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is the gateway, with a semi-circular moulded arch, enriched with 

 the chevron, a characteristic Norman ornament, and over it is 

 the date 1036. 



Brerecroft, Bercroft or Barcroft was from the earliest times to 

 which records extend down to the middle of the 17th century the 

 property and residence of the family of that name. In the year 

 1668 it was conveyed by his daughter, Elizabeth, to Henry 

 Bradshaw, of Marple Hall. Maiy Bradshaw, his daughter, 

 married first Wm. Pimlot, and had a son, John, who possessed 

 the estate but died in 1761. The second husband was Nathaniel 

 Isherwood, of Bolton le Moors, whose grandson, Thos. Bradshaw 

 Isherwood, came into possession on the death of the last Pimlot, 

 and died, unmarried, in 1791. His exors. in the year 1795, sold 

 the hall and demesne of Barcroft to Charles Towneley, ancestor 

 of the present owner. 



The time at my disposal is too short to allow my giving a 

 detailed description of many other most interesting examples of 

 the old halls. I must content myself with merely naming the 

 following " The Holme," Ormerod, Extwistle, Monk Hall, Catlow 

 and Burwain's, Heysandforth, FuUedge, Danes House, Bank 

 House, Healey Hall, The Old Lodge, Eoyle, Pendle, Old Laund, 

 Shuttleworth Hall, and Bank House and the White Bear at 

 Barrowford, 



AN EVENING WITH THE GREAT TONE POETS : 



HAYDN, MOZAET AND BEETHOVEN. 

 Director: G. CROMPTON. April 12th, 1887. 



The winter session which has furnished an admirable series 

 of instructive and entertaining meetings, was brought to a close 

 with a Musical Soiree, given under the direction of a famous 

 local Violinist, Mr. George Crompton. The entertainment 

 was appropriately entitled ' ' An evening with the great tone 

 poets, Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven." The performers were — 

 1st Violin, Mr. Crompton ; 2nd Violin, Mr. Titherington ; Viola, 

 Mr. Booth; Violoncello, Mr. E. Crompton; and the selections, 

 which were given with the utmost precision, taste and skill, were — 

 Quartett in G, Op. 54, No. 2 from Haydn ; Quartett in D Minor, 

 No. 2 by Mozart ; and Quartett in Minor, No. 4, by Beethoven. 

 Before the performance, Mr. Crompton said it was now generally 

 admitted that the study and practice of good music, and Ustening 

 to it, is very beneficial to the mind, and a great vehicle of in- 

 struction. Musicians, real and mythical, have always exercised 



