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Lancashire Gazetteer, Joseph Aston, 1808 - Appendix

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APPENDIX.

 

AIGHTON, the township, situated on the angle formed by the rivers Hodder and Ribble, N.W. of Whalley.

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AINSWORTH, (erroneously called "Unsworth" by Mr. Yates, in his large map of Lancashire) the township N. of Radcliff

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Ainsworth Hall, in Ainsworth, one of the first places in Lancashire, where that important branch of British manufactures, calico printing, was carried on

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AINTREE, 6 miles N. of Liverpool

W.D.

ANDERTON, the township adjoining on the N.E. to Blackrod

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BOSWICK, 2 miles E.N.E. of Warton

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BURROW, 1 mile E. of Whittington

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Foxholes, near Rochdale, the seat of I. Entwistle, Esq.

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HEATH CHARNOCK, 21/2 miles S.S.E. of Chorley

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High Haw Dale, (Furness) 11/2 mile N. of Monk Coniston

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HUTTON, 3 miles W.S.W. of Preston

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KELLAMERGH, 1 mile N.W. of Warton chapel

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Land of Nod, in Pendleton

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MONK CONISTON, (Furness) 2 miles W. of Hawkshead

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NIBTHWAITE, (Furness) the township N. of Coulton

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Presto Lee, 4 miles S.E. of Bolton-le-Moors

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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

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ROBY, 1 mile W.S.W. of Huyton

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RUMSWORTH, 21/2 miles S.W. of Bolton-le-Moors

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THORNTON, 2 miles N. of Poulton-in-the-Fylde

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WESHAM, 1 mile N. of Kirkham

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WITTON, the township W. of Blackburn

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WRAYTON, 1 mile N.E. of Melling

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Yew Tree, (Furness) 11/2 mile N. of Monk Coniston

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Yewdale Cragg, (Furness) a mountain 1 mile N. of Coniston church

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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

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Read- HOWICK, 2 miles W.S.W. of Preston

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From- "IREBY, (Furness) the township south of Leck

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Dele- (Furness)

 

For- "WARBRICK, 2 miles W. of Preston

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Read- WARBRICK, 2 miles W. of Poulton-in-the-Fylde

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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.

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