A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



Five thegns held SEXTONE [Sefton]. 1 There 

 (is) i hide. It was worth 16 shillings. 



Uctred held CHIRCHEDELE [Kirkdale]. There 

 (is) half a hide quit from every due (consuetude) 

 except geld. It was worth 10 shillings. 



Winestan held WALETONE [Walton-on-the- 

 Hill].* There (are) 2 carucates of land and 

 3 bovates. It was worth 8 shillings. 



Elmaer held LIDERLANT [Down Litherland]. 

 There (is) half a hide. It was worth 8 shillings. 



Three thegns held HINNE [Ince Blundell] as 

 3 manors. There (is) half a hide. It was worth 

 8 shillings. 



Ascha held TORENTUN [Thornton]. There 

 (is) half a hide. It was worth 8 shillings. 



Three thegns held MELE [Ravensmeols] as 

 3 manors. There (is) half a hide. 8 It was 

 worth 8 shillings. 



Uctred held ULVENTUNE [Little Woolton]. 

 There (are) 2 carucates of land and half a 

 league of wood. It was worth 64 pence. 



Edelmund held ESMEDUNE [Smithdown].* 

 There (is) i carucate of land. It was worth 

 32 pence. 



Three thegns held ALRETUNE [Allerton] as 

 3 manors. There (is) half a hide. It was worth 

 8 shillings. 



Uctred held SPEC [Speke]. There (are) 

 2 carucates of land. It was worth 64 pence. 



Four radmans held CILDEWELLE [Childwall] 

 as 4 manors. There (is) half a hide. It was 

 worth 8 shillings. There was a priest there 

 having half a carucate of land in alms. 8 



Ulbert held WIBALDESLEI [part of Much 

 Woolton]. There (are) 2 carucates of land. It 

 was worth 64 pence. 



Two thegns held UVETONE [part of Much 

 Woolton] as 2 manors. There (is) i carucate of 

 land. It was worth 30 pence. 7 



1 The 5 manors in Sefton embraced the town- 

 ship of Sefton with the hamlets of Lunt and 

 Netherton. 



8 There was also one of the 6 berewicks of the 

 manor of West Derby, also embracing Aintree, the 

 modern township of Fazakerley, and the hamlet of 

 Newsham. The church of Walton had also some 

 glebe land here, perhaps 5 bovates. The whole land 

 of Walton was probably one hide. 



8 Interlined. 



* Now involved in Toxteth Park. 



6 As in the case of Bootle, the half carucate 

 would be in addition to, not included in, the half 

 hide. 



6 This name is entirely lost. It does not occur 

 elsewhere. The 12- 1 3th century rating of Much 

 Woolton (3 carucates) shows that the place is involved 

 in that township. 



1 Perhaps a clerical error for 32 pence. 



Leving held WAVRETREU [Wavertree]. There 

 (are) 2 carucates of land. It was worth 64 pence. 



Four thegns held BOLTELAI [Bootle] as 

 4 manors. There (are) 2 carucates of land. It 

 was worth 64 pence. A priest had I carucate 

 of land (here belonging) to the church of Wale- 

 tone [Walton-on-the-Hill]. 8 



Uctred held ACHETUN [Aughton]. There 

 (is) I carucate of land. It was worth 32 pence. 



Three thegns held FORNEBEI [Formby] as 

 3 manors. There (are) 4 carucates of land. It 

 was worth 10 shillings. 



Three thegns held EINULVESDEL [Ainsdale]. 

 There (are) 2 carucates of land. It was worth 

 64 pence. 



Steinulf held HOILAND [Upholland], There 

 (are) 2 carucates of land. It was worth 64 

 pence. 



Uctred held DALTONE [Dalton]. There (is) 

 I carucate of land. It was worth 32 pence. 



The same Uctred (held) SCHELMERESDELE 

 [Skelmersdale]. There (is) i carucate of land. 

 It was worth 32 pence. 



The same Uctred held LITERLAND [Uplither- 

 land]. 9 There (is) I carucate of land. It was 

 worth 32 pence. 



Wibert held ERBNGERMELES [Argarmeols]. 10 

 There (are) 2 carucates of land. It was worth 

 8 shillings. This land was quit except of geld. 11 



Five thegns held OTEGRIMELB [North Meols]. 

 There (is) half a hide. It was worth 10 



shillings. 



Uctred held LATUNE [Lathom] with i bere- 

 wick. There (is) half a hide. Wood(land) 

 i league long and half (a league) broad. It was 

 worth 10 shillings and 8 pence. 



Uctred held HIRLETUN [Hurleton] " and half 

 MERRETUN " [Marton Hall]. There (is) half a 

 hide. It was worth 10 shillings and 8 pence. 



Godeve held MELINGE [Melling]. There 



(are) 2 carucates of land. Wood(land) I league 



long and half a league broad. It was worth 

 10 shillings. 



8 Later records prove that Bootle and Linacre, re- 

 presenting these four manors, consisted of 3 carucates 

 of land. The church land was, therefore, not in- 

 cluded in the 2 carucates. 



9 Now involved in Aughton. 



10 A township partly lost in the sea and partly in- 

 volved in Birkdale. 



11 This note applies to this and the remaining 

 manors of the hundred. See the Introduction. 



18 Comprising the joint townships of Scarisbrick and 

 Hurleton, the latter now involved in Scarisbrick. 

 18 Now involved in the township of Burscough. 



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