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CHAPTEE XI.— GOOSNAEGH. 



Fishwick's Goosaaj'^/j - Cookson's Goosnargh— Origin of name— Roman roads — Domes- 

 day book— Lords of the manor— The De Hoghtons— The Catteralls— Agriculture — 

 Landowners— Agricultural statistics— Cakesand roads — The "village" of Goosnargh 

 — E. Kirk on the " Nook"— Parish Church— Tablets— Value of living— Vicars"- 

 Rev. W. Shilleto— Rev. C. O. Gordon: "An amateur Napoleon" —The Hill 

 Catholic Church— List of Priests - Decline of Catholicism— Rev. M. Brierley— 

 Dean House Chapel -Newhouse Chapel : List of Priests— Mr. GUlow on the 

 Church -Rev. John Cai-ter- Canon Gillow--A characteristic Church Parson — 

 Independent Church : List of Ministers— Rev. J. Hargreaves— The sworn men — 

 Local celebrities: Rev. W. Marsden— Rev. G. Beesley -Rev. E. Clarkson— Rev. 

 J. Clarkson— Rev. R. Arrowsmith— Henry Kirk— Edward Kirk—R. Cookson— 

 Peter Whittle— Whittingham Asylum— Goosnargh Hospital— Old halls— Dun Cow 

 Rib Farm- -St. Anne's Well— Inglewhite green and cross — Manufactures— Area — 

 Population. 



I do not intend to enter at any length into the history of Goosnargh, 

 as two histories — or rather only one, in reality — have already been 

 published of this famous agricultural district. I say only one history 

 really, because Mr. E. Cookson's Goosnarr/h, Past and Present, can 

 hardly be called anything but a " collection.'" Fishwick's Histonj of 

 Goosnarffh, although strikingly incomplete, is, as must be well-known, 

 not only interesting, but also very reliable. I am the more confirmed 

 in my intentions by the fact that Col. Fishwick has informed me that 

 it is extremely probable a second edition of his history will before long 

 be published. 



This chapter, then, will deal very briefly with the history of the 

 Church, the sworn men, and the old families, for a full account of 

 which I must refer the reader to Fishwick's work. I shall, however, 

 give what information I can about the Catholic and Nonconformist 

 Churches and other matters, about which Fishwick says extremely 

 little. 



No mention of CFoosnargh is made before the time of William the 

 Conqueror, but most likely the village existed long before this, as the 

 name would lead us to suppose. Fishwick 'says : "Most antiquaries 

 agree that it is a compound of the two woi-ds ' argh ' or ' arf ' the 

 Swedish for a ploughed field, and goosen the old Saxon plural of Goose. 

 The original meaning of the word is therefore Qoosefield or Goose- 

 green." 



^I notice that, although Mr. Rd. graceful compliments paid to him in the 



Cookson quotes a little from Fishwick, preface of his "History of Goosnargh" 



he makes no acknowledgment of the — rather a strange omission. 



