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cricket ground, gymnasium, and an efficient band. Balls, concerts, 

 and theatrical performances are given by amateurs from the surround- 

 ing districts, and are mucli enjoyed by the poor lunatics. There is a 

 large farm in connection with the asylum, and vegetables and fruit are 

 grown in great quantities.^ A tramway has just been completed 

 between the asylum and Grimsargh station, on the Preston and Long- 

 ridge Railway line. We venture to hope that this tramway will, in a 

 short time, be open to the people of Whittingham and Goosnargh, as 

 in such a case the district would be largely developed. 



Goosnargh Hospital, founded in 1735 by "Dr." William Bushell, 

 well described by Whittaker as "the pleasantest and most accom- 

 modating eleemosynary foundation," provides a home for decayed 

 gentlemen or gentlewomen, from certain specified places, who are not 

 paupers or Catholics. The present number of inmates is 30. The 

 Trustees are : — Dr. Hammond, J. P., Messrs. W. P. Park, J. P., R. 

 Pedder, J.P., and John Smith. 



There are other numerous charities for the poor. 



The old halls in Goosnargh are : — Middleton Hall, long the seat of 

 the Eigbys ; Bulsnape Hall, the residence of the Catteralls and the 

 Fishwicks ; Ashes, over the front door of which is a singular looking 

 figure ; Inglewhite Lodge, the ancestral home of the Sidgreaves 

 family; Whinney Clough ; Whittingham Hall ; Chingle (Gingle) Hall, 

 once the residence of the old and powerful family of the Singletons ; 

 and Dun Cow Eib, built in 1616 by Adam Hoghtou. To this latter 

 house a similar story to the one related in Chapter IX is attached. A 

 full accoxmt of this house is given in Gillow's Hatjdoch Papers. 



Near Inglewhite is a curious spring called St. Anne's Well. At the 

 bottom of it there is a stone bearing the inscription, Fons Sancta Anna. 

 Dr. Leigh, who visited Lancashire in 1699, gives a good description of 

 the spring. He compares it to the famous Harrogate waters. 



In the centre of Inglewhite Green (one of the most perfect examples 

 of a village green in Lancashire) are the remains of a market cross 

 raised above the ground by five steps. It is upwards of ten feet high, 



'In the course of a nsit paid to the with the general air of comfort— or 



asylum a few weeks ago, I was struck rather luxuriousness— which prevailed. 



