq. The market day is Monday; and the fairs are holden February 13, and May 2, for cattle and smallwares. In 1801, the town contained 197 houses, and 769 inhabitants	A.
POULTON, 3 miles W.N.W. of Lancaster, in which parish it is situated, and has a chapel of ease; the living a perpetual curacy; patron, vicar of Lancaster	L.
POULTON, 2 miles E. of Warrington	S.
PREESALL, 71/2 miles W. of Garstang	A.
Preese Hall, 1 mile S. of Great Leighton	A.
PRESCOT, (N. lat. 53º 24". W. long. 2º 43") 8 miles E.N.E. of Liverpool, 101/4 miles W.S.W. of Warrington, and 1981/4 miles from London. This parish is in the deanery of Warrington; the living is a vicarage; patrons, the Fellows of King's College, Cambridge. It has the following chapels under it, viz. St. Hellens, Farnworth, Rainstorth, and Sankey. The parish church, which is situated on high ground, and seen from a great distance, has a spire 156 feet high. The town is famous for the manufactory of watch-maker's tools, and fine files. The market day is Tuesday. The fairs are holden June 2, (which continues three days) and October 21st. By the census in 1801, Prescot appears to have 734 houses, and 3465 inhabitants	W.D.
Presto Lee, 4 miles S.E. of Bolton-le-Moors	S.
PRESTON, (N. lat. 53º 44". W. long. 2º 37".) 221/4 miles S. of Lancaster. 311/2 miles N.N.E. of Liverpool, 15 miles N. of Wigan, 311/4 miles N.W. of Manchester, and 2171/4 miles from London. This place is said to owe its name to a corruption from Priest's Town, as it was once called, owing to the religious foundations here. Edmund, Earl of Lancaster, son of Henry the Third, founded a college of Grey Friars on the north-west side of the town, and here was a religious hospital, in 1291. Preston is a parliamentary borough, and sent members to parliament as early as the 23d of Edward the First, but ceased to send them from the 1st of Edward the Second, till the time of Edward the Sixth, when the neglected right was resumed. The House of Commons have determined that the right of election is in the inhabitants at large. Preston was incorporated by Henry the Second. The corporation consists of a Mayor, Recorder, eight Aldermen, four under Aldermen, seventeen Common Councilmen, and a Town Clerk. Preston has the singular privilege of holding a Guild-merchant, every twenty years. It was instituted in the reign of Henry the Third. The first Guild was held in the second year of Edward III; and the last makes the eighteenth, his present Majesty being the only Monarch of the twelve who have reigned since the institution, during whose reign three of these festive spectacles have been celebrated. The Guild is always held in August, of the years it falls on; and the last, in 1802, was remarkable for the splendour exhibited by the Nobility and Gentry who attended this provincial jubilee. By charter, the Guild is to be held every twenty years, in default of which, the right of sending members to parliament, and the elective franchises of the inhabitants, and the rights of the Burgesses, would be forfeited. The town crier proclaiming 28 days' grace, for people to renew their freedom whether acquired by ancestry or purchase. The sports and revelry which are concomitants of the Guild, and the procession of the various trades and occupations of the inhabitants, draw together on this occasion, immense crowds from every part of the kingdom; and Preston is the resort of all that is fashionable. Preston is a parish in the deanry of Amounderness; the living is a vicarage: patron, Sir H. Hoghton, Bart. Beside the parish church, there is a chapel of ease in the town, dedicated to St. George. Among the public buildings of Preston, most worthy of observation are the Town Hall, which is large and handsome; the Assembly Rooms, built at the sole expence of the Earl of Derby, and which are remarkably elegant: and the New Prison, built after the plan of the late Mr. Howard, at the joint charge of Lonsdale, Amounderness, Blackburn, and west Derby hundreds, being intended to serve as a place of confinement for Criminals from those hundreds. The Duchy of Lancaster holds a Court of Chancery here. There is also a County Court sits every Tuesday, and issues writs to compel appearance without bail, for any sum above forty shillings. Another Court called the County Arrest, which does the same thing for sums under forty shillings. Another Court is also held here, similar to the last, but limited to the hundred of Amounderness. Writs, holding to bail, are issued from the Prothonotary's Office, upon which the Sheriff grants a warrant for apprehension. Other writs are also issued from this Office, not holding to bail, but by copy of process in the Court of Common Pleas. The Borough Court issues process for distress up to ten pounds, which compel appearance, or on failure of it, to attach goods in execution. The Court can also send Criminals to their Prison. The Quarter Sessions are held at Preston, by adjournment from Lancaster, on the Thursday in the week after Epiphany. The market day at Preston is Saturday, and the fairs are held March 27th for cattle and horses; September 7th for coarse cloths and smallwares; and the first Saturday after January 6th, for horses chiefly. The trade of the town is benefited by the river Ribble, distant about one mile, which is navigable by small coasters; and by the Lancaster Canal, which has opened a communication with the rivers Mersey, Dee, Ouse, Trent, Severn, Humber, Thames, &c. The manufactures of this place are now chiefly cotton, which have of late years encreased in an astonishing degree; and one of its manufacturers has risen by his industry into consequence sufficient to rival the Earl of Derby's hereditary influence in the town, which formerly was supposed to influence the election of both the members which the borough sends to Parliament; but Mr. Horrocks (the manufacturer alluded to) is now one of the members. In the year 1801, Preston had 2231 houses, and 11,837 inhabitants	A.
Preston Moor, 1 mile N. of Preston	A.
PRESTWICH, 4 miles N.N.W. of Manchester, (but by the turnpike road considerably more) is a parish in conjunction with Oldham, which constitutes one rectory, (though in other respects separate) in the deanry of Manchester. The living is in the gift of the Rev. John Lyon. The parish of Prestwich, properly so called, consists of the following townships, viz. Prestwich, Great and Little Heaton, Whitefield, Unsworth, Outwood, Alkrington, and Tong, which contain together about 10,000 inhabitants. The parish Church of Prestwich is a fine old gothic building, with a tower and six bells. The church yard is most romantically beautiful, overlooking a charming country, rich with picturesque scenery	S.
Priest Hall, 4 miles N.W. of Ribchester	B.
Priest Hall, 2 miles N.E. of Ribchester	B.
PRIEST HUTTON, 21/2 miles N. of Warton	L.
Priory, 4 miles E. of Liverpool	W.D.
Pump House, near Bolton-in-the-sands	L.
Pyethorn, in Clayton-le-Dale	B.

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Quarry House, (Low Furness) 11/2 mile W. of Furness Abbey	L.
Quarton, 5 miles N.N.E. of Bolton-le-moors	S.
Quebec, a village on the road between Ashton-under-line and Stockport	S.
Quern Moor, 2 miles E. of Lancaster, in which parish it is situated, is a township comprising a forest belonging to the King. The inclosed and waste lands, make together about 3000 acres. Here is a Forest Court, held half-yearly by the master Forester of Amounderness, whose duty it is to hold the several Forest courts	L.

Lancashire Gazetteer, Joseph Aston, 1808 - Preamble

THE
LANCASHIRE
GAZETTEER

an
ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED
ACCOUNT
of the
Hundreds, Market Towns, Boroughs, Parishes, Townships, Hamlets, Gentlemens' Seats, Rivers, Lakes, Mountains, Moors, Commons, Mosses, Antiquities, &c.
in the
County Palatine of Lancaster;

Together with
HISTORICAL DESCRIPTIONS
OF THE CHIEF PLACES,
with their
Fairs, Markets, Local and Metropolitan Distances, Charters, Church Livings, Patrons, &c

By JOSEPH ASTON, Author of "The Manchester Guide."
1808

Printed in Manchester by J. Aston;
And sold in London, by Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme;
and in the County of Lancaster, by all Booksellers.
Entered at Stationers' Hall

TO THE
RIGHT HONOURABLE
EDWARD SMITH STANLEY

EARL of DERBY,
LORD STANLEY, ONE OF HIS MAJESTY'S MOST HONOURABLE
PRIVY COUNCIL,

THIS
LOCAL GAZETTEER,
DESCRIPTIVE OF THE COUNTY,
OF WHICH
HIS LORDSHIP
IS
LORD LIEUTENANT,

AND IN WHICH,
DERIVING FROM
AN
ILLUSTRIOUS ANCESTRY
HIS LORDSHIP,
HAS
SO GREAT
AN
INTEREST,
IS
MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED,
BY
HIS LORDSHIP'S
OBEDIENT, HUMBLE SERVANT,

JOSEPH ASTON.

PREFACE

The hint of the utility of a "Lancashire Gazetteer," and a polite representation of the capability of the Author for the undertaking, were pointed out to him by a Gentleman, whose good opinion is an honor, and whose sanction is ample acquittal of any charge of temerity, for venturing on the task.

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The suggestion was promptly adopted, and the work commenced. It is now submitted to the public, in the full hope, that the inhabitants of the county it describes, will overlook or pardon any accidental omission or erroneous statement, which the want of a complete local knowledge of every corner of the county, (which no individual can possess) has occasioned. The Author is sensible, that there must be errors in the following work, which would have required the united powers of an extensive literary association, in conjunction with the authorised functionaries of the county, to have rendered perfectly correct. Instead of these advantages, it grew under the hand of an individual, amidst the interruptions of the thousand imperious calls, to which a man of business is perpetually liable. He however trusts, that his labours will not be useless, nor overlooked by his Countrymen; and, that they will, at least, say, "Tho he has not done all that could have been wished, yet with his document, and in his situation, he has done all that could, reasonably, be expected.

It remains now to state, that Mr. Yates' large Map of Lancashire, drawn from actual survey, has furnished data for the relative situations and bearings - for the latitudes and longitudes - and, in those instances, where more accurate and minute information could not be obtained, for the distances, and the orthography of the various places described or mentioned. The author deeming it but candid, to place a reliance on the accuracy of the labours of a man like Mr. Yates, who traversed the county, in every direction, for the purpose of furnishing one of the largest and most accurate county maps, which the kingdom can boast.

With a view to greater perfection, in some future edition, (if the public reception of the present should sanction another) the Author respectfully solicits the corrections, or additions, of such of his readers, whose local, or official situations, may enable them to add to the stock of information contained in this little volume. Such information will be most gratefully received; but to prevent a multiplicity of letters, and to assure their interest, they must come to him free of postage.

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INTRODUCTION

Lancashire derives its name from Lancaster, the county town (the Alauna of the Romans) and was by the Saxons denominated Loncasterscyre. It is a maritime County; the second in point of consequence and population in the kingdom. It is the County immediately N. of Cheshire, by which it is bounded on the S. and SW; by Yorkshire on the E. and NE; by Westmorland on the N.; by Cumberland on the NW.; and by the Irish Sea on the W. Its greatest length, according to Mr. Yates's map, is 74 miles, and its greatest breadth 441/2 miles. Its circumference, crossing the mouth of the Ribble, is 342 miles; and it contains 1765 miles, and 1,129,600 acres, of which Mr. Yates calculated, there were, in 1786, not less than 26,500 acres of moss land; and 482,000 acres of moor, common, and marshe, lands; making, together, 508,500 acres, very much of which is capable of improvement. This quantity, (nearly one half of what the county contains,) of, comparatively, unprofitable land, is altogether astonishing, when the population of the county, exhibited on the table inserted in this work, is considered.

The Towns, Rivers, Parishes, &c. contained in the county, are described in the following Gazetteer. Other particulars will be found in the tables annexed, which the Author trusts will prove useful and amusing to his fellow countrymen - the Lancastrians.

Lancashire is divided into six Hundreds, viz. Amounderness, Blackburn, Leyland, Lonsdale, Salford and West Derby; particulars respecting which may be found under their respective heads, in the alphabetical arrangement of the Gazetteer.

The respective Hundreds are divided into the following independent^* townships of which further particulars may be learned by a reference to the main body of this work.

^*Many considerable villages, which on the division of the hundreds, were not of sufficient consequence to be denominated townships, but which are now governed by their own Constable, will be found marked as townships, in the Gazetteer; but the list of townships here introduced, contains only those which were originally recognized as such, and to which the high Constables on the hundreds issue precepts; the others being subordinate to their original townships.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED, contains the following Townships, viz.

Alston, with Hothersall,	Claughton,
Ashton,	Clifton,
Barton,	Eccleston (Great)
Bilsborough,	Eccleston (Little) with Larbreck
Bispham, with Norbreck,
Bleasdale Forest,	Elston,
Broughton,	Elswick,
Brining, with Kellemergh,	Fishwick,
Carleton,	Freckleton,
Catterall,	Garstang,
Goosenargh,	Outer Rawcliffe,
Greenhalgh, with Thistleton,	Poulton,
Grimsargh, with Brockholes,	Preesall, with Hackinsall,
Haighton,	Preston,
Hambleton,	Ribbleton,
Hardhorn, with Newton,	Ribby, with Wray,
Inskip with Sowerby,	Singleton, Great and Little,
Kirkham,	Stalmin, with Staynall,
Layton, with Warbreck,	Thayles,
Lea,	Thornton,
Lytham,	Upper Rawcliffe,
Marton,	Warton,
Medlargh, with Wesham,	Westby, with Plumpton,
Myerscough Forest,	Weeton, with Preese,
Newton, with Scales,	Wood Plumpton,
	Whittingham.

BLACKBURN HUNDRED, contains the following Townships, viz.

Aighton, Bailey and Chardgley,	Clayton-in-le-Moors,
Altham,	Clayton-in-le-Dale,
Balderstone,	Clitheroe,
Billington,	Cliveger,
Blackburn,	Colne,
Bolland Forest,	Cuerdale,
Brerecliff, with Extwistle,	Dutton,
Burnley,	Downham,
Chatburne,	Foulrigg,
Chipping,	Great Harwood,
Church,	Hapton,
Haslingden,	Pendleton, Great and Little,
Heyhouses,	Pleasington,
Huntcoat,	Read,
Ighton Hill Park,	Ribchester, with Dilworth,
Little Harewood,	Rishton,
Livesay, with Tockholes,	Rossendale,
Marsden,	Sailsbury,
Mearley,	Samlesbury,
Mellor, with Eccleshill,	Simonstone,
Mitton, Henthorne, and Cole Coats,	Thornley, with Wheatley,
Nether Darwen,	Twiston,
New Accrington,	Walton-in-le-dale,
Old Accrington,	Whalley,
Osbaldiston,	Whitton,
Oswaldtwistle,	Whilpshire, with Dinkley,
Over Darwen,	Wiswall,
Padiham,	Worsthorne,
Pendle Forest,	Worston.

LEYLAND HUNDRED, contains the following Townships, viz.

Bindle,	Croston, and Rufford,
Bretherton and Ulveswalton,	Duxbury, and Adlington,
Charnock Richard,	Eccleston, and Heskin,
Chorley,	Euxton,
Clayton, Cuerdon, and Whittle-in-the-Woods,	Farrington, and Howick
Copull, and Worthington,	Heath Charnock, and Anderton,
Hesketh, and Beconsall,	Skevington, and Welch Whittle,
Hoghton, Withnall, Wheelton, and Heapey,	Standish, with Langtree,
Leyland,	Tarleton, Much Hoole, and Little Hoole,
Longton,	Wrightington, and Parbold.
Mawdsley, with Brispham,
Penwortham, and Hutton,

LONSDALE HUNDRED, contains the following Townships, viz.

Aldingham,	Heaton, with Oxcliff,
Alithwaite, Lower,	Heysham,
Alithwaite, Upper,	Holker,
Arkholme, with Cawood,	Hornby,
Ashton,	Kirkby Ireleth,
Bolton,	Lancaster,
Broughton,	Leck,
Buck, with Aldcliff,	Leece,
Burrow,	Melling, with Wreaton,
Cansfield,	Middleton,
Carnforth, and Burnwick,	Nether Kellet,
Caton, with Claughton,	Overton,
Cockerham,	Over Kellet,
Dalton, with Hutton,	Pennington,
Dalton, with Furness,	Poulton, Bare, and Torrisholme,
Ellel,	Quarn Moor,
Farleton,	Scotforth,
Gressingham,	Skirton,
Halton,	Warton,
Slyne, with Hest	Wennington,
Tatham, with Ireby,	Whittington,
Thurnham,	Wray,
Tunstall,	Wyersdale,
Ulverston,	Yealand, with Silverdale.
Urswick,

SALFORD HUNDRED, contains the following Townships, viz.

Ashton-under-Line,	Hulton, magna,
Barton,	Hulton, parva,
Blackrod, with Aspull,	Hulton, middle,
Bolton, with Hamlets,	Hundersfield,
Bury, with Hamlets,	Manchester,
Butterworth,	Oldham,
Castleton,	Pendleton,
Chadderton,	Pendlebury,
Cheetham,	Pilkington,
Chorlton Row,	Prestwich,
Clifton,	Radcliff,
Crompton,	Reddish,
Edgworth, with Hamlets,	Rivington, Lostock, and Anglezark,
Farnworth, Rumsworth, and Kearsley,	Royton,
Flixton,	Salford,
Harwood, with Hamlets,	Spotland,
Heaton Norris,	Stretford,
Heaton, Horwich, and Halliwell	Tottington,
Urmston,	Turton, with Longworth,
West Houghton,	Withington,
	Worsley.

WEST DERBY HUNDRED, contains the following Townships, viz.

Allerton,	Garston,
Altcar,	Great Woolton,
Ashton, in Makerfield,	Haigh,
Astley,	Hale and Halewood,
Atherton,	Hallsall,
Aughton,	Haydock, and Golbourne,
Bedford,	Hindley, and Abram,
Bickersteth, and Skelmersdale,	Holland, and Dalton,
Billinge, Orrel, and Winstanley,	Huyton and Robey,
Bootle, and Linacre	Ince Blundell, and Little Crosby,
Bold,	Ince, and Pemberton,
Burscough,	Kirkdale,
Burtonwood,	Knowsley,
Childwall,	Latham,
Cuerdley, and Cronton,	Leigh, and Pennington,
Culcheth,	Little Woolton,
Derby, commonly called "West Derby,"	Litherland, Ayntree, Orrel, and Ford,
Ditton, and Penketh,	Liverpool,
Down Holland,	Lowton, and Kenyon,
Eccleston,	Lydiate,
Everton,	Maghull,
Formby,	Melling,
Newton,	Speak,
North Meols, Crosby, and Birkdale,	Sutton,
Ormskirk,	Tarbock,
Parr,	Thornton, and Great Crosby,
Prescot,	Tildesley, with Shackerley,
Rainhill,	Walton, and Fazackerley,
Rainford,	Warrington,
Rixton, and Glassbrook,	Wavertree,
Sankey,	West Leigh,
Scarisbrick,	Whiston,
Sephton, Netherton, and Lunt,	Widness, and Appleton
Southworth, Croft, Middleton, and Arbury,	Wigan,
	Windle,
	Winwick, and Hulme,
	Woolston, and Poulton.

E C C L E S I A S T I C A L J U R I S D I C T I O N.

Lancashire is a part of the Province of York, in the Diocese of Chester, and in the Archdeaconries of Chester and Richmond; and is divided into Deanries and Parishes, in the following manner, viz.

ARCHDEACONRY OF CHESTER.

Deanry of Manchester, contains the following Parishes, viz.

Ashton-under-line, Rectory	of which the Fellows are Rectors, and the Chaplains are Vicars
Bolton-le-moors, Vicarage	Middleton, Rectory
Bury, Rectory	Prestwich, with Oldham, Rectory
Dean, Vicarage	Radcliff , Rectory
Eccles, Vicarage	Rochdale, Vicarage
Flixton, perpetual Curacy; a prebend of Litchfield.
Manchester, Collegiate Church

Deanry of Warrington, contains the following Parishes, viz.

Aughton, Rectory	Prescot, Vicarage
Childwall, Vicarage	Sephton, Rectory
Hallsall, Rectory	Walton, Rectory in the hands of lay impropriators; the incumbent is Vicar
Huyton, Vicarage	Warrington, Rectory
Leigh, Vicarage	Wigan, Rectory
Liverpool, St. Peter's, Rectory St. Nicholas', Rectory	Winwick, Rectory.
North Meols, Rectory
Ormskirk, Vicarage

Deanry of Blackburn, contains the following Parishes, viz.

Blackburn, Vicarage

Whalley, Vicarage

Deanry of Leyland, contains the following Parishes, viz.

Brindle, Rectory	Hoole, Rectory
Croston, Rectory and Vicarage	Leyland, Vicarage
Eccleston, Rectory	Standish, rectory

ARCHDEACONRY OF RICHMOND.

Deanry of Amounderness, contains the following Parishes, viz.

Bispham, perpetual Curacy	Lytham, perpetual Curacy
Chipping, Rectory and Vicarage	Poulton, Vicarage
Cockerham, Vicarage	Preston, Rectory
Garstang, Vicarage	Ribchester, Vicarage
Kirkham, Vicarage	St.Michael's-le-Wyre, Vicarage.
Lancaster, Vicarage

Deanry of Furness and Cartmel, contains the following Parishes, viz.

Aldingham, Rectory	Kirkby Ireleth, Vicarage
Cartmel, perpetual Curacy	Pennington, perpetual Curacy
Coulton, perpetual Curacy	Ulverston, perpetual Curacy
Dalton, Vicarage
Hawkshead, perpetual Curacy

Deanry of Kirkby Lonsdale, contains the following Parishes, viz.

Claughton, Rectory	Tunstall, Vicarage
Melling, Vicarage	Whittington, Rectory
Tatham, Rectory

Deanry of Richmond, contains the following Parishes, viz.

Bolton, in the Sands, Vicarage

POPULATION OF THE COUNTY OF LANCASTER,

Ascertained by the Census of 1801.

HUNDREDS and DIVISIONS.	HOUSES			PERSONS		EMPLOYED		TOTAL of persons
	Inhabited	containing families	Uninhabited	Males	Females	In trade	In agriculture
Amounderness	7348	7828	271	19115	20483	6768	8783	39598
Blackburn	15527	16469	534	43177	45326	42463	4274	88503
Leyland	5413	5746	119	15017	15444	9442	3383	30461
Lonsdale, North Sands	3524	3694	178	8548	9239	2842	4627	17787
Ditto, South Sands	4701	5267	135	12001	13189	4279	5756	25190
West Derby
Ormskirk Division	3070	3388	66	8209	8509	1752	6620	16718
Prescot Division	17410	23404	517	50195	60070	16722	5961	110265
Warrington Division	11696	12405	218	30009	32735	30704	4044	62744
Salford
Bolton Division	12060	12412	326	32894	34686	42880	2072	67580
Manchester Division	21615	28603	485	66366	73041	76065	4420	139407
Middleton Division	12330	12780	563	36696	37696	38544	1429	74392
	114694	131996	3412	322227	350418	272461	51369	672645

Lancashire Gazetteer, Joseph Aston, 1808 - R

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RADCLIFF, 71/2 miles N.N.W. of Manchester, a township and parish in the deanry of Manchester. The living is a rectory; patron, the Earl of Wilton, who is also the lord of the manor.	S.
RADCLIFF BRIDGE, a populous village in the township of Radcliff, and so called from having a bridge over the Irwell. It has no market, but has a fair April 29th, for cattle, horses, &c., and another on September 28th and 29, for wool, cloth, pedlary, &c.	S.
Raddivals, 1 mile S. of Bury	S.
Ragged Gill, (Furness) 2 miles W. of Ulverston	L.
Rainacre Hall, 31/2 miles N.E. of Ormskirk	W.D.
Rainford Mills, 3 miles N.N.W. of St. Hellen's	W.D.
RAINHILL, 3 miles S.E. of Prescot	W.D.
Rainhill Hall, 3 miles S.S.E. of Prescot	W.D.
Rainhill Stoops, 31/2 miles S.E. of Prescot	W.D.
RAINSFORD, 5 miles N. of, and in the parish of Prescot, under which it has a chapel of ease; patron, the vicar of Prescot. Here is also a dissenting chapel. This place affords a clay remarkable for making good bricks	W.D.
Rainspool, 21/2 miles S. of Cockerham church	L.
Rake Foot, in Chardgeley	B.
Rake's Hall, near Blackpool	A.
Rake's Head Fold, 1 mile S.E. of Newchurch, in Rossendale	B.
Rakes, 1/2 mile N.E. of Clifton	A.
Rakes, 1 mile S. of Bolton-le-moors	S.
RAMPSIDE, the most southerly township in Low Furness, 7 miles S.S.W. of Ulverston; it is in the parish of Dalton, under which it has a chapel of ease; patron, the vicar of Dalton	L.
RAMSGREAVE, 2 miles N. of Blackburn	B.
Ratcliffe, 2 miles E.S.E. of Old Accrington	B.
Raven Castle, a point of land which marks the boundaries of the counties of York and Lancaster, at the S.S.E. extremity of Tatham	L.
Raven Holme, 41/2 miles E.N.E. of Clithero	B.
Raven's Winder, (Furness) 3 miles S.W. of Cartmel	L.
Raven's Wings, 3 miles W.N.W. of Blackburn	B.
Ravenhead, near St. Hellen's, a place justly celebrated for the manufactory of Plate Glass, which is here brought to a perfection equal to the best glass ever imported from the continent. Convex mirrors have been made here 36 inches in diameter! and cast plate mirrors, 142 inches in height, and 72 inches wide! These extensive works contain nearly twenty acres of ground, and afford employment to nearly 300 persons. The room in which the plates are cast, is 200 feet long, and 78 feet wide. The table on which the plate glass is cast, is a solid piece of copper, 14 feet long, 8 feet broad, and 7 inches thick. Two large steam engines of great power are employed in grinding and polishing the plates. At Ravenhead also are large works, where 30 tons of copper are weekly manufactured into small bars (about 7 ounces each) for the east India Company, which are sent to China, where they are said to circulate in lieu of coin.	W.D.
RAVER'S MEOLS, on the sea shore, 1 mile S.W. of Formby	W.D.
RAWCLIFFE, 6 miles W.S.W. of Garstang	A.
Rawcliffe Hall, 13 miles E.S.E. of Rawcliffe	A.
Rawconstall, 21/2 miles E. of Haslingden	B.
Rawson Nook, 11/2 mile S. of Astley chapel	W.D.
Rawton Hall, 2 miles E. of Haslingden	B.
READ, 1 mile N.W. of Padiham	B.
Read Bridge, 21/2 N.W. of Padiham	B.
Read Hall, 2 miles N.W. of Padiham	B.
Readers, 3 miles S.S.E. of Lancaster	L.
Readley, 1 mile S. of Little Marsden church	B.
Reaps, 2 miles N.W. of Blackburn	B.
Red Hazzles, 1/2 mile W. of Prescot	W.D.
Red Home, 1 mile N.W. of Winwick	W.D.
Red Lane, (Low Furness) 2 miles S. of Ulverston	L.
Red Lee, 1 mile S.S.W. of Tockholes chapel	B.
Red Moss, 1 mile S.E. of Blackrod	S.
Red Syke, north-end of Little Bowland	B.
REDDISH, 5 miles S.E. of Manchester, separated from Cheshire by the river Tame, a short distance from its junction with the Mersey	S.
Reddish Green, 5 miles S.E. of Manchester	S.
Reddish Hall, 51/2 S.E. of Manchester	S.
Reddish Mill, 6 miles S.E. of Manchester	S.
Reddish Shore, in Hundersfield, 2 miles N. of Littlebrough	S.
Reding, (Furness) 2 miles S.E. of Coulton church	L.
Reed, 11/4 mile S.W. of Cockerham church	L.
Reediford Bridge, (over the Calder) at Great Marsden	B.
Resthwaite, (Furness) in Suberthwaite	L.
RIBBEY (with WRAY), 2 miles W. of Kirkham, in which parish it is situated, and has under it a chapel of ease; patron, the vicar of Kirkham	A.
Ribble, (The river) takes its rise in the high moors of Craven, from whence it flows southerly by the mountains of Ingleborough and Pennigant, and first washes Lancashire about 1 mile N. of Downham Church; it then proceeds S.W. by Clitheroe, forming the boundary of the counties of York and Lancaster, till at Little Mitton it is joined by the rivers Hodder and Calder, when it fully enters the county, and proceeds in nearly the same direction, by Dinkley, Ribchester, and Osbaldiston, from which place, by Baldiston, Elston, Ribbleton, Fishwick, Walton-le-dale (near which it is joined by the Darwent) and Preston, to Penwortham, it forms the boundary of the hundreds of Amounderness and Blackburn. From Penwortham it proceeds W. and is the boundary between the hundreds of Amounderness and Leyland, opening into a wide estuary (into which the Douglas empties itself near Much Hool) and at its mouth, where it falls into the Irish sea, between North Meols and Lytham, making a great gap in the sea-coast line of the country, being nearly 5 miles across at high water. It is only navigable to Preston by small coasters, tho' formerly, there is good reason to imagine, large vessels were navigated, at least as high is Ribchester.	A.
RIBBLETON, 11/2 mile N.E. of Preston	A.
RIBCHESTER, (N. lat. 53º. 46". W. long. 2º. 27".) 8 miles E.N.E. of Preston; 51/2 miles W. of Whalley; 5 miles N.N.W. of Blackburn and 2251/4 miles from London. This place (situated on the Ribble) is a parish in the deanry of Amounderness; the living a rectory; patron the bishop of Chester. This parish, (as well as Chipping) was taken out of the parish of Whalley. The church had formerly two chantries; one belonging to the Lords of the manor, and the other to the Townleys of Ditton. But these are things of yesterday, compared to the much higher antiquities which Ribchester can boast; for Dr. Whittaker, the learned and judicious historian of Whalley, has satisfactorily proved, that Camden was right in his conjecture, when he supposed it to be the Coccium of Antonius; so that, notwithstanding Ribchester is now reduced to a poor, and almost insignificant village, it was once a military Roman station, and from the antiquities which have been found here at various times, it must have been a place of very considerable dignity. (See Dr. Whittaker's history of Whalley, the 4th volume of the Vestuta Monumenta, and 13th volume of the Archaelogio.) Many of these monuments of Roman enterprise are deposited in the museum of Charles Townley, Esq. particularly a fine helmet, which the learned and Rev. Stephen Weston, in Archaeologia, vol. 13, calls a singular and elegant specimen of ancient art, and the best Roman work on the Greek model. It is ornamented with a very great number of figures of warriors, both horse and foot, in basso-relievo, and the visor is a most beautiful female face which is supposed to have been made anterior to the other part. A rampart, and a foss, exhibit their remains near the church, where anchors and rings of ships have been found; and in sinking a well some years ago, the remains of a ship were found in nearly the same place, now called Anchor Hill. Such have been the revolution of eighteen centuries! From this place a Roman road, called Watling street, takes a northern course over Longridge Fell, Thornby, Chardgeley, and Bowland, to the Cross of Greet, the northern boundary of the original parish of Whalley. In the time of Camden, the lower class of people had this rhyming tradition, often in their mouths: "It is written upon a wall in Rome, "Ribchester was as rich as any town in Christendom."	B.
RICHMOND, 1 part of the apparent town of Liverpool, but situated in the parish of Walton, under which it has a chapel of ease, dedicated to St. Ann; patrons, the Corporation of Liverpool	W.D.
Richmond House, 1 mile W. of Chipping	B.
Ridding, (Furness) 4 miles N. of Ulverston	L.
Ridding, 4 miles N.N.W. of Whalley	L.
Ridding Side, (Furness) 1/2 mile S. of Coulton Church	L.
Rider's Brow, in Gorton	S.
Ridge, near Burnley	B.
Ridge, 1 mile E. of Ashton-under-line	S.
Ridge Hill, 11/2 mile E.N.E. of Ashton-under-line	S.
Rigg, (Furness) 2 miles N.N.E. of Broughton	L.
Rigshaw Hall, 3 miles S. of Chorley	LL.
Ringley Bridge, (over the Irwell) 8 miles N.W. of Manchester	S.
Ringley Chapel, (in the parish of Prestwich, to which it is a chapel of ease) near Ringley Bridge. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the presentation of the rectors of Prestwich, Middleton, and Bury	S.
Ringley Fold, 7 miles N.W. of Manchester	S.
Rinkton, 1 mile N.W. of Poulton-in-the-Fylde	A.
RISLEY, 4 miles N.E. of Warrington. Here is a dissenting chapel	W.D.
Risley Moss, a large morass, 3 miles E.N.E. of Warrington	W.D.
RIVINGTON, 6 miles W.N.W. of Bolton-le-Moors, of which parish it makes a part, and under which it has a chapel of ease: the living is a perpetual curacy, in the gift of the inhabitants. Here is also a dissenting chapel, and a grammar school, founded by Pilkington, bishop of Durham, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, endowed with lands, in the bishopric of Durham. Lostock and Anglezark, are hamlets under Rivington	S.
Rivington Hall, 6 miles W.N.W. of Bolton-le-Moors	S.
Rivington Pike, an ancient Beacon, commanding a most extensive prospect, 5 miles N.W. of Bolton-le-Moors	S.
RIXTON, 5 miles E. of Warrington	W.D.
Rixton Hall, 41/2 miles E. of Warrington	W.D.
Road Moss, (Furness) 21/2 miles N.W. of Ulverston	L.
Roads, in Little Heaton	S.
Robin Hood, 21/2 miles W.N.W. of Standish	LL.
Roboran, (The river) rises in the moors, about 3 miles S.E. of Mallowdale Pike; and in Roboransdale, it is augmented by several other small streams, and runs N. to Wray, where it is joined by another branch which rises in the south part of the township of Tatham, the united streams fall into the Wenning, about 1 mile E.N.E. of Hornby	L.
Roboransdale, 71/2 miles E. of Lancaster	L.
ROBY, 1 mile W.S.W. of Huyton	W.D.
Roch, (The river) rises from three springs on Blackstone Edge, which form a junction at Littleborough, whence, proceeding southwesterly, at Hamer, it is increased by two other branches, one of which rises near Oldham, and the other near Hague Fold, the river still keeping a S.W. direction, passes by Rochdale, Ormrod, and Heywood, till, at about 1 mile E. of Bury, it turns almost full S. and falls into the Irwell at Radcliff	S.
Roch Cliff, near Bacap	S.
ROCHDALE, (N. lat. 53º. 35". W. lon. 2º. 5") is seated on the river Roch, 12 miles N.N.E. of Manchester, 7 miles N.E. of Bury, and 198 miles from London. This is a flourishing market town, and a parish in the deanry of Manchester. The living is a vicarage, which is said to be the richest in the kingdom, although it was only valued at 11l. 4s. 91/2d. in the reign of Henry the Eighth. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury, to whom the tythes belong. The several dues arise from Lands and Houses, the vicar being enabled to grant building leases for ninety-nine years. Rochdale is not named in the official return of the population of 1801, but was included in the returns of the townships of Castleton and Spotland, in which Rochdale is situated. It is supposed, however, to contain nearly 10,000 inhabitants; and the whole parish at nearly 50,000. But then it should be considered that Lydyate, Saddleworth, and Dobcross, all in Yorkshire, are in this parish besides Littleborough, Milnrow, Todmorden, Whitworth and Frier meer chapels of ease, which are all chapels of ease (in Lancashire) under Rochdale. Besides the parish church there is also a chapel of ease in the town, patron, the vicar of Rochdale; and meeting houses for dissenters of the Presbyterian persuasion, the Baptists, the Quakers, and the Methodists. The parish abounds with coal, slate, and stone; and the commercial spirit of many of its merchants, has long ago lifted it up to consequence, in a national point of view. Its manufactures are chiefly Baize, Flannels, Kerseys, and Woollen Cloths, which are made in very considerable quantities. The market days are Monday and Saturday; and its fairs are holden on May 14th, Whit-Tuesday, and November 7th, for cattle, horses, &c.	S.
Roger Ground, (Furness) 1/2 mile S. of Hawkshead	L.
Rook's End, (Furness) 1 mile E.S.E. of Broughton	L.
Rooley Hall, 1 mile E. of Burnley	B.
Rooley House, 31/2 miles N.W. of Rochdale	S.
Rooley Moor, 3 miles N.W. of Rochdale	S.
Roose, (Furness) 2 miles W.S.W. of Dendron church	L.
Roose Coat, (Low Furness) 2 miles S.S.W. of Dendron church	L.
Roosebeck, on the sea shore in Low Furness, on the Bay of Morcombe, 11/4 mile S.S.W. of Leece	L.
Rose Greve, 2 miles W.S.W. of Burnley	B.
ROSEACRE, 3 miles N. of Kirkham	A.
ROSENDALE FOREST, a district which extends from the township of Eccleshill to that of Bacap	B.
ROSSALL, the township N. of Little Bispham	A.
Rossall Hall, 2 miles N. of Little Bispham	A.
Rossall Point, on the sea shore, 2 miles W. of the mouth of the Wyer	A.
Rosthwaite, (Furness) 2 miles N.E. of Broughton	L.
Rotten Row, in Hindley	W.D.
Rotten Row, 1 mile N. of Great Eccleston	A.
Rough Hey, near New Accrington	B.
Rough Hey, 2 miles N.E. of Blackburn	B.
Rough Lee, 31/2 miles W. of Colne	B.
Round Head, (Low Furness) 2 miles N.W. of Dendron	L.
Round House, in West Derby township, 31/2 miles E.N.E. of Liverpool	W.D.
Round-about-Smithy, 4 miles W.N.W. of Preston	A.
Rowden Fold, 3 miles N.W. of Haslingden	B.
Rowe Green, 1 mile S.E. of Preston	A.
Royal Oak, 21/2 miles E.N.E. of Maghull	W.D.
Royle, 1 mile N.N.W. of Burnley	B.
ROYTON, 2 miles N. of Oldham, in the parish of Prestwich-cum-Oldham, under which it has a chapel of ease. Besides which, here is a Quaker's Meeting. Great quantities of coal, of a good quality, are got in this township, which contains upwards of 3000 inhabitants, chiefly employed in the cotton manufactories.	S.
Royton Hall, in Royton, the seat of Joseph Pickford, Esq. formerly the property of the Byron family. In the house is a curious stone staircase, remarkable for its strength	S.
RUFFORD, 21/2 miles S.W. of Croston, in which parish it is situated, and under which it has a chapel of ease; patron, the rector of Croston. It has a fair May 1st, for cattle.	LL.
Rufford Hall, 1 mile N.N.W. of Rufford chapel	LL.
RUMSFORD, 3 miles W.S.W. of Bolton	S.
RUMSWORTH, 21/2 miles S.W. of Bolton-le-Moors	S.
Running Pump, near Catforth	S.
Rush, (The rivulet) a stream which rises in Audenshaw, and the S.W. side of Ashton Moss, runs S.W. by Gorton Hall, crosses the turnpike road between Manchester and Stockport, proceeds to Rusholme, where it crosses the turnpike road in front of Platt House, soon after which it is joined by the Leven and Black Brook, (two small streams which rise in Levensholme and Reddish) when it proceeds nearly W. and at Chorlton falls into the river Mersey	S.
Rushford Bridge, 31/4 miles S.S.E. of Manchester	S.
RUSHTON, 4 miles S.E. of Blackburn	B.
RUSHULME, a pleasant village 21/2 miles S.S.E. of Manchester	S.
Rushulme Green, 21/2 miles S. of Manchester	S.
RUSLAND, (Furness) 5 miles S. of Hawkshead, is in the parish of Coulton, under which it has a chapel of ease; patron, the curate of Coulton	L.

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Sabden, in Pendle Forrest	B.
Sabden Bridge, 2 miles N. of Padiham	B.
Saddleside, 2 miles N. of Chipping	B.
St. Andrew's Moor, (Furness) 2 miles E. of Cartmel	L.
St. Domingo, on the north-side of the township of Everton	W.D.
St. HELLENS, (N. lat. 53º. 25". W. lon. 20º. 39") 4 miles E.N.E. of Prescot; 12 miles E.N.E. of Liverpool; 51/4 miles S.W. of Ashton-in-makerfield; 10 miles N.W. of Warrington; and 198 miles from London. This flourishing place is in the parish of Prescot, under which it has a chapel of ease; patron, the vicar of Prescot. Here are also a dissenting chapel, and a Quakers' meeting house, in a part of the town called Hardshaw, the name by which the place was formerly known, but the titulary saint of the chapel of ease, soon after it was built, gave it a new name, and that of Hardshaw is now nearly forgotten. St. Hellens has risen, during the present reign, from a small inconsiderable village, to a large well built populous town	W.D.
St. Hellens, (Furness) 11/2 mile W. of Dalton	L.
St. Lawrence's Chapel, 5 miles S. of Garstang, is in the parish of Preston, and is a domestic chapel belonging to - Shuttleworth, Esq	A.
St. MICHAEL-LE-WYRE, 3 miles S.S.W. of Garstang, a parish in the deanry of Amounderness. The living is a vicarage: patron, - Swamson, Esq.	A.
SALFORD, (N. lat. 53º. 25". W. lon. 2º. 10".) is situated on the N.W. bank of the river Irwel, forming a part of the apparent town of Manchester, tho' a distinct township, and governed by its own officers. It is united to Manchester by three stone, and one wooden bridge, and to the township of Broughton by a newly erected stone bridge. If Salford was insulated it would be deemed a large town; but situated as it is, it only serves to swell the magnitude of Manchester, of which with Hulme, Ardwick, and Chorlton Row, it seems by the close junction of the buildings to be a part. Salford contains two churches of the establishment; the first of which is Trinity Chapel, a handsome stone building, with a tower steeple, in which are six musical bells. This edifice is built on the foundation of another church founded in 1635, which being built of an admixture of stone, timber, and mud, soon fell into decay. The living is a perpetual curacy; patron, Sir Robert Gore, Bt. The other church is a handsome brick one, with a brick tower, dedicated to St. Stephen, and consecrated July 23. 1794. The presentation to this curacy is in the family of the founder, the Rev. N.M. Cheek, for 60 years from the date of the consecration deeds, after which it is vested in the Warden and Fellows of the Collegiate church of Manchester. Besides the above places of worship, there are also in Salford, a large methodist chapel, an independant chapel, and a chapel where a modification of the doctrines of Emanuel Swedenburg are taught. To this place of worship is attached a piece of burial ground, in which, in the course of seven years, not less than 5000 bodies have been interred. It ought, however, to be noticed, that few of these were, when living, of the Swedenburg persuasion, or even attenders on this place of worship; but a small charge for the reception of a corpse in a common grave, has induced the surviving friends to deposit the remains of the members of their families in this mound of mortality. In this town, which has the honour to give name to the Hundred in which it is situated, is the New Bayley-Prison, for the confinement of the criminals of the Hundred. It was built after the plan of the late celebrated John Howard, & opened for the reception of prisoners in April 1790. In front of the prison, and indeed included within its walls, and forming the entrance to it, is a handsome stone, rusticated building; on the ground floor of which are apartments for the turnkey and his family, and rooms for the security of suspected persons, previous to their confinement by order of the magistrates in the prison itself. Over these, are a large and convenient sessions room, in which the weekly and quarterly sessions are held; and adjoining to it, are withdrawing rooms for the magistrates, council, jurors, witnesses, &c. Near the prison is the Lying-in Hospital. (see Manchester) Salford can boast of one of the finest home views in the county, from the Crescent, a scene which never fails to arrest the eye of taste. Salford has no market, but participates in the advantage of those of Manchester. It has, however, two fairs, annually: viz., on Whit-Monday for horses, cattle, and woollen cloth; and on Nov. 17 for the same articles. Each of These fairs, (which, in the lists published, are called Manchester fairs) last nearly a fortnight for the sale of woollen cloth, blankets, rugs, hardware, &c. For a further account of Salford, see the article, Manchester; in this work, and the "Manchester Guide" written and published by the author of this local Gazetteer.	S.
Salford Hundred, the most southerly hundred in the county of Lancaster, is bounded on the W. and N.W. by West Derby hundred, on the N.N.W. by Leyland hundred, on the N. by Blackburn hundred, on the N.N.E. and N.E. by the county of York, and on the S. and S.W. by the county of Chester. It is divided into three parts, which, together, form one of the most populous districts in the kingdom, and which appeared by the census of 1801, to contain

	Inhabited Houses.	No. of Persons.
Manchester Division	21,615	139,407
Bolton Division	12,060	67,580
Middleton Division	12,330	74,392

This hundred contains eleven parishes, five market towns, and 49 townships; it pays 14/100 of the county rates; and raises 293 men for the old militia. The quarterly sessions are holden at the New Bayley court house, in Salford, the first week after Epiphany; the first week after the close of Easter; the first week after the translation of Thomas-a-Becket, or July 7th; and the first week after Michaelmas day, at each of which the business is so multiferious, that the court is often obliged to sit five or six successive days.
Salt Coats, 2 miles N.E. of Lytham	A.
Salt Coats, (Low Furness) on the north shore of Pile Harbour, 2 miles W. of Furness Abbey	L.
Salter (Higher and Lower), 3 miles S. of Wray	L.
SALWICK, 5 miles W.N.W. of Preston	A.
Salwick Hall, in the township of Salwick	A.
SAMLESBURY, 3 miles E.N.E. of Preston, is in the parish of Blackburn, under which it has a chapel of ease; patron, the vicar of Blackburn	B.
Sand Beds, (Furness) west-side of Winander Mere, 21/2 miles E. of Hawkshead	L.
Sand Field, 3 miles W.N.W. of Middleton	S.
Sand Fold, (corruptly called "Sunt hole") 1 mile S. of Gorton chapel	S.
Sand Haw, (Furness) on the W. bank of Leven Water, 11/2 miles S.E. of Ulverston	L.
Sand Hills, near the shore, 2 miles N. of Liverpool	W.D.
Sand Holm, 2 miles S. of Garstang	A.
Sand Scale, (Low Furness) 2 miles W. of Dalton	L.
Sand Side, (Furness) 1/2 mile W. of Kirkby chapel	L.
Sand Side, 1 mile N.W. of Pilling chapel	A.
Sand Side Haws, (Furness) on the banks of Duddon Water, 3 miles W.S.W. of Dalton	L.
SANKEY (Great), 3 miles W. of Warrington, is in the parish of Prescot, under which it has a chapel of ease, often admired for its neat and rural appearance. The living is a perpetual curacy; patron, R.A. Gwillam, Esq. This place gives the name of the Sankey Canal, to the first artificial navigation formed in this kingdom	W.D.
Sankey (Little), the next township, on the west, to Warrington	W.D.
Sankey Brook, a rivulet which rises near Prescot, from whence taking a northerly direction, it flows near St. Hellens, soon after which it turns towards the south, and after passing near Winwick, and through Sankey, it falls into the Mersey, at Penketh	W.D.
Sankey Canal, the first artificial river which was made in England. It originated in the year 1755, in a company which obtained an act of parliament to make Sankey Brook navigable from the river Mersey, to the neighbourhood of St. Hellens. This scheme did not succeed; and a new act was obtained in 1761, to cut a Canal, distinct and detached from Sankey Brook, to communicate with the Mersey at Fidler's Ferry. Its length from the last mentioned place to the place where it separates into three branches, is 91/4 miles; the whole distance in the farthest branch 113/4 miles. There are two double, and eight single locks upon this Canal, to meet a fall of about 60 feet.	W.D.
Sankey Green, 2 miles W.N.W. of Warrington	W.D.
Sasco, 1 mile E. of Croston	LL.
SATTERTHWAITE, (Furness) the township N. of Rusland, is in the parish of Hawkshead, under which it has a chapel of ease; the minister is chosen by the land owners.	L.
Saw How, 11/2 mile W. of Cartmel Fell Chapel	L.
Scale, 2 miles S.E. of Wray	L.
Scale Hall, 1 mile N.E. of Lancaster	L.
Scales, (Low Furness) 4 miles S. of Ulverston	L.
SCALES (with Newton), 2 miles E.S.E. of Kirkham	A.
Scar, a mountain in Furness, 2 miles N.W. of Torver Chapel	L.
Scar Cliff, on the border of Yorkshire, 1 mile N.W. of Todmorden	S.
Scar Moor, a large common, bordering on Yorkshire, on the E. of Holme Chapel	B.
SCARISBRICK, (in the parish of Ormskirk) the township N.E. of Halsall	W.D.
Scarisbrick Hall, (the seat of T. Eccleston, Esq. the spirited drainer of Marton Mere,) in Scarisbrick	W.D.
Scarth Hill, 11/2 mile S.S.W. of Ormskirk	W.D.
Scarthwaite (High), 1 mile N.N.W. of Egton church, in Furness	L.
Scarthwaite (Low), 1 mile S.W. of Egton church. in Furness	L.
Scholefield Hall, 2 miles S. of Littlebrough	S.
Scholefield Moor, a common S.E. of Littlebrough adjoining Blackstone Edge	S.
SCORTON, 3 miles W. of Garstang	A.
SCOTFORTH, 1 mile S. of Lancaster	L.
Scour Croft, 1 mile E. of Middleton	S.
Scout Mill, 3 miles N.E. of Ashton-under-line, a rural and romantic situation, rendered remarkable for having been, for many years, occupied by the keeper of an Asylum, for the most melancholy and lamentable of all human sufferings	S.
Scowley, 2 miles E. of Prescot	W.D.
Seaman's Fields, 2 miles N.N.E. of Oldham	S.
SEATHWAITE, the most N.W. township in Furness, separated from Cumberland on the W. by the river Duddon.	L.
Seathwaite Chapel, (Furness) 6 miles N. of Broughton, is in the parish of Kirkby Ireleth, to which it is a chapel of ease; patron, W. Penny Esq.	L.
Seathwaite Tarn, a lake 2 miles N.E. of Seathwaite chapel	L.
Seawood Hall, (Low Furness) 31/2 miles S. of Ulverston	L.
Sedgley, (the seat of George Philips, Esq.) 31/2 miles N. of Manchester	S.
Sedgreaves Lane, 3 miles N.W. of Preston	A.
Seed Field, 1 mile N.N.E. of Bury	S.
Seed House, near Samlesbury chapel	B.
Seedley, in Pendleton, 3 miles W. of Manchester	S.
SEPHTON, 7 miles N.N.E. of Liverpool, is situated on the little river Alt, and is united as a township, with Netherton and Lunt. The parish of Sephton is in the deanry of Warrington. The church (built in the reign of Henry VIII on the site of one still more ancient) is a handsome gothic building with a spire steeple	W.D.
Sephton Town, 1 mile S.S.W. of Sephton church	W.D.
Serrythwaite, (Furness) 3 miles N. of Broughton	L.
SHACKERLEY, the township adjoining on the S.E. to Chowbent	W.D.
Shackerley Hall, 11/2 mile S.E. of Chowbent	W.D.
Shadsworth, 11/2 mile S.E. of Blackburn	B.
Shar Lane, 3 miles N.E. of Ribchester	B.
Shara Green, 3 miles N. of Preston	A.
Shard Ferry, (over the Wyre) 11/2 mile S. of Hambleton chapel	A.
Sharp Island, a small isle in Pile Harbour, 1 mile W. of Pile of Foudray	L.
SHARPLES, 3 miles N. of Bolton-le-Moors	S.
Sharples Hall, 21/2 miles N. of Bolton-le-Moors	S.
Shaving Lane, 1 mile N. of Worsley Mills	S.
Shaw Chapel, 3 miles N.N.E. of Oldham, is in the parish of Prestwich, to which it is a chapel of ease; the living is a perpetual curacy; patron, the rector of Prestwich	S.
Shaw Field, 2 miles N.W. of Rochdale	S.
Shaw Green, 2 miles W. of Euxton chapel	LL.
Shaw Hall, (the seat of - Farrington Esq.) 3/4 mile S. of Leyland	LL.
Shaw Hall, a curious old house, in Flixton	S.
Shaw Place, 1/2 mile N.W. of Rivington chapel	LL.
Shaw Town, 1 mile E. of Flixton church	S.
Shawforth, 2 miles N. of Whitworth	S.
Sheading, on Scar Moor	B.
Sheah Brow, near Blackburn	B.
Sheep House, 3 miles N.W. of Bolton-le-Moors	S.
Sheepcot Hills, in the township of Burscough	W.D.
Shelford, 1/2 mile E. of Ashworth chapel	S.
Shepherds, 3 miles N.N.E. of Preston	A.
Shepley Hall, 2 miles S.S.W. of Ashton-under-Line	S.
SHEVINGTON, the township S. of Wrightington	LL.
Shindley Hall, 4 miles S. of North Meols	W.D.
Shipton, 1 mile N.W. of Bolton-le-Moors	S.
Shire, 3/4 mile N.W. of Littlebrough	S.
Sholver, 2 miles E. of Royton chapel	S.
Shore Edge, in Crompton	B.
Shoreley Hall, 1 mile S.S.E. of Ribchester	B.
Shorrock's Green, 4 miles W. of Blackburn	B.
SHUTTLEWORTH, 5 miles N. of Bury	S.
Siddal Fold, 2 miles N.N.W. of Middleton	S.
Siddal Moor, a large common, 2 miles N.N.W. of Middleton	S.
Side Beat, 2 miles N.E. of Blackburn	B.
Side Garth, near Aughton chapel	L.
Silcock Houses, 1 mile S. of Garstang Church Town	A.
SILVERDALE, 4 miles N.N.W. of Warton	L.
Simestone End, 2 miles N.E. of Ashton in Makerfield	W.D.
SIMMONS WOOD, 2 miles N. of Kirkby	W.D.
Simon's Fold, 11/2 mile N.N.E. of Heapey chapel	LL.
SIMONSTONE, the township W. of Padiham	B.
Simonstone Hall, 1 mile W. of Padiham	B.
Simpson Ground, (Furness) 2 miles W.S.W. of Cartmel Fell chapel	L.
Sindle Hall, in Over Hulton	S.
SINGLETON (Great), 21/2 miles W.S.W. of Poulton-in-the-Fylde, is in the parish of Kirkham, under which it has a chapel of ease; patron, - Shaw, Esq.	A.
SINGLETON (Little), 2 miles W. of Poulton-in-the-Fylde, and 1 mile N.N.W. of Great Singleton	A.
Singleton Lodge, near Poulton, the seat of Joshua Marriot, Esq.	A.
Singleton Lodge, (the seat of Thomas Philips, Esq.) 3 miles N. of Manchester	S.
SKELMERDALE, the township South of Latham, is in the parish of Ormskirk, under which it has a chapel of ease; patron, vicar of Ormskirk	W.D.
Skeltham House, on Pilling Moss, 3 miles W. of Garstang Church Town	A.
SKELWITH, (Furness) 3 miles N. of Hawkshead	L.
SKERTON, the township N. of Lancaster, on the W. side of the Loyne	L.
Skinner, (Furness) near Hawkshead	L.
Skippool, 1 mile N.N.E. of Poulton-in-the-Fylde	A.
Slack, 6 miles N. of Rochdale	S.
Slack Yate, 1 mile S.E. of Bacap	S.
Slade Hall, (generally called Slate Hall) 31/2 miles S.E. of Manchester, an old fashioned house which has been in the family of the present owner and occupier, Mr. Siddall, upwards of 500 years	S.
Sladin, 1 mile N. of Littlebrough	S.
Slang End, (Furness) the north-side of Tibblethwaite, separated from Westmoreland, by the river Brath	L.
Slate Quarries, (Furness) in the township of Tibblethwaite	L.
Slate Quarries, (Furness) 1 mile E. of Seathwaite	L.
Slock Clough, 1 mile N.W. of Tockholes chapel	B.
SLYNE, 2 miles N.W. of Halton	L.
Slyne Hall, 2 miles N.W. of Halton	L.
Slyne Head Green, in Great Sankey	W.D.
Smalleys, 1/2 mile E. of Balderston chapel	B.
Smeatham Lane, 1 mile W. of Wavertree	W.D.
Smedley Hall, 2 miles N.N.E. of Manchester, once the property of, and the residence of the last of the family of the Cheethams	S.
Smethurst's Barn, 5 miles N.N.W. of Manchester	S.
Smith Green, 2 miles S.S.E. of Ellol chapel	L.
Smith's Mill, 2 miles N.N.W. of Kirkham	A.
Smithel's Dean, 5 miles N.W. of Bolton-le-moors	S.
Smithel's Hall, 2 miles N.N.W. of Bolton-le-moors, a curious old mansion, formerly the property and seat of the ancient family of Fauconberg	S.
Smithfold, in the township of Ainsworth, 21/2 miles E. of Bolton-le-moors	S.
Smithy Brook, 2 miles S.W. of Wigan	W.D.
Smithy Green, (Furness) in Egton, to the S. of the chapel	L.
Smithy Green, 1 mile S.E. of Wigan	W.D.
Smithy House, 3 miles E. of Downham	B.
Snape, 3 miles S. of North Meols	W.D.
Snob Green, 2 miles N.W. of Melling	L.
Sod Hall, (on the Moss) 2 miles S.W. of Longton chapel	LL.
Sontergate, (Furness) 1 mile S.S.W. of Kirkby chapel	L.
South End, a small hamlet in the island of Walney, 2 miles S. of Biggar	L.
South End Haws, the southerly end of Walney island	L.
South Port, near North Meols	W.D.
South Shore, that part of the shore of the Mersey, S. of Liverpool	W.D.
SOUTHWORTH, 2 miles E. of Winwick, a township united with those of Croft, Middleton and Orbury	W.D.
SOWERBY, 1 mile S.S.W. of St. Michaels-le-Wyre	A.
Sowerby Green, in the township of Samlesbury	B.
Sowerby Hall, (Low Furness) 2 miles W.N.W. of Furness Abbey	L.
Sowerby House, 1 mile S.W. of St. Michaels-le-Wyre	A.
Sowerby Lodge, (Low Furness) 2 miles W.N.W. of Furness Abbey	L.
Sowerby Wood, (Low Furness) 11/2 mile W. of Dalton	L.
SOWERCARR, 1 mile S.S.W. of Stalmin	A.
Spallow House, near Walton	W.D.
Spaw, near to, and on the south-side of Burnley	B.
SPEAK, 3 miles W.N.W. of Hale	W.D.
Speak Hall, 21/2 miles S.E. of Garston chapel	W.D.
Spooners Close, at the north end of Cartmel Fells, near Winander Mere	L.
SPOTLAND, one of the four townships in the parish of Rochdale, laying to the north of the town of Rochdale	S.
Spotland Bridge, 1 mile N.W. of Rochdale	S.
Spout House, 5 miles N. of Garstang	A.
Stack Yate, S.W. side of Longridge Fell	B.
STAINALL, 1 mile S.S.W. of Stalmin	A.
STAINING, 21/2 miles E. of Blackpool	A.
Staining Mill, 21/2 miles E. of Blackpool	A.
Stainton, (Low Furness) 11/2 mile S.E. of Dalton	L.
Stake Hill, 3 miles N.N.E. of Middleton	S.
STALMIN, 7 miles W. of Garstang, is in the parish of Lancaster, under which it has a chapel of ease; patron the vicar of Lancaster	A.
Stand, in Pilkington, a very populous hamlet in the township of Pilkington. Here are two dissenting chapels, one belonging to a congregation of Presbyterians, and the other to a society of Independants	S.
Stand Hall, 6 miles N.N.W. of Manchester	S.
Stand House, 2 miles S.W. of Knowsley chapel	W.D.
Stand House, 1/2 mile W. of Childwall church	W.D.
Standen (Lower), 2 miles N. of Whalley	B.
Standen Hall, 2 miles N.E. of Whalley	B.
Standing Stones, a boundary mark of Yorkshire and Lancashire, 6 miles E. of Great Marsden	B.
STANDISH, 31/2 miles N.N.W. of Wigan, a parish in the deanry of Blackburn. The church built in the year 1584, is a handsome structure with a spire steeple. The living is a rectory; patron - Standish Esq. There is only one chapel of ease in this parish which is that of Coppul. Standish is not a market town, altho' it has two annual fairs, viz. on June 20, and November 22 for horses, cattle and toys. This place abounds with coal, and the parish is benefited by the Lancaster canal passing through it	LL.
Standish, (Furness) 3 miles W.N.W. of Ulverston	L.
Standish Hall, 1 mile S.E. of Standish, an old house belonging to the ancient family of Standish	LL.
Standish Wood, 2 miles S. of Standish	LL.
Standred, 1 mile E.N.E. of Colne	B.
Stank, (Low Furness) 1 mile W. of Dendron church	L.
Stanley Gate, 3 miles S.S.W. of Ormskirk	W.D.
Stanley House, 3 miles N.W. of Blackburn	B.
Stansfield 11/2 mile N. of Littleborough	S.
Stanworth, in the township of Whitnal	LL.
Star Stones, 1 mile S.W. of Todmorden	S.
Starling, E. side of Cockey Moor	S.
STAVELEY, (Furness) 4 miles N. of Cartmel, in which parish it is situated, and under which it has a chapel of ease; the living is a perpetual curacy; patron, Lord George Cavendish	L.
STAYLEY BRIDGE, 11/2 mile E.S.E. of Ashton-under-Line, a flourishing and populous village in the parish of Ashton, under which it has a very handsome chapel of ease; the living is a perpetual curacy; patron, the Earl of Stamford	S.
Steady Holes, in the township of Little Harwood	B.
Stena, 21/2 miles N. of Poulton-in-the-Fylde	A.
Sterperdon, on Scar Moor, border of Yorkshire	B.
Stevenage Ground, (Furness) 5 miles N.N.E. of Broughton	L.
Stewards House, 1 mile N. of Lytham	A.
Stewards House, 2 miles W.N.W. of Standish	LL.
Stid Church, 1/2 mile N.E. of Ribchester, in which parish it is situated and for which it has a chapel of ease; patron vicar of Ribchester	B.
Stirk Close, 1 mile S.W. of Tatham chapel	L.
Stock Beck, (Furness) 4 mile N.N.E. of Broughton	L.
Stock Bridge, (over the Calder) near Padiham	B.
Stock Bridge, 1 mile N. of Tatham chapel	L.
Stockfield, 1 mile W. of Oldham	S.
Stocks, in Little Lever	S.
Stocks, 1 mile N. of Manchester, formerly called Bent's and latterly, Ridings' Stocks	S.
STODDAY, 11/2 W. of Lancaster	L.
Stone Edge, 3 miles E.N.E. of Walton church	W.D.
Stone Hall, near Ashurst Beacon	W.D.
Stone Head, 6 miles N.N.E. of Garstang	A.
Stone House Fold, in the township of Cliveger	B.
Stonester, (Furness) 3 miles N.N.W.	L.
Stoney Crag, (Furness) 2 miles N. of Ulverston	L.
Stoney Edge Common, a moor on the N.E. side of Hundersfield township	S.
Stoney Hurst, in the township of Aighton, 31/2 miles N.W. of Whalley, a princely mansion, for many generations the habitation of the Sherburnes. It was begun to be built by Sir Richard Sherburne, who died in 1594, and finished by his son; but the Cupolas were added by Sir Nicholas Sherburne, about the year 1695. The appartments are very spacious, particularly the hall, and the two long galleries. It is now the property of Thomas Weld Esq. of Corfe Castle, in Dorsetshire; his father being heir at law to the Duchess of Norfolk, being descended from the only sister of her father, Sir Nicholas Sherburne Bart. The building is now occupied as a Roman Catholic Seminary, for which it seems to be very well calculated. A very handsome oratory has been recently fitted up, which has superceded the use of the old chapel which was formerly (according to a common custom) over the gateway	B.
Stoney Knowls, 3 miles W.N.W. of Haslingden	B.
Stoney Knowls, 2 miles N. of Manchester	S.
Stoop's Hillock, in the township of Over Darwen	B.
Storr's Hall, 1 mile W. of Melling	L.
Stownes, (Low Furness) 1 mile E.N.E. of Kirkby Ireleth	L.
Stowning, 3 miles S.S.E. of Wray	L.
Strangeways, a suburb to, and on the N. of Manchester	S.
Strangeways Hall, (an ancient seat of the Hartleys, now the property of Lord Ducie, but occupied by Joseph Hanson, Esq.) 1/2 mile N. of Manchester	S.
Street, 1 mile N.N.W. of Rivington chapel	LL.
Stretfold, in Moston	S.
Stretford, 4 miles S.S.W. of Manchester, on the S.W. extremity of the county, being separated from Cheshire, by the river Mersey. It is in the parish of Manchester, under which it has a chapel of ease; patrons, the warden and fellows of the Collegiate church of Manchester	S.
Stubley, 3/4 of a mile W. of Littlebrough	S.
Studley, in the township of Osbaldiston	B.
Stump Cross, 1 mile E. of Holme chapel	B.
SUBBERTHWAITE, (Furness) the township S. of Blawith	L.
Summer Hall, 4 miles E. of Liverpool	W.D.
Summer House, near Gatacre	W.D.
Summer's Gill, 21/2 miles S.S.W. of Tatham chapel	L.
Sunbrick, (Low Furness) 1 mile E. of Much Urswick church	L.
Sunderland, on the west side of the mouth of the Loyne	L.
Sunderland Hall, in the township of Osbaldiston	B.
Sunderland Point, the west point of the mouth of the Loyne	L.
SUTTON, the township S. of St. Hellens, which abounds in iron-stone, coals, and coarse potter's clay	W.D.
Sutton Hall, 11/2 mile S. of St. Hellens	W.D.
Sutton Heath, 2 miles S. of St. Hellens	W.D.
Swanset Hall, near the east end of Lower Wyer's Dale	L.
Swarth, (Low Furness) 1 mile S.W. of Ulverston	L.
Sweet Clough, 2 miles W. of Padiham	B.
Sweet Clough, 11/2 mile N. of Haslingden	B.
Swine Clough, 1 mile S. of Oldham	S.
Swinton, 5 miles N.W. of Manchester, is in the parish of Eccles, under which it has a chapel of ease; patron the vicar of Eccles	S.

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Tame, (the river) joins the county of Lancaster, at Mosley, where the three counties of York, Chester and Lancaster are marked by the river, it then flows in a very zig zag direction, forming the boundary line between Cheshire and Lancashire, by Mosley, Hartshead, Ashton-under-Line, Denton, Haughton and Reddish, till at Stockport it falls into the Mersey	S.
Tan House, near Great Harwood	B.
Tandle Hill, 3 miles S. of Rochdale	S.
Tanner's Fold, 2 miles S. of Oldham	S.
TARLETON, 2 miles S. of Much Hool, & 9 miles N. of Ormskirk, situated on the river Douglas, in the parish of Croston, under which it has a chapel of ease; the living is a perpetual curacy: patron T. Leigh Esq.	W.D.
Tarleton Moss, on the west side of the township of Tarleton	W.D.
Tarn Brook, 8 miles E.S.E. of Lancaster, near the east end of Over Wyer's Dale, and near the course of the river Wyre	L.
Tarn Green, (Furness) 21/2 miles S. of Cartmel Fell chapel	L.
Tarns (the), three small contiguous lakes in Furness, 3 miles N.W. of Hawkshead	L.
TATHAM, 10 miles N.E. of Lancaster, and 11/2 mile N.E. of Hornby, a parish in the deanry of Kirkby Lonsdale; the living is a rectory; patron, Francis Chatteris Esq.	L.
TATHAM, (the township of) extends from the parish church, along the borders of Yorkshire, to Raven Castle, distant 8 miles S.E. It has a chapel of ease, called Tatham Fell chapel, which is situated 5 miles S.E. of the parish Church; patron, the rector of Tatham	L.
Taunton Hall, 1 mile N.W. of Ashton-under-line	S.
Tender Hill, 2 miles N.E. of Goosenargh church	A.
Tetlow Fold, near Chetham Hill, 2 miles N. of Manchester	S.
Tew Brook, 3 miles E.N.E. of Liverpool	W.D.
Thattow Heath, 2 miles N.E. of Prescot	W.D.
Thingwall, 4 miles E. of Liverpool	W.D.
THISTLETON, 4 miles N.W. of Kirkham	A.
Thompson House, 1 mile N.N.W. of Standish	LL.
Thorn Bush, at the mouth of the Loyne, on the east bank, and opposite to Sunderland Point	L.
THORNHAM, 3 miles S. of Rochdale	S.
THORNLEY, the township S. of Chipping, and N.W. of Longridge Fell	B.
Thornthwaite, (Furness) near Woodland chapel	L.
THORNTON, 2 miles N. of Poulton-in-the-Fylde	A.
THORNTON, the township W. of Sephton, of which parish it makes a part, and as a township is united with Great Crosby	W.D.
Thornton Marsh, a large morass, extending from Thornton to the sea coast, near Rossal	A.
Thorp, near Royton chapel	S.
Thorp Green, 1 mile S.W. of Brindle	LL.
Thorpingstye, (Furness) 2 miles N.N.W. of Staveley chapel	L.
THRALES, 1 mile N.E. of Kirkham	A.
Three Lane Ends, in Harper Hey	S.
Throng, (Furness) 11/2 mile N. of Seathwaite chapel	L.
Throstlenest, 11/2 mile N.W. of White Chapel	A.
Throstlenest, in Winmarley	A.
Throstlenest, a beautiful situation on the banks of the Irwell, occupied as a paper mill; 2 miles W. of Manchester, on the highway to Altringham	S.
Thurland Castle, 1 mile S. of Tunstall church	L.
THURNHAM, the township N. of Cockerham	L.
Thurnham Hall, 4 miles S.S.W. of Lancaster	L.
Thwaite, (Furness) in the township of Monk Coniston	L.
Thwaites, (Furness) 1 mile E. of Rusland church	L.
Thwaites End, 1 mile N. of Bolton-on-the-sands	L.
Thwaites Yate, 11/2 mile N.N.E. of Bolton-on-the Sands	L.
Tib, (the Rivulet) a small stream, of which the learned and Reverend John Whittaker, the author of the "History of Manchester," has made the most, by giving it high consequence to the safety of the Roman summer camp, founded on the scite of the Collegiate Church of Manchester, and the College on the north of it. The Tib appears to have been a small stream, which took its rise from the neighbourhood of what is now called Great Newton-street, Manchester, and fell into the Medlock, near Knott-mill. In the time of the Romans, the course was diverted, to furnish water for a Foss, and the stream ran down Shude-hill and Hanging ditch, under Hanging-bridge, of which one arch still remains. Nearly all traces of the river is now lost, the reservoir of Shude-hill having swallowed up all the water which a multiplicity of Pumps, that have robbed the parent springs, have left. Its banks are now covered up, and the course converted into a common sewer for many streets in Manchester, which have been built since Mr. Whitaker published his history	S.
TIBLERTHWAITE, the most northerly township in Furness, adjoining on the W. to Skilworth, and on the N. to the county of Westmorland	L.
TILDESLEY, united with Shackerly, 11/4 mile S. of Chowbent, a most flourishing place; risen (during the life of the present proprietor, T. Johnson Esq.) from an insignificant place with only two farm houses and a cottage, to a large populous village, with a neat chapel and upwards of 1000 inhabitants	W.D.
Timothy's, 2 miles W. of Turton chapel	B.
Tinker's Field House, 3 miles N. of Ribchester	B.
TINSTHWAITE, (Furness) 2 miles N.N.W. of Staveley chapel, is in the parish of Coulton, the living, a perpetual curacy, is in the gift of the curate of Coulton	L.
Tipping, in Clayton-le-Dale	B.
Toad Hole, 2 miles N.W. of Blackburn	B.
Toad Leach, on the N. of the township of Bold, and 1 mile E.N.E. of Bold may-pole	W.D.
TOCKHOLES, 3 miles S.S.W. of Blackburn, in which parish it is situated, and under which it has a chapel of ease; patron the vicar of Blackburn. There is also a dissenting chapel in Tockholes	B.
Tockholes Fold, near Tockholes chapel	B.
TODMORDEN, 7 miles N.N.E. of Rochdale, is on the verge of Yorkshire, 12 miles from Halifax. It is in the parish of Rochdale under which it has a chapel of ease; the living is a perpetual curacy: patron, the vicar of Rochdale	S.
Tomerstead, (Furness) near Woodland chapel	L.
TONG, the township E. of Little Bolton	S.
Tong Fold, 1/2 mile E. of Bolton-le-Moors	S.
Tong Hill, in the township of Pleasington	B.
Tong Moor, 1 mile E. of Bolton-le-Moors	S.
TONGE, (in the parish of Prestwich-cum-Oldham) the township adjoining to Middleton, of which place to the casual eye, it appears to be a part	S.
Tongies Moor, between Littledale and Roboransdale	L.
Tongue House, (Furness) 11/4 mile N.N.E. of Seathwaite chapel	L.
Tongues, near Bacap	S.
Top o'th Bank, (the seat of John Philips Esq.) 1 mile W. of Stockport	S.
Top o'th Coal Pits, 3 miles S. of Blackburn	B.
Top o'th Emmet, 7 miles S.E. of Lancaster	L.
Top o'th Height, 1 mile N.E. of Four-lane-ends, in Hulton	S.
Top o'th Moor, near Lund chapel	A.
Top o'th Park, 21/2 miles N.E. of Oldham	S.
Topin Fold, 1 mile E. of Bury	S.
TORBOCK, 3 miles S. of Prescot	W.D.
Torr (the), a hill 21/2 miles S.S.W. of Haslingden	B.
Torr End, 2 miles S.S.W. of Haslingden	B.
TORRISHOLME, 2 miles N.W. of Lancaster	L.
Torrow Barn, 4 miles N. of Bolton-le-Moors	S.
TORVER, (Furness) 7 miles N.E. of Broughton, is in the parish of Ulverston, the minister being chosen by the inhabitants	L.
Torver Beck, a rivulet which flows out of Goat's Water Lake, to the S.E. of Torver, and falls into Coniston Lake about 2 miles S. of Torver	L.
TOTTINGTON, (the ROYAL MANOR of) extends from Tottington-lower-end to the N. of Eatonfield chapel a distance of 9 miles	S.
TOTTINGTON, a large township in the parish of Bury, distinguished by the higher and lower end, and together composing the "Royal Manor of Tottington," the higher end of which is to the E. of Edgeworth, and to the W. of Shuttleworth; and the lower end, to the N. of Elton, and the W. of Walmesley	S.
Tottlesworth, 1 mile S. of Great Harwood	B.
Touch Road, 2 miles N. of Bury	S.
Tower Wood, (Furness) on the E. bank of Winander mere 4 miles N. of Staveley	L.
Town End, the point of division between New Accrington on the east, and Oswaldtwistle on the west	B.
Town End, (Furness) 11/2 mile S. of Monk Coniston	L.
Town End, 1 mile W. of Caton Church	L.
Town End, in the township of Rawcliffe	A.
Town Green, 3/4 mile E.N.E. of Aughton Church	W.D.
Town Lane End, 1 mile N. of Blackburn	B.
Town Row, 1 mile S.E. of West Derby Chapel	W.D.
Townley Hall, (the seat of C. Townley, Esq.) 11/2 mile S.S.E. of Burnley	B.
Townley's, 2 miles S. of Bolton-le-moors	S.
Townson Ground, (Furness) 1 mile S. of Monk Coniston	L.
Townson's Mill, 2 miles E.S.E. of Oldham	S.
TOXTETH PARK, the township adjoining on the S. and S.E. of Liverpool, is in the parish of Walton, under which it has a chapel of ease: patron, the rector of Walton. There is also a dissenting chapel in this township	W.D.
Trafford (Old), an ancient half timbered house, 2 miles S.W. of Manchester, formerly the residence of the family of Trafford	S.
Trafford House, (the seat of John Trafford, Esq.) 3 miles W. of Manchester. It is surrounded by a park, well stocked with deer; and has been in the possession of the present family ever since the conquest	S.
Trafford Moss, 4 miles W.S.W. of Manchester. It is a large extensive Peat Bog, the property of John Trafford, Esq. Of this several hundred acres are now under cultivation, owing to the spirited exertions of the celebrated Mr. Roscoe, of Liverpool, and Mr. Wakefield, who took a lease of Mr. Trafford for the purpose of improvement	S.
Travis Hall, in Heaton Norris, near Stockport	S.
Travis Mills, 1 mile N.N.E. of Manchester	S.
Trawden, 2 miles S.E. of Colne	B.
Trawden Forest, a large common extending eastwards from Caton Cliff, in Great Marsden, to the borders of Yorkshire	B.
Trossthwaite, (Furness) 1 mile N. of Woodland chapel	L.
Trout Hall, (Furness) 2 miles N. of Seathwaite chapel	L.
Tulheth Hall, 1 mile W. of Preston	A.
Tunchell, 3 miles E. of Rochdale	S.
Tunley, 2 miles W. of Standish	LL.
Tunnings, 1 mile S.E. of Overkellet	L.
TUNSTALL, 11 miles N.E. of Lancaster, but by the turnpike road, 13 miles, a village and parish in the deanry of Kirkby Lonsdale: the living is a vicarage in the presentation of the heirs of the late Mrs. Borrel	L.
Tunstead, 1 mile S.W. of Bacap	B.
Turner Mill, 1 mile E. of Great Harwood	B.
Turner's Green, 2 miles E.N.E. of Samlesbury Chapel	B.
TURTON, the township N. of Sharples, and S. of Entwistle, is united with Longworth, in the parish of Bolton-le-moors, under which it has a chapel of ease, situated 5 miles N. of Bolton-le-moors; the living is a perpetual curacy, in the gift of M. Green, Esq.	S.
Turton Tower, 5 miles N. of Bolton-le-moors	S.
Tuttle Bank, (Furness) 2 miles W. of Blawith Chapel	L.
TWISTON, the most northerly township in the hundred of Blackburn	B.
Twiston Mill, 1 mile E. of Downham	B.
Two Lads, 1 mile E. of Rivington Pike	S.
Tyros, 2 miles N.W. of Garstang	A.
Tythe Barn, 1 mile S.W. of Bold May Pole	W.D.

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ULNES WALTON, 1 mile N. of Eccleston	LL.
ULVERSTON, (N. lat. 54º. 9". W. lon. 2º. 59".) the largest town in the district of Furness, 4 miles N.E. of Dalton; 131/2 miles W. of Cartmel; 261/2 miles N.W. of Lancaster; and 226 miles from London. Ulverston is a sea port, and market town, situated near the Leven, to which it has a canal, (which was cut in 1795) of about 11/2 mile long, which is navigable for vessels of 400 tons; being 65 feet wide at the top, and 30 feet at the bottom, and a lock to let down the canal to the tide way, 112 feet long, in order to contain a large vessel. The principal trade is in pig and bar iron, and iron ore; blue slate and limestone; oats, barley and beans. The manufactures are canvas, hats, check and cotton. Edward the First granted Ulverston a charter in the eighth year of his reign, for a market and fair; but the contiguity of Dalton to the Monks of Furness, whose influence was decidedly in favor of Dalton, prevented any advantages arising from it. But after the dissolution of that celebrated monastry, Ulverston rose into consequence. Within the last fifty years, the town has much improved its appearance; the streets are clean and spacious, and the houses well built; in 1801, they were 629, and contained 2,937 inhabitants. Ulverston is a parish in the deanry of Furness and Cartmel; the living is a perpetual curacy; patron, W. Bradyll, Esq. The church is a neat structure, almost wholly re-built in 1804, and contains three aisles, and has a square tower. It stands in a field at a small distance from the town, and forms a pleasing point of sight from Lancaster. The market day at Ulverston, is Monday, and the fairs are held on Holy Thursday, and on the Thursday after October 23d, for cattle, horses, &c. The old fair, granted by Edward First, in the second week of September, has long ago fallen into neglect.	L.
Under Bank, 1 mile W. of Stockport	S.
UNSWORTH, the hamlet N. of Little Heaton, and W. of Middleton, is in the parish of Prestwich, under which it has a chapel of ease, situated 3 miles S.S.W. of Bury; patron, the rector of Prestwich	S.
Unsworth, the name inserted in Mr. Yates's map of Lancashire, instead of Ainsworth, for the township, N. of Radcliff	S.
Unsworth Pole, 7 miles N. of Manchester, and near Unsworth chapel	S.
UP HOLLAND, 4 miles W. of Wigan, in which parish it is situated, and under which it has a chapel of ease; being a perpetual curacy; patron, rector of Wigan. As a township, Up Holland is united to Dalton.	W.D.
UPPER ALLITHWAITE, (Furness) 3 miles N.E. of Cartmel	L.
UPPER HOLKER, (Furness) a township adjoining on the S. to the river Leven, and N.W. of Cartmel	L.
URMSTON, (a part of the parish of Flixton) 5 miles S.W. of Manchester	S.
Urmston Hall, (the seat of W. Stevenson, Esq.) 6 miles S.W. of Manchester	S.
Urswich (Low), adjoining, on the S. to Much Urswick	L.
URSWICK (Much), 21/2 miles E. of Dalton, a parish in the deanry of Furness and Cartmel; the living is a vicarage, in the gift of the inhabitants	L.

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Walkden, 1 mile S.W. of Walmesley chapel	S.
Walkden Moor, (under which are valuable coal mines) 7 miles N.W. of Manchester	S.
Walker's Ground, (Furness) near Hawkshead	L.
Walker-lane-ends, 1 mile N.W. of Beacon Fell	A.
Wall, 1 mile W. of Great Eccleston	A.
Wall Clough, 2 miles S. of Chipping	B.
Wall End, (Furness) 1 mile E. of Broughton	L.
Wall End, (Furness) 1 mile N. of Kirkby chapel	L.
Walls, 2 miles S.E. of Goodshaw chapel	B.
WALMESLEY, the hamlet N. of Bury of which parish and township it is a part	S.
Walmesley Bridge, 4 miles S.E. of Garstang	A.
Walmesley Chapel, (in the parish of Bolton-le-Moors,) 11/2 mile W. of Turton chapel, is a chapel of ease; the living is a perpetual curacy; patron vicar of Bolton-le-Moors. Here is also a dissenting chapel, not far from the established chapel	S.
WALNEY, an island on the south of Low Furness, from which it is separated by a narrow channel at the north end, and by Pile Harbour on the south. The island is about 9 miles long from the south end Haws, to the extremity of the north end Haws, and is of various breadths, from one quarter of a mile, to a mile. It contains several small hamlets (viz. North End, North Scales, Bigger, and South End) and a chapel of ease under Dalton (of which parish it forms a part) the living is a perpetual curacy; patron, the vicar of Dalton. At the south end of this island, a light house was erected in 1790, which has proved of great service to mariners. It is about sixty-eight feet high, and its lamps and reflectors are made to revolve on a vertical axle by a piece of clock work of ingenuous construction.	L.
Walshaw Hall, 2 miles N.W. of Bury	S.
Walshaw Lane, 2 miles N.W. of Bury	S.
Walthew House, 2 miles W. of Wigan, a venerable mansion, erected in 1650 by Robert Walthew Esq., from whom it passed, by the marriage of his daughter, to the family of Markland, and from them to the Percivals, and is now let to a number of tenants	W.D.
WALTON, a parish in the deanry of Warrington, and a township united with Fazackerley. The parish contains, beside the parish church (which is 3 miles N. of Liverpool) five chapels of ease. Altho' the living is a rectory, the church is a vicarage, the patrons of which are the lay impropriators of the rectory	W.D.
WALTON, (Furness) the township adjoining on the N.W. to Cartmel	L.
Walton Hall, (Furness) 1/2 mile W. of Cartmel	L.
Walton Hall, (the seat of Sir H. Houghton, Bart.) near Walton-le-Dale	B.
WALTON-LE-DALE, 2 miles S.E. of Preston, is in the parish of Blackburn, under which it has a chapel of ease, (sometimes called Low, or Law Church) the living is a perpetual curacy; patron, the vicar of Blackburn	B.
Warble Hey, 21/2 miles N. of Blackburn	B.
WARBRECK, 2 miles W. of Poulton-in-the-Fylde	A.
Warbreck Moor, 5 miles E.N.E. of Liverpool	W.D.
Ward Hall, 2 miles N.W. of Ribchester	B.
Ward's House, 3 miles E. of Kirkham	A.
Ward's House, 3 miles S.S.E. of Lancaster	L.
Ward's Stone, (on the Moors) 2 miles S.W. of Mallowdale Pike	L.
Wardle (Brown), near Whitworth	S.
Wardle (High), near Whitworth	S.
Wardle (Low), 3 miles N.E. of Rochdale	S.
Wardless, 1 mile W. of Hambleton chapel	A.
Wardlesworth, 1 mile N. of Rochdale	S.
Wardley, 2 miles N. of Chipping	B.
Wards, 4 miles W. of Turton Chapel	S.
Warland, 3 miles S. of Todmorden	S.
WARRINGTON, (N. lat. 53º 2". W. lon. 2º 30".) 18 miles W. of Manchester; 18 miles E. of Liverpool; 12 miles S. of Wigan; 10 miles E.S.E. of Prescot; 523/4 miles S.S.E. of Lancaster; and 188 miles from London, is situated on the river Mersey, which divides it from the parish of Groppenhall, in Cheshire, part of which parish forms a suburb to, and appears to be a part of the town of Warrington, to which it is joined by a stone bridge, built by the Earl of Derby, in the reign of Henry VII. The principal part of the town of Warrington, consists of four streets, which cross in the centre. There was formerly an Augustine priory, in this place, (founded in 1379) of which no traces now remain. Of the earlier antiquities of Warrington, we have little more than tradition. It has been said that Warrington was a Roman station, but the opinion has not much, if any conclusive evidence to rest itself upon. The trade of Warrington chiefly consists of glass and sail cloth manufacturies, tho' it has a portion of the check and cotton trade. The parish church, which is a rectory, stands at the E. side of, and at the extremity of the town; patron, the heirs of R.A. Gwillam, Esq. Besides the mother church, there is a handsome chapel of ease, patrons, the heirs of the late T. Leigh, of Lyme, Esq. and in the Cheshire suburb, another chapel, under the parish church of Groppenhall. The parish church has under it the chapels of Burton-wood and Hollinfare. The town has also places of worship for dissenters of almost every persuasion. The market day is Wednesday; and the annual fairs are held July 18, and November 30, for horses, cattle, and woollen cloth: the latter fair lasting near a fortnight. Warrington gives title of Earl to the noble family of Grey, the title being borne by the same nobleman who is also Earl of Stamford. In 1801, Warrington contained 2,296 houses, and 10,567 inhabitants	W.D.
WARTON, a parish in the deanry of Kirkby Lonsdale, 7 m. N. of Lancaster; the living is a vicarage; patron -	L.
WARTON, 3 miles S.S.W. of Kirkham, of which parish it forms a part, and has a chapel of ease; the living is a perpetual curacy; patron, the vicar of Kirkham	A.
Warton, (a dissenting) chapel; near Peel Hall, and 1/2 mile N. of Peel chapel, in Little Hulton	S.
Warton Hall, (in Little Hulton) 2 miles E. of Chowbent	S.
Warton Mill, 1/2 mile S. of Warton	L.
Water End, (Furness) south end of Coniston Water	L.
Water Gates, in Elswick	A.
Water Houses, 2 miles N.N.W. of Ashton-under-line	S.
Water Side, 1 mile E. of Darwen Chapel	B.
Water Side, 1/2 mile E. of Ribchester	B.
Water Side, (on north-side of the Wyre) opposite Larbrick	A.
Water Yate, (Furness) south end of Coniston Water	L.
Water Yeat, 2 miles W. of Chipping	B.
Waterhead Mill, 2 miles E.N.E. of Oldham	S.
Watson Croft, (Furness) 2 miles N.N.E. of Broughton	L.
WAVERTREE, (a village often mentioned for its beauty and delightful situation.) in the parish of Childwall, 3 miles E. of Liverpool	W.D.
Wavertree Hall, 2 miles E. of Liverpool	W.D.
Wavertree Nook, 31/2 miles E. of Liverpool	W.D.
Weatherlow, a mountain in Furness, 2 miles N.W. of the head of Coniston Water	L.
Weekly House, 4 miles S.W. of Whalley	B.
WEETON, 1 mile N. of Great Plumpton. This place has an annual fair, on the first Tuesday after Trinity Sunday, for Cattle and Cloth	A.
Welby Cragg, 4 miles S.S.E. of Lancaster	L.
Welch Hall, 1 mile N.W. of Aughton	W.D.
WELCH WHITTLE, 1 mile E.N.E. of Standish	LL.
Well House, (Low Furness) 3 miles S.E. of Ulverston	L.
Well Stile, 11/2 mile N.N.W. of Ashton-under-line	S.
Wenning, (The river) rises in Yorkshire, and enters the county of Lancaster at Bentham, where taking a N.W. direction, it proceeds to Wennington, when it turns S.W. by Tatham and Hornby, falling into the Loyne, about 1 mile W. of Hornby after being augmented, at that place, by the river Roboran	L.
Wenning Foot, 1 mile W. of Hornby	L.
WENNINGTON, the township on the E. of Melling, and adjoining on the E. to the county of York	L.
Werneth Hall, 1 mile S.W. of Oldham	S.
WESHAM, 1 mile N. of Kirkham	A.
WEST DERBY, a township which gives the name to the hundred in which it is situated, and the title of Earl to the noble family of Stanley. It has a chapel of ease under Walton, of which parish it is a part; patrons the lay impropriators of the rectory of Walton. The chapel is situated 4 miles N.E. of Liverpool	W.D.
West Derby Hundred, is bounded by the river Mersey which divides it from Cheshire on the south; by the Irish channel on the west; by Leyland hundred on the north; and by Salford hundred on the north-east and east. It contains fifteen parishes, six market towns, (one of which is the second seaport in the kingdom,) and 103 townships. It pays 24/100 of the county rates (which is much more than any other hundred pays) and raises 202 men for the old Militia of 800. By the population act, of 1801, it appears to have contained

	Houses.	Inhabitants.
In the Ormskirk Division	3,136	16,718
Prescot Division, which includes Liverpool	17,927	110,265
Warrington Division	11,914	62,744
	32,977	189,727

West End, (Low Furness) 2 mile S.S.E. of Ulverston	L.
West Field, 11/2 mile E.N.E. of St. Lawrence's Chapel	A.
West Field, 2 miles S. of Garstang	A.
West Field, 1 mile N. of Halton	A.
West Flat, (Low Furness) 2 miles N. of Dalton	L.
West Haughton, 4 mile N. of Leigh, and 131/2 miles N.W. of Manchester, is in the parish of Dean, under which it has a chapel of ease; the living is a perpetual curacy; patron the vicar of Dean	S.
West Head, 2 miles E. of Ormskirk	W.D.
WEST LEIGH, the township N. of the town of Leigh	W.D.
WESTBY, 21/2 miles W. of Kirkham	A.
Westby Hall, 1 mile N. of Ribby Church	A.
Westby Mills, N. of Ribby Church	A.
WESTHAM, 11/2 mile N.N.W. of Kirkham	A.
Westwood, 1/2 mile W. of Wigan	W.D.
Westwood Gate, 3 miles S.W. of Whalley	B.
Weurdal, 2 miles N.E. of Rochdale	S.
WHALLEY, 6 miles N.E. of Blackburn; 4 miles S. of Clitheroe, a small village, but an extensive parish, having no fewer than sixteen chapels of ease under it. It is in the deanry of Blackburn, the living is a vicarage; patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. Of the chapels of ease, seven were founded before 1284, and the remainder at different periods, since 1400, of which Bacap in Rosendale was the last in 1788. The parish church of Whalley is very ancient. The cylindrical columns of the north aisle are the most ancient part of the building; and the choir was built about 1235. In the church yard are three stone crosses, which are supposed by Dr. Whitaker to have been raised in the time of Paulinus, the apostle of Northumbria, whose ministry commenced in 625, and terminated on his expulsion from that kingdom in 631. In the village of Whalley is a small school, of the foundation of Edward the sixth. This school, in conjunction with those of Middleton and Burnley, have thirteen scholarships in Brazen-nose College, Oxford. The township of Whalley contained (distinct from the other parts of the parish) 154 houses, and 876 inhabitants, in the year 1801. For a description of this church, and for further particulars respecting the next article in this local Gazetteer, the author respectfully refers the reader to the learned and Reverend Dr. Whitaker's valuable history of Whalley.	B.
Whalley Abbey, at Whalley, on the banks of the Calder, the remains of a Monastry belonging to monks of the Cistertian order. It was built in 1296 by the munificence of Henry Laci, Earl of Lincoln, and flourished till 1536. The last abbot of Whalley was John Paslew, who was convicted of high treason, and the Abbey with all its appurtenances, was seized by the king, in 1537. The site of the Abbey contained thirty-six acres, three roods, and fourteen perches, as a recent survey hath ascertained. See Dr. Whitaker's "History of Whalley"	B.
Whalley Nab, 1/2 mile S. of Whalley	B.
WHARLESS, 3 miles N.N.E. of Kirkham	A.
Whatland Rigg, (Furness) 2 miles N.N.E. of Broughton	L.
Wheat Hill, 11/2 mile E.N.E. of Childwall church	W.D.
Wheatland Hall, in Lower Wyre's Dale	A.
Wheatley Lane, 2 miles N.W. of Little Marsden chapel	B.
WHEELTON, 3 miles N.N.E. of Chorley	LL.
Wheelton Stocks, 3 miles N.E. of Chorley	LL.
WHILPSHIRE, 3 miles S.W. of Whalley	B.
Whinney, 1 mile N. of Great Marton	A.
Whinney Hill, in Aughton	L.
Whinney Lane, 2 miles S.W. of Whalley	B.
Whinney Lane, 2 miles N. of Blackburn	B.
Whirley, 1/2 mile N.E. of Wigan	W.D.
WHISTON, 11/2 mile S. of Prescot	W.D.
White Bricks, 2 miles E.N.E. of Blackburn	B.
White Carr, 2 miles S. of Whalley	B.
White Chapel, in the parish of Kirkham, 3 miles N. of Goosenargh. This is a chapel of ease; patron, the vicar of Kirkham	A.
White Hall, 2 miles W.N.W. of St. Michael's-le-Wyre	A.
White Hill, in Reddish, 3/4 mile N. of Stockport	S.
White Hough, 1 mile N.W. Tockholes chapel	B.
White Lane, 11/2 mile N.W. of Walmesley chapel	S.
White Lee, N.E. end of Padiham Heights	B.
White Lee, 11/2 mile N.N.W. of White chapel	A.
White Lim, 2 miles W. of Lancaster	L.
White Moss, a large morass, 1 mile E.N.E. of Blackley	S.
White Otter, a lake on Halsall moss, 2 miles N.W. of Halsall	W.D.
White Smithy, 21/2 miles N. of Manchester	S.
White Steaks, 2 miles S. of Penwortham	LL.
White Stock Hall, (Furness) 1 m S.W. of Rusland chapel	L.
White Well Bottom, 3 miles N.W. of Bacap	B.
Whiteacre, 1/2 mile S. of Littleborough	S.
WHITEFIELD, 6 miles N. of Manchester	S.
Whitefield, in Crompton, 11/2 mile N. of Shaw chapel	S.
Whitefield, 2 miles N.W. of Hale	W.D.
Whitefield Hall, 11/2 mile N. of Shaw Chapel	S.
Whitlow Head, on the north side of the township of Entwisle	S.
Whitraw, 3 miles S. of Tatham	L.
Whitrull Chapel, in the parish of Whalley, situated at Bacap; patron, vicar of Whalley	B.
Whittim, 3 miles W. of Lancaster	L.
WHITTINGHAM, the township S. of Goosenargh	A.
Whittingham Hall, 5 miles N.N.E. of Preston	A.
WHITTINGTON, 121/2 miles N.E. of Lancaster, and 1 mile S.W. of Kirkby Lonsdale; a parish in the deanry of Kirkby Lonsdale; the living is a rectory; patron, the Rev. Geoffry Hornby	L.
Whittle (Higher and Lower), 2 m. N.W. of Middleton	S.
Whittle Mill, in Welsh Whittle	LL.
WHITTLE-IN-THE-WOODS, 2 miles N. of Chorley	LL.
Whitworth, 3 miles N. of Rochdale, of which parish it is a part, and under which it has a chapel of ease; the curacy of which is in the patronage of the vicar of Rochdale. This place is well known for the residence of Mess. Taylors - "The Whitworth Doctors"	S.
Wide Moss Gap, 2 miles S. of Poulton-in-the-Fylde	A.
WIDNESS, 6 miles W. of Warrington, united with Appleton as a township	W.D.
Wig's Daw, on Scholfield Moor	S.
WIGAN, (N. lat. 53º 31". W. lon. 2º 32".) 12 miles N. of Warrington; 16 miles S. of Preston; 181/4 miles S. of Manchester; 481/4 miles S. of Lancaster; and 2001/4 miles from London. This is a borough by prescription, governed by a mayor and 12 aldermen, a recorder and two bailiffs. Its privileges have been confirmed by charters from Henry the Third, Edward the Second, and Third, Richard the Second, and Charles the Second. It returns two members to parliament; the right of election is vested in about 200 free burgesses. Returns appear as early as the 23d and 35th of Edward the First; but the privilege, it seems, lay dormant for a long series of years; as no return was made afterwards till the First of Edward the Sixth; the rector of the parish, for the time being, is also lord of the manor. The church is very ancient. The present church is stated by Mr. Britton, in his account of Lancashire, to have superceded another still more ancient, so early as the seventh century, being built at the expence of an ancestor of lord Bridgeman, the present patron of the living. There is also in the town, a chapel of ease, dedicated to St. George; three dissenting chapels, and a Roman Catholic place of worship. There is also a free school, liberally endowed; and a blue coat hospital for thirty boys, founded by lady Bradshaigh. Here is also a handsome dispensary, supported by the voluntary contribution of the inhabitants of the town and its vicinity. At the N. end of the town is a monumental pillar, commemorating the valour of Sir Thomas Tyldesley, who was slain on the spot, in 1651. Wigan has long enjoyed the advantages of a navigation: the river Douglas being close to the town, and the Liverpool and Leeds canal has still more contributed to its prosperity. The manufactures are chiefly checks, cotton goods, and brass-work, a manufactory of earthenware having lately failed here. The market day is Friday: the fairs are held on Holy Thursday, and October 28, for horses, horned cattle, and cloth. Another fair also, held at Scroles, (see the next article) adjoining the town, on June 27, for cattle. In 1801, the population of Wigan, consisted of 10,989 inhabitants who appear to be the occupiers of 2,236 houses	W.D.
Wigan Spa, (by some called New Harrogate) is a strong sulphurous water, discovered some years ago, in boring for coals, in a field near Scroles Bridge. It is said to be highly serviceable in all scorbutic and scrophulous cases. A convenient building has been erected over it, with comfortable baths, (which may be used either cold or warm) and neat conductors of the water for those who drink it	W.D.
Wigshaw, in Culcheth	W.D.
Wilder's Wood, 1 mile N. of Horwich chapel	S.
Wilderspool, in the township of Barton, and parish of Eccles, 1 mile S. of Barton Bridge	S.
Wildman, 3 miles S.W. of Whalley	B.
Wilson House, (Furness) 1 mile E.N.E. of Lindale chapel	L.
Win Lane End, 11/2 mile S.E. of Hambleton chapel	A.
Winander Mere, the largest piece of fresh water in England, forms the boundary line of the counties of Lancaster and Westmorland from Brath Bridge to the river by which Easthwaite Water is discharged into Winander Mere, the whole of which to the south of this point being in Lancashire; the whole to the north being in Westmorland. This lake is about 15 miles long from north to south, and about 1 mile in breadth upon an average, but in some places not more than 500 yards wide. Its greatest depth is near Eccleserig Crag, which was found to be 201 feet. The islands in this beautiful lake are all in that part which belongs to the county of Westmorland, an account of them therefore does not come under the plan of this work. But a description of the whole and the picturesque scenery of this charming spot may be found in the various tours to the lakes, which a growing taste for the beauties of nature has lately made so frequent	L.
Winburn, (the river) rises about 2 miles N. of Haslingden, and flows northerly by Old Accrington church, Dunkey park, Rushton, and Clayton-le-Dale, and falls into the Calder, near Altham	B.
Winder, in the north part of Roboransdale, and 2 miles N.E. of Litherland chapel	L.
Winder Moor, a common, south end of Cartmel Fells, and adjoining the Bay of Morcombe	L.
WINDLE, 1 mile N. of St. Hellens	W.D.
Windleshaw Chapel, (the ruins of) in the township of Windle	W.D.
Windy Arbour, 1 mile N.E. of Heapey chapel	LL.
Windy Bank, 4 miles N.N.W. of Bacap	B.
Windy Hill, in Butterworth	S.
WINNARLEY, 2 miles N.W. of Garstang	A.
Winnerah Ground, (Furness) 3 m. N.N.W. of Broughton	L.
WINSTANLEY, (in the parish of Wigan) the township N. of Billinge and S. of Pemberton, produces coals of a superior quality	W.D.
Winstanley Hall, 3 miles S.W. of Wigan	W.D.
Winster, (the river) rises in Westmorland, and becomes the boundary between Westmorland and Lancashire at High House, the N. end of Cartmel Fells; from whence it flows full south, and falls into the Ken, near Castle Head	L.
Winter Hill, 1 mile N.E. of Rivington Pike	S.
WINTON, 11/2 mile W.N.W. of Eccles	S.
Winwall, 2 miles E. of Colne	B.
WINWICK, 3 miles N. of Warrington, a township united with Hulme, and a parish in the deanry of Warrington. The church has a fine spire, which is seen from a great distance in several directions. The living, which is said to be worth 3000l. a year, is remarkable for being the richest rectory in England. This valuable patronage is vested in the Earl of Derby. The parish is not only large, rich, and fertile, but the whole township of Winwick (one estate excepted) is glebe land; and the rector has the patronage of Ashton in Makerfield, New Church, and Lowton, which are in this parish. Newton in the Willows (also, in the parish of Winwick) being in the gift of the heirs of the late T. Leigh, of Lyme, Esq. There is a free grammar school in the village. On the south side of the church is a latin inscription in old characters, which states this place to have been a favourite seat of Oswald, king of Northumberland, and as the church is dedicated to St. Oswald, king and martyr, it has been thought that Winwick and not Oswestry (as stated by Camden and several other writers) was the place where Oswald was slain. Besides, Bede, says, that the place where Oswald was killed, was called in the English tongue, Macerfeith, and we know that this parish was anciently called Macrefield, and that to this day, Ashton, in this parish, is called Ashton in Makerfield. Archbishop Usher, in his notes on Gildas, gives it as his opinion, that Winwick was the cair Guntquic, one of the twenty eight British cities, mentioned by that ancient writer	W.D.
WISEWALL, 1 mile N.E. of Whalley	B.
Wisewall, 1 mile N.W. of Newton-in-the-Willows	W.D.
Withen Trees, 3 miles N.E. of Preston	A.
Withen Trees, 2 miles S.S.E. of Walton-le-Dale	B.
WITHINGTON, in the parish of Manchester, and distant from that town 4 miles S. on the turnpike road to Wilmslow. W. Egerton Esq. of Tatton, is lord of the manor, and holds a court baron, and a court leet here	S.
WITHNELL, 4 miles N.E. of Chorley	LL.
WITTON, the township W. of Blackburn	B.
Woden's Ford, an ancient name for that part of the river Irwell, near Hulme hall, where the new bridge is situated	S.
Wolf House, 1 mile N.W. of Chipping	B.
Wolfall Hall, 2 miles W. of Prescot	W.D.
Wolfenden Booth, 11/2 mile N.N.W. of Bacap	B.
Wood Crate, in Clifton	S.
Wood End, 1 mile S.S.W. of Turton chapel	S.
Wood Fold, 5 miles N.E. of Chorley	LL.
Wood Fold, in Catforth	A.
Wood Fold, 3 miles W. of Blackburn	B.
Wood Hall, in Reddish, 1 mile N. of Stockport	S.
Wood Head, 2 miles N.E. of Darwen chapel	B.
Wood Hey, 1 mile S. of Holcombe chapel	S.
Wood Houses, near Failsworth	S.
WOOD PLUMPTON, 4 miles N.N.W. of Preston, is a part of the parish of St. Michaels-le-Wyre, under which it has a chapel of ease; patron, the vicar of St. Michals	A.
Wood Yate, 2 miles W. of Blackburn	B.
Wood Yate, (Furness) 1 mile S.W. of Lowick chapel	L.
Woodacre Hall, 11/2 mile N. of Garstang	A.
WOODLAND, (Furness) in the parish of Kirkby Ireleth, under which it has a chapel of ease (3 miles N.E. of Broughton) The perpetual curacy is in the gift of the land owners	L.
Woodlands, in Crumpsall (the seat of Thomas Robinson Esq.) 21/4 miles N.N.E. of Manchester	S.
Woodside, 2 miles N.N.W. of Hale church	W.D.
Woolden (Little), on the W. side of Chat Moss, and 2 miles N. of Hollin's Green	S.
Woolden Hall, 11/2 mile N. of Hollin's Green	S.
WOOLSTON, (united with Poulton,) 2 miles E. of Warrington	W.D.
WOOLSTONHOLME, the township N. of Ashworth	S.
Woolstonholme Hill, 1 mile N. of Ashworth Chapel	S.
WOOLTON (Great), 4 miles N.W. of Hale	W.D.
Woolton (Little), 1 mile N. of Great Woolton. Here is a dissenting chapel	W.D.
WORSLEY, in the parish of Eccles, 6 miles W.N.W. of Manchester, a very populous township which contained in the year 1793, no less than 817 families consisting of 4,693 persons. At this place is the famous tunnel, from the Canal of the late Duke of Bridgewater, leading into the very heart of his coal-mines, which were the primary inducement for his Grace to undertake that astonishing work, (for so it is, when it is recollected to have been done at the expence of an individual,) the Canal from Manchester to Worsley and Leigh, and the branch through Cheshire to Runcorn, without a single lock!!	S.
Worsley Hall, in Worsley, a plain brick house, in which the late Duke of Bridgewater (whose property it was) spent much of his life	S.
Worsley Mills, 2 miles N.W. of Eccles	S.
WORSTHORN, 2 miles E. of Burnley	B.
WORSTON, 2 miles E.N.E. of Clitheroe	B.
WORTHINGTON, 1 mile E.N.E. of Standish	LL.
WRAY, 11/2 E.S.E. of Hornby	L.
Wray, a joint township with, and adjoining to Ribby	A.
WRAYTON, 1 mile N.E. of Melling	L.
WRIGHTINGTON, the township W. of Standish	LL.
Wrightington Hall, (the seat of W. Dickinson Esq.) 2 miles W. of Standish, is an old stone house, remarkable for having had the first sash windows in the county. It is situated in a small but beautiful park	LL.
Writhen Stone, 3 miles N.W. of Ribchester	B.
Wycoller, 3 miles E.S.E. of Colne	B.
Wycoller Hill, in Wycoller	B.
WYER'S DALE (Lower), the district extending from Garstang to the north part of Amounderness hundred	A.
WYER'S DALE (Over), the district extending E. from Ellol chapel, to the boundary line of Yorkshire. It has a chapel of ease to the parish church of Lancaster, (from which it is distant, 6 miles N.W.) patron, the vicar of Lancaster	L.
Wyersdale Forest, the district called Wyersdale, through which the river Wyre runs. It contains about 20,000 acres of open and inclosed land, belonging to the crown, of which the greater part of the former description abounds with game	L.
Wyre, (the river) rises in Brinan Tarn, on the edge of Yorkshire, and flows westward to Abbey Stead, in Over Wyer's Dale, when it is joined by another stream, which rises in the moors N.E. of Over Wyer's Dale. The stream then flows southerly through Lower Wyre's Dale by Garstang, below which it is joined by the little rivers Calder and Myer. From St. Michaels it proceeds westerly to the neighbourhood of Larbrick, when it spreads out into a wide estuary, and forms Wyre Water; falling into the Irish Sea, near Hackersall	A.
Wyre Water, the estuary formed by the river Wyer, at its mouth, previous to its discharge into the sea. By many people this estuary is supposed capable of being converted into a good harbour for ships of burden	A.

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868 --- Leyland Hundred

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"LEYLAND, a hundred in county Lancaster, contains the parishes of Brindle, Chorley, Croston, Eccleston, Hesketh, Hoole, Leyland, Penwortham, Rufford, Standish, and Tarleton, comprising an area of 79,990 acres."

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868 --- Lonsdale

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"LONSDALE, one of the subdivisions of the county palatine of Lancaster, situate in the northern part of the county. It comprises the two hundreds or divisions, "North of the Sands," and "South of the Sands." The first includes the town of Breughton, and the parishes of Aldingham, Cartmel, Colton, Dalton-in-Furness, Hawkshead, Kirkby-Ireleth, Pennington, Ulverston, and Urswick, comprising an area of about 137,500 acres. The latter hundred contains the parishes of Bolton-le-Sands, Claughton, Halton, Heysham, Melling, Tatham, Tunstall, Warton, Whittington, with portions of Burton-in-Kendal, Cockerham, Lancaster, and Thornton-in-Lonsdale, comprising together about 128,250 acres."

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868 --- Medlock

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"MEDLOCK, a feeder of the Irwell, rising at Scholver, county Lancaster."

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868 --- Roch

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"ROCH, a small river of the county of Lancaster, rises in the moors near Upper Knowsley, and running through Rochdale, joins the Irwell near Bury."

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868 --- Salford Hundred

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"SALFORD, a hundred in the county of Lancaster, contains the parishes of Ashton-under-Lyne, Bolton-le-Moors, Deane, Eccles, Flixton, Middleton, Prestwich, and Ratcliffe, with parts of Bury, Manchester, Rochdale, and Wigan, comprising an area of 207,580 acres."

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868 --- Tame

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"TAME, (or Thame), a river of counties York and Lancaster, rises near Saddleworth in the West Riding, and joins the Mersey at Stockport, in Lancashire."

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868 --- Taud

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"TAUD, a stream of county Lancaster, rises near Lathom Park, and joins the Douglas at Rufford."

The Lancashire Gazetteer, Joseph Aston, 1808 - Explanatory notes

This transcription has been carried out as part of a larger project to produce a database of places in Lancashire and Yorkshire. The final product will be a Microsoft Access database with search facilities intended to overcome the difficulties of spelling variations. The aim is to locate each place with an Ordnance Survey grid reference, wherever possible, even if not shown on modern mapping.

Aston's original Lancashire Gazetteer has unnumbered pages, and no attempt has been made during transcription to retain the original pagination of the Gazetteer. Likewise, fonts have not been slavishly copied beyond the use of capitalisation, italics and some font sizes.

In a very few cases, the layout is slightly altered from the original. The information in the Appendix, Addenda and Errata as given by Aston has been integrated into the main body of the text. In addition, the opportunity has been taken to correct what Aston calls 'accidental deviation from exact alphabetical arrangement.'

Incidental artwork (separating bars, for instance) has not been transcribed.

Grateful thanks are expressed to the staff of the Lancashire Local Studies Library, and Lancaster Library for access to Aston's Gazetteer, and the assistance they having willingly offered.

Problems encountered

The spacing of place names has often changed; for example, Presto Lee is now Prestolee. Additionally, some errors have been notice, which may cause difficulty in computer searches of the transcription. There may well be others.

J.M. Turner

October 1998

As given in the Gazetteer		Correction
Abbey Stead	L.	Abbeystead
Bacap	B.	Bacup
Baron Head, Low Furness	B.	Wrong hundred
Caddishead	S.	Not a township
Copp Chapel	A.	Not a township
Crumpsall	S.	Not a township
Futidge, near Burnley	B.	Fulledge
Grave	S.	Greave
Greenhaugh Castle	A.	Greenhalgh Castle
Harpur Hey	S.	Harpurhey
Higher Ballum	A.	Higher Ballam
Hollingsworth	S.	Hollingworth
Hool	LL.	Hoole
Hulme	S.	Not a township
Irlam	S.	Not a township
Lower College	A.	Wrong hundred
Ormsgill Hall, (Low Furness)	S.	Wrong hundred
Oswaldthistle	B.	Oswaldtwistle
Oxcliff	S.	Wrong hundred
Parlike Pike	B.	Parlick Pike
Presto Lee	S.	Prestolee
Quern Moor, Quarn Moor	A.	Quernmore. Should be designated as a township
Radcliff Bridge	S.	Not a township
Rawconstall	B.	Rawtenstall
Reddish Shore	S.	Reddyshore
Rosendale Forest	B.	Rossendale Forest. Not a township
Roboran	L.	Roeburn
Roboransdale	L.	Roeburndale
Running Pump, near Catforth	S.	Wrong hundred
Sankey (Little)	W.D.	Should be designated a township
Sephton	W.D.	Sefton
Shara Green	A.	Sharrow Green
Skelmerdale	W.D.	Skelmersdale
Smithel's	S.	Smithill's
South Port	W.D.	Southport
Stalmin	A.	Stalmine
Thrales	A.	Treales
Tiblerthwaite	L.	Tilberthwaite
Tildesley	W.D.	Tyldesley
Torbock	W.D.	Tarbock
Tulheth	A.	Tulketh
Urswich	L.	Urswick
Walmesley	S.	Not a township
Westham	A.	Wesham
West Haughton	W.D.	West Houghton
Weurdal	S.	Weurdle
Wharless	A.	Wharles
Whilpshire	B.	Wilpshire
White Bricks	B.	Whitebirk
Winnarley	A.	Winmarleigh
Wood Plumpton	A.	Woodplumpton
Woolstonholme	S.	Wolstenholme

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868 --- The Mersey

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"THE MERSEY, a river in the N.W. of England, forming the boundary between the counties of Cheshire and Lancashire, and second only to the Thames in commercial importance, being the channel by which vessels approach Liverpool, the second port in England. It is formed by the junction of the rivers Goyt and Thame, which unite their streams at Stockport; and, after receiving the waters of the Irwell, Bollin, and Weaver, falls into the sea a little below Liverpool, by way of the Victoria Channel, which has from four to twelve fathoms water between the Burbo and Formby Flats. At its entrance, which is marked by the Black Rock Light, its channel is deep and narrow, but expanding, a little higher up, into a wide sandy estuary, the shores of which have been converted into spacious docks. [See Liverpool.] Several artificial cuts have been made to facilitate the navigation, so that small craft can ascend as far as Runcorn."

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868 --- The Ribble

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"THE RIBBLE, a river of Yorkshire and Lancashire, supposed to be the Belisama mentioned by Ptolemy. It rises under Whernside, in the West Riding of Yorkshire and receiving in its course of nearly 70 miles the tributary streams of the Hodder, Calder, Darwent, and Douglas, falls into the Irish Sea below Lytham, where there is a tide-light; but the entrance to the port is much obstructed by sands."

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868 --- Victoria Channel

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"VICTORIA CHANNEL, one of the passages into the Mersey, county Lancashire, with from 12 to 20 feet water, marked by the Formby and Crosby lights."

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868 --- West Derby Hundred

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"WEST DERBY, a hundred in the S.W. division of the county of Lancaster, contains the borough of Liverpool, the towns of Newton and St. Helen's, and the parishes of Altcar, Aughton, Childwall, Halsall, Huyton, Leigh; North Meols, Ormskirk, Prescot, Sefton, Warrington, Wigan, Winwick, and part of Walton-on-the-Hill, comprising, exclusive of Liverpool, 227,260 acres."

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868 --- Wyre

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"WYER, (or Wyre), a river of county Lancaster, rises in moors under Wolf Fell Crag, and after being joined by the Calder falls into the Irish Sea at Fleetwood."

Gazetteers

Search the GENUKI Gazetteer. [Click the Gazetteer link at the top of any page, not the search box which searches GENUKI pages.]
The GENUKI Gazetteer covers the whole of England, Wales and Scotland and can be searched by place-name (or part of a place-name) or Ordnance Survey Grid Reference (six-figure, eg NZ183848). If there are multiple place-names matching the name you enter, you will initially be presented with a drop-down list of the matching place-names with their distances and bearings from London, England.

The GENUKI Church Database. [Click the Churches link at the top of any page, not the search box which searches GENUKI pages.]
This covers the whole of the UK and includes facilities for listing other churches and parishes within any specified distance of the parish church.

The Vision of Britain site provides: A vision of Britain between 1801 and 2001. Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
- read the guide to searching places, units and locations
- check the sources on which this excellent site is based
The downloadable PARLOC program is available from Dave & Chris Bennett's site.
The Open Domesday project enables you to locates places (and their details) from the Domesday book.

GENUKI Gazetteer maintenance - Ireland (part 2)

GENUKI Gazetteer maintenance - Ireland

Basic information

All the Irish Civil Parishes and Townlands appear in the gazetteer, but for many we do not have an actual location. So as a starting point it uses the centre of the county when we have no location. Where we have a parish location we use that as a starting location for the townland. All very approximate but it helps guide reasearchers to the appropriate area and as we add locations it gets nearer and nearer to the real value. So most of this work is to achieve that. There is also other documentation describing how it is achieved.

The status of each county section can be seen on the statistics page which helps identiy the amount of work required for each county.
Details of the format of the source files and basic techniques are described in the Gazetteer maintenance page.
Work already mostly done on developing the Irish counties is a useful adjunct.

Work required

The starting point for each county is to take a look at the Parishes column on the statistics page. If you hold the mouse over the numbers it explains what they represent. We want to get to the stage where there is just single number here where we've created a web page for each parish. If there is a name other than Phil Stringer in the Maintainers column then somebody is already working on this county.

In the end we want to get to the stage where there is nothing in the Approx column, and nothing in the No links column but it is easiest to do some of the tasks in a particular order.

Exact location for parish

In the Approx column, if there is a number marked Parishes with an approximate location this is the simplest one to resolve first. It is those parishes that had a location in our original data and location should be nearly right. Click the number for the names of the parishes, and click each name to see a page with links to online maps. Select This place shown on a Google map. Zoom the map appropriately and drag the icon to where you think the centre of that place is. You then have the correct value to go the csv file and can change the Approx field (column C)from Y to N. If you find the Google map does not take you to a place and ther is none nearby on the map, then perhaps then perhaps an error was made in the past. So use the instructions in the next step for finding the centre location of the parish.

Parishes where we need a location

These can be identified in the Parishes column, and are labelled Civil parishes for we don't yet have a location. Click the number and see the list of names. Click a name to take you to links to online maps, the ones in the south are much easier to do.

North - the Irish Times site is your friend as it shows where they all are on a map. It is not always easy to relate this to the modern Google map as it does not show place names. But you need to open a Google map in another browser tab and pan it and move the marker to then centre of the area shown on the Irish Times. You then have the centre location of the parish.
South - follow the link to the Irish Ordnance survey site. Use the search menu on the right, and select the county and then Historic parishes. That shows you a historic map of the parish along with its boundaries. Pan the map until the red cross is in the centre of the parish. Don't pan it again on subsequent clicks as it changes the location that you've just found!. I find it best then to go to the 'Preview map series' menu on the right and select 'Wind report' it changes to a modern map which is much easier to relate to the Google map. Zoom, without, panning so that you can see place names that you can relate to a Google map that you've open in another tab. So look at that the OS map with one eye and move the marker on the Google map to the same location. You then have the centre location of the parish.

Cut and paste the location (Lat/Lon) into column B in the csv file for that parish entry. Change the Approx field (column C) from Y to N. Now for all the townlands without a location in this parish, change the Approx field (column C) to P, and add the parish centre location to column B. This makes the most significant improvement to the gazetteer.

Places with no location at all

As updated versions of the csv file are updated the entries that need attention in the statistics file thankfully drop. At this point the Places with no location at all in the Approx column should now have disappeared. If not it is worth fixing these now as there will be very few left for this county. Sometimes you may see Market Town in column K with the name of a description in column L. Search the gazetteer for this place to read the description. It may tell you this is also a parish. If so copy column L into column L for the parish where it is missing and then you can probably just delete the duplicate Market Town entry. For others a Google search can help identify it and lead to a location.

Townlands with a parish centre location

We are now getting to the more tedious work, but once done it makes it much more useful for researchers. In the Approx column there is probably a significant number entitled Places with a parish location. This gives list of all the names which can be clicked to link to maps, such as Google centred on the parish centre, the value in that entry in the csv file. However going through this alphabetically can be slow and it isn't as easy to spot mistakes.

The easiest method I've found is to look in the csv file at all the entries in a parish, the smaller parishes being easier. Use the gazetteer to search for the entry for the parish and ask it to display all the places in the parish on a Google map. There will be townland names on the Google map which should match the ones you need to find. If none match then the parish location may be wrong! There do seem to townlands in other parishes with the same name as actual parishes. In the rare event that this has happened, then fix the parish centre location as described above. Drag and drop the marker on the map to find the location of the townlands and change the location field in the csv file and also change the Approx to N.

Start with the ones where we already have an approximate location as they show up reasonably easily to start with. Then compare the unknown townland names nearby on the Google map with the csv file. Where they match, drag and drop and you have another answer. Google does at times have two identical names close by. I tend to use the one in the larger font as that seems to be the older one. If both are the same size I drag to point mid-way between.

So what about the townlands that don't seem to be on the Google map? Well we can go to the Irish OS site and search for the townland and see where it is on the map. Be careful that the one you get is the one you want as there can be multiple townlands with the same name. Again a useful check is to look at adjacent ones on the map and see if they are in that parish in the cav file. The Irish OS technique can only be used for counties in the South as it doesn't have the countties and townlands in the search menu for the north. If it is a county in the North try the map provided by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency. We haven't found a way to link into a location so you will need to zoom and pan to the parish location and then search for townland names. There does seem to be better coverage than Google, and it appears to have more accurate locations.

There will be some very small townlands that the Irish OS site doesn't have in the menu. If it is an island, then browse the Irish OS 6" historic map for the parish and pan and zoom across the wet areas. It is easy to find island names there. For tiny townlands that aren't islands, try a Google search as somebody may have described the location. Otherwise you are left with panning the historic 6".

There is also a technique that will find the townlands plotted on a Google map. Go to https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@?dg=dbrw&newdg=1 and put the place and county in the search bar. It normally finds it and shows a marker on a map with a rough outline of the townland. What you want is the location of the marker. So right click next to the marker and a menu will appear. Select What's here? and the lat/lon is placed in the search bar. I tend to compare that with other places in the parish to make sure it is nearby and so the right one.

In the larger parishes I find it useful to put in a framework of townlands, upload the csv file, and wait for the nightly update. Things are then clearer on the map the next day. There is less clutter and it is easier to finds ones that still need doing. You need to zoom in for Google to make some visible.

The remaining places with approximate locations

That ones that are left with approximate locations come from the CIA World Fact Book. Some will be duplicates of existing places, some geographic features and some places smaller than townlands. So take each one in the list, and select nearby places on a Google map.

Look at nearby places marked on the map, and if a duplicate, remove it from the csv file.
I look at all Cross Roads and tend to remove any that match the name of a nearby townland. If it is a new name check on the Irish OS map and zoom in when it usually becomes visible. You then know the exact location and can drag/drop the Google marker. It is also useful loohing at the historic 6" to see which parish it was in, and put that name in the Parish field. The CIA didn't always get the spelling right, so make any adjustments that are needed.
If it is a named bridge, then I keep these setting the exact location, and filling in the Parish name.
Then any small places I treat in a similar way.

It is during this phase that the towlands with parish boundaries running through them become visible as we have two or more markers at the same spot. Zoom in to make it clearer and perhaps drag one to the side to check the names and the parishes.

We only want the user to be presented with a single place at that location. We don't multiple gazetteer entries for any of these as we are trying to specify where they are, not to document an administrative hierarchy. But we can do our best to tell the user that it is in multiple parishes. So for the first entry for the townland put the names of the parishes it lies in, in the parish field separating the names with a colon ':' character (without quotes). Then delete the entries from the other parishes. We then have a single place listing all the parishes it is in.

Gotchas

There do seem to be some parishes split across counties. If you find one, get in touch with Phil as he has devised a technique to handle it but has not yet implemented it.

How to find a present day house, street or place in the U.K.

The Post Office's Postcode Finder

The Post Office no longer supports their postcode finder tool. Instead they advise: for the most up-to-date address and postcode details, please use your preferred mapping service such as Google Maps or Apple Maps, or use a search engine.

UK and Ireland: Gazetteers

The GENUKI Gazetteer covers the whole of England, Wales and Scotland and can be searched by place-name (or part of a place-name) or Ordnance Survey Grid Reference (six-figure, eg NZ183848). If there are multiple place-names matching the name you enter, you will initially be presented with a drop-down list of the matching place-names with their distances and bearings from London, England.
A Gazetteer of British Place Names provided by the Association of British Counties. This comprehensive place-name index for Britain lists more than 50,000 places and gives the Ordnance Survey grid reference, the ancient or geographical County, and current local government information for each place name. There is comprehensive coverage of alternative spellings (including Welsh and Gaelic versions) and detailed notes specifically aimed at historians and genealogists. Appendices relate present day registration districts to local government areas and list those places which lay in a different "registration county" to their ancient County in the 19th century.
The GB1900 Project - a crowd-sourced historical gazetteer based on the 1:10560 Ordnance Survey mapping of Great Britain
GENUKI Church Database provides an online Parish Locator covering the whole of the UK. This includes facilities for listing other churches and parishes within any specified distance of the parish church.
UK Placename Finder from Popular Archaeology includes details of 160,000 UK places.
The archived copy of the BBC Domesday Project Reloaded website provides a method of searching the contents of the original BBC Domesday Gazetteer disk - a huge crowd-sourced description of the UK, dating from 1986 - by using the TNA Discovery Catalogue's results filtering facility.

Some historical gazetteers:

Lewis, Samuel. A Topographical Dictionary of England. 4 vols. London: S. Lewis and Co., 1831

Southall, Humphrey; Aucott, Paula; Fleet, Christopher; Pert, Tom; Stoner, Michael. GB1900: engaging the public in very large scale gazetteer construction from the Ordnance Survey “County Series” 1:10,560 mapping of Great Britain. Journal of Map & Geography Libraries, Vol. 13, No. 1, (2017), p. 7-28. [PDF]

Wilson, John M. The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. Six Volumes. Edinburgh, Scotland: A. Fullerton, 1870

The National Gazetteer: A Topographical Dictionary of the British Islands. Virtue and Co., London (1868) 3 vols. [Full text - vol 1 (A-E), vol. 2 (F-M), vol. 3 (N-Z)]

Gazetteer of the British Isles. Edinburgh, Scotland: John Bartholomew and Sons, Ltd., 1966.

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England

UK and Ireland

GENUKI Gazetteer maintenance - Ireland

Basic information

Work required

Exact location for parish

Parishes where we need a location

Places with no location at all

Townlands with a parish centre location

The remaining places with approximate locations

Gotchas

The Post Office's Postcode Finder