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share then payable to this township, was distributed to the poor of the 

 township of Dilworth, but this practice was discontinued, as it was 

 found not to be consistent with the directions of the donor. 



THOMAS Houghton's chaeity. 



The particulars of Thomas Houghton's charity, under which the 

 poor of this township, with the poor of the township of Elston, in the 

 parish of Preston, are entitled to one-fourth of the rents of a farm, 

 situate in Woodplumpton and Broughton, will be found in our 11th 

 report, p. 331. Of this fourth part of the rent, one-third is given to 

 the poor of Elston, and the remainder to the poor of Alston. This 

 division is very ancient, and the poor in this township are much more 

 numerous than those in Elston. 



The sum of £10 is transmitted by Eiehard Walmslej', one of the 

 trustees, to one of the principal inhabitants in this township, and it is 

 distributed on St. Thomas's Day, by the minister, township officers, 

 and principal inhabitants, amongst all the poor in this township, 

 together with the sum of 8s., being the yearly produce of Jenkinson's 

 charity, hereafter mentioned, in sums varying from Is. 6d. to 7s. 



The present value of Richard Houghton's charity is £14 7s. 6d. ; 

 out of which £3 12s. 6d. each is paid to the Vicar of Preston and the 

 Vicar of Samlesbury. The balance is distributed yearly in sums of 

 Is. 6d. to 4s. to the poor people of Alston. 



Thomas Houghton's charity amounted last year to £10. 



jenkinson's charity. 



There is an entrj' in a book belonging to this township, dated in 

 1777, and signed by several of the inhabitants, stating that, as £10, 

 called Jenkinson's money, left to be divided amongst poor house- 

 keepers at Christmas, had been expended for the town's use, it was 

 agreed that the overseer should distribute every year to poor house- 

 keepers 88. yearly from the town for ever, or the money made up and 

 put out again. 



The annual sum of 8s. is paid out of the poor's rates by the over- 

 seer, and distributed with Thomas Houghton's charity, as before-stated. 



