A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



RUMWORTH 



Rumh worth, 1242 ; Rumworth, 1278 ; Rum- 

 \vrth, 1292 ; Romeworthe, 1346. 



Rumworth is the central township, and contains the 

 parish church. It measures about 2^ miles from east 

 to west, but the average breadth is a little over a mile ; 

 the area is 1,244 acres. The River Croal forms the 

 northern boundary, and from it the surface rises to 

 the south. In the western part of the township is the 

 reservoir called Rumworth Lodge. 



The main road is that from Bolton to Wigan, 

 passing by Deane Church ; to the east is that from 

 Bolton to Tyldesley, on which is the hamlet or suburb 

 of Daubhill. The London and North Western 

 Company's line from Bolton to Kenyon crosses the 

 eastern end, with a station called Rumworth and 

 Daubhill. 



In 1901 the population of Rumworth and Middle 

 Hulton was 14,053. 



Agriculture is still an important industry ; there are 

 collieries ; and cotton manufactures and bleach works 

 are carried on. 



The Bolton Industrial School is in Rumworth. 



Part of the township was incorporated with Bolton 

 in 1872 ; the remainder was added in 1898. 



RUMWORTH was in 1212 joined 

 M4NOR with Lostock in Bolton as the third part 

 of a knight's fee, held of the lords of 

 Manchester. 1 In later times the Andertons of Lostock 

 claimed a manor in Rumworth,* but the Hultons of 

 Hulton and Farnworth were usually said to hold the 

 third part of a fee in Rumworth and Lostock, per- 

 forming suit of court and rendering for sake fee 4*. 6</., 

 for ward of Lancaster Castle 3/. 6d., and puture of 

 the serjeant and foresters. 3 The last-named service 

 was commuted into payments of zSs. and i6s. re- 



spectively from the fourteen oxgangs of land in Rum- 

 worth, and the eight oxgangs of Lostock. 4 



With Farnworth the manor of Rumworth was pur- 

 chased by the Hultons of Over Hulton, and has 

 descended in this family. 5 Sir Charles Tempest, the 

 heir of the Andertons, had a large estate in the town- 

 ship. 



The local surname occurs, 6 but nothing is known of 

 the family. 



The Hospital of the Savoy had a rent-charge of 

 5 marks out of the manor of Rumworth. 7 



The contributors to the land tax in 1789 were 

 Henry Blundell, who paid nearly five-sixths, Black- 

 burne, and William Hulton. 8 



The inclosure award is preserved at Preston. 



The parish church of Deane has been described 

 above. St. George the Martyr's, Daubhill, was built 

 in 1880 ; the patronage is vested in trustees. 9 



The school at Deane was endowed in 1636 ; it 

 probably existed already. 



HORWICH 



Harewych, 1277 ; Horewyche, 1327. 



The township of Horwich has an area of 3,254^- 

 acres, 1 and measures about 3 miles from north to 

 south, by 2 miles across. The highest point, 1,475 ft., 

 is in the extreme north ; from this the ground slopes 

 downward to the south, but most rapidly to the west, 

 where about 3 50 ft. is reached. Along the south- 

 western border the Coal Measures occur, on Wilders 

 and Horwich Moors the Millstone Grit, and in the 

 intermediate slopes the Gannister Beds or Lower Coal 

 Measures. 



A little to the south of the Rivington Reservoirs 

 lies the town of Horwich, built at the junction of two 



the latter service was a copyhold farm 

 (Bannister's) in Tottington Lower End, 

 let at 38 a year, which sum was distri- 

 buted in gifts of money from lot. to 2os. 

 each. The rent has increased to 60 a 

 year, and is now distributed in doles of 

 blankets, sheets, and flannel of the value 

 of js. each. 



John Laithwaite in 1728 left 10 for 

 a bread charity. For some time IQJ. a 

 year, afterwards increased to 2OJ., was 

 given in bread out of the rents of the 

 Crompton Charity, it being understood 

 that the capital had been expended in 

 improvements of that estate. The special 

 payments for bread had ceased by 1828, it 

 being thought better to use the rent other- 

 wise. 



1 Lanes. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc. Lanes, 

 and Ches.), i, 5 5. The heirs of Thomas de 

 Pierpoint then held them, and Richard de 

 Pierpointin 1242 ; ibid. 154. Rumworth 

 and Lostock together had three plough- 

 lands. 



a See for instance Pal. of Lane. Feet of 

 F. bdle. 156, m. 174, relating to a settle- 

 ment in 1654. The Andertons' title was 

 derived from the Athertons of Atherton, 

 who had lands in the township, held (with 

 Lostock, &c.) by a rent of nd^ but do 

 not appear to have claimed a manor ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, 39 ; viii, 

 40. 



Richard son of Thomas de Pierpoint 

 was defendant to a claim for a tenement 

 in Rumworth in 1276 ; Assize R. 1238, 

 m. 31. In 1 282 and 1302 William son of 

 William de Anderton and Almaria his 



wife held Rumworth [and Lostock] for 

 the third part of a knight's fee ; Lanes. Inq. 

 and Extents, i, 248, 314. In 1292 William 

 de Anderton and Almarica his wife were 

 defendants jointly with John de Bradshaw 

 and Cecily his wife, in a claim put forward 

 by Robert de Sunderland respecting land 

 and a share of the waste in Rumworth ; 

 Almarica was the daughter and heir of 

 Thomas de Pierpoint, while Cecily had 

 dower ; Assize R. 408, m. 9. 



The Athertons' holding in Lostock and 

 Rumworth was the subject of disputes in 

 1337 and 1347 ; ibid. 1424, m. 8 ; 1435, 

 m. 1 8. 



8 The title of the Hultons appears to 

 have been derived from a purchase made 

 by Richard de Hulton in 1310, Almarica 

 or Ameria, widow of William de Anderton, 

 selling the manor ; Final Cone. (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 4. 



The details in the text are from the 

 survey of 1320, Richard de Hulton being 

 tenant ; Mamecestre (Chet. Soc.), 288, 

 341. In 1331 Richard de Hulton claimed 

 certain tenements in Rumworth from 

 John la Warre and Joan his wife, but did 

 not proceed ; Assize R. 1404, m. 27. 



John de Hulton, of Manchester and of 

 Farnworth, received lands in Rumworth 

 from Richard de Hulton, who made a 

 division of his estates about 13 34; ibid. 

 1435, m - 4- In 1346 the heirs of 

 John son of Henry de Hulton were re- 

 turned asholdingthe third part of a fee in 

 Rumworth and Lostock which the Pier- 

 points had formerly held ; Feod. of 20 Edw. 

 Ill in Harl. MS. 2042, fol. 181. In 1473 



John Hulton held the lordship of Rum- 

 worth by the ancient services, rendering 

 for sake fee 31., and for castle ward 

 2J. 4</. two-thirds of the earlier pay- 

 ments; Mamecestre, 480, 496. The manor 

 remained with the Farnworth branch of 

 the family till the middle of the I7th 

 century. Thus William Hulton of Farn- 

 worth was in 1556 found to have held it 

 of the lord of Manchester by the third 

 part of a knight's fee and the rent of 

 4*. 6d. ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. x, 32 ; 

 see also Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, 

 and Ches.), iii, 470. The manors of 

 Farnworth and Rumworth were subjects 

 of fines in 1658 and 1659 ; Pal. of Lane. 

 Feet of F. bdle. 163, m. 67 ; 164, m. 52. 



4 Extent of 1322 in Mamecestre, 377, 

 401 ; the remaining two oxgangs in Rum- 

 worth must have been the glebe of Deane 

 Chapel. 



5 The manor of Rumworth is expressly 

 included with Over Hulton in a settle- 

 ment of 1738 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. 

 bdle. 321, m. 3. 



6 In 1292 Ellen, widow of Richard de 

 Lostock, alleged that Mabel, wife of 

 Henry de Rumworth, was keeping two 

 charters from her; Assize R. 408, m. 13. 

 Richard son of Henry de Rumworth had 

 lund in Middleton near Bury in 1317; 

 Final Cone, ii, 22. 



"' Ch. Gds. (Chet. Soc.), 30. 



8 Land tax returns at Preston. 



9 For a legacy to it see End. Charities 

 Rep. (Bolton Borough) for 1904, p. 129. 



1 3,257, including 39 of inland water ; 

 Census Rep. 1901. 



