A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



Starkie of Huntroyde. 17 It has now become a 

 cemetery belonging to the Bolton Corporation. 



For the worship of the Established Church Christ 

 Church was consecrated in 1896 ; the vicar of Deane 

 is the patron. 



HALLIWELL 



Haliwell, 1246; Harywal, 1273; Halewell, 

 Haliwelle, 1277-8. 



Halliwell is divided into two portions by a brook 

 which runs east into the Tonge ; the southern por- 

 tion, Halliwell proper, adjoins Bolton, of which it is 

 becoming a suburb ; the north-western, Smithills, is 

 still rural. The whole has an area of 2,479^ acres. 1 

 Halliwell proper has a breadth of about two miles ; 

 the surface rises a little from east to west. Smithills 

 stretches about three miles in a north-westerly direction, 

 rising steadily from under 5006. to over 1,475, on 

 the border of Horwich. To the north of Deane Brook, 

 almost to the limit of the township towards Bolton, 

 the geological formation consists of the Millstone 

 Grit. The town of Halliwell and Smithills Hall lie 

 upon the Lower Coal Measures. 



The principal road is that from Bolton to Horwich 

 and Chorley, on both sides of which dwelling-houses 

 are spreading ; another road leads more northerly 

 through the Smithills portion. 



The population in 1901 was 25,849, but this 

 includes Heaton also. 



Halliwell has for a century been famous for its 

 bleach works ; there are also cotton mills. 



A local board was formed in 1863.* In 1877 

 part of the township was taken into the borough of 

 Bolton. In 18943 separate civil parish was formed 

 for Smithills, but four years later this also was absorbed. 



Tokens issued in 1652 and 1666 are extant. 3 

 In the latter year seventy-five hearths were assessed 

 to the tax ; the manor-house at Smithills (Sir Row- 

 land Bellasyse) had nineteen hearths, but no other 

 dwelling had more than four. 4 



The manor of HALLIWELL was 

 MANORS originally a member of the lordship of 

 Barton, 5 and seems at first to have been 

 part of the possessions of the Pendlebury family. 6 

 William son of Roger de Pendlebury in 1289 granted 

 to Richard son and heir of David de Hulton the 

 whole vill of Halliwell with its appurtenances, with 

 the homages of Robert de Shoresworth and Hugh de 

 Halliwell for the lands they held ; an annual rent of 

 a silver penny was payable. 7 In 1302 it was held by 

 Richard de Hulton of the lord of Manchester by the 

 tenth part of a knight's fee. 8 Three oxgangs of land 

 here contributed to the sustenance of the foresters of 

 Horwich. 9 In 13256 Richard de Hulton granted 

 to his brother John land in Hulton and Westhough- 

 ton, 10 and this is supposed to be the John de Hulton 

 of Halliwell, whose son and heir Richard was in 1351 

 contracted to marry Margery daughter of Adam the 

 Ward of Sharpies. 11 Nothing further is known of 

 this branch of the Hulton family, but in 1473 Robert 

 Hulton held the lordship of Halliwell by the ancient 

 service. 11 Adhering to the Yorkist side his lands 

 were confiscated in 1487 and conferred by Henry VII 

 on the Earl of Derby. 13 The manor descended regu- 

 larly for a century ; in 1601 it was held by Edward 

 Stanley. 14 About that time it seems to have been 

 sold, part going to Robert Marsh of Halliwell, 15 whose 

 son-in-law Samuel Shipton, clerk, was in possession in 

 1638 ; 16 afterwards it descended to Samuel Aspinall, 17 

 and then disappears from notice. 18 



SMITHILLS was held by the Hospitallers, and 



*7 Huntroyde D. ; PaL of Lane. Feet 

 of F. bdle. 295, m. 89. It descended 

 with Huntroyde till 1879, when it was 

 sold to the Bolton Corporation. 



1 The Census Report of 1901 gives the 

 area of Halliwell (with Heaton) as 4,229 

 acres, including 1 24 of inland water. 



a Land. Gaz. 27 Nov. 1863. 



8 Lanes, and Cbes. Antiq. Sac, v, 78 ; 

 William Boardman issued one. 



4 Subs. R. bdle. 250, no. 9, Lanes. 



* Lanes. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), i, 54. 



6 Roger de Pendlebury in 1246 re- 

 covered seisin of lands in Halliwell against 

 Randle de Bolton, Mabel widow of Henry 

 de Bolton, Adam de Heaton, Robert and 

 Matthew his brothers, and others ; Assize 

 R. 404, m. i. 



Amabel widow of Elias son of Roger 

 the Clerk was in 1273 petitioner respect- 

 ing lands in Pendlebury and Halliwell 

 Roger de Pendlebury being defendant ; 

 De Banco R. 5, m. 102. 



7 Towneley MS. GG, no. 1808. In 

 1 303 Alice widow of William de Pendle- 

 bury claimed dower in nineteen messuages, 

 180 acres of land, &c., against Margery 

 widow of Richard de Hulton, and against 

 Roger and William, sons of Richard ; De 

 Banco R. 164, m. 206. 



8 Lana. Inq, and Extents, i, 3 14. 



9 Mamecestre (Chet. Soc.), 377. 

 11 Hulton Pedigree, 5. 



11 Ibid. ; three parcels of land, called 

 Farnegoy, Rethfield, and Broxope in Halli- 

 well, were granted to Richard and Mar- 

 gery and their issue, with remainder to 

 Richard's brother Roger. 



12 Mamecestre, 480 ; the service was 

 the tenth part of a knight's fee, puture, 

 a rent of %d., and 8</. for ward of the 

 castle. 



18 Robert Hulton had taken part in the 

 Simnel rising, and was attainted after the 

 battle of Stoke ; Rolls of Parl. vi, 397. 

 Early in 1489 his manors of Halliwell 

 and Smithills and various lands were 

 granted to the Earl of Derby ; Pat 4 Hen. 

 VII, 25 Feb. 



14 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 63, no. 

 281. William, Earl of Derby, and Edward 

 Stanley, esq., were the deforciants, the 

 property being described as the manor of 

 Halliwell, with twenty messuages, &c., 

 300 acres of land, &c., and 21. rent in 

 Halliwell and Smithills. 



15 The plaintiffs in the fine were the 

 feoffees of Robert Marsh. He died in 

 1 6 24 holding lands in Atherton of Thomas 

 Ireland and the reversion of a messuage, 

 40 acres of land, &c., in Halliwell after 

 the death of Alice, Countess of Derby, 

 widow of the fifth earl, held of the king 

 as the hundredth part of a knight's fee ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxv, no. 14. 



A rent of 13 91. 6d. continued to be 

 payable from the manor of Halliwell to 

 the Earl of Derby, and in 1653 it was 

 sold, together with the manor of Bolton, 

 as part of the confiscated estates of the 

 seventh earl, to Charles Worsley ; Royalist 

 Comp. Papers (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 

 ii, 240. This rent was recovered, and in 

 1715 formed part of the estate of the 

 Derby family ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. 

 bdle. 276, m. 75. 



16 Ibid. bdle. 129, no. 1 3 ; the manor of 



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Halliwell and land, &c., there and in 

 Atherton were held by Samuel Shipton, 

 clerk, and Abigail his wife, daughter and 

 heir of Robert Marsh. An inquiry re- 

 specting it was made in 1641, after the 

 death of Abigail, when her estate was 

 described as three-twentieths of the manor, 

 held of the Earl of Derby by a rent of 

 33*. $4. ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxix, 

 no. 69. 



Samuel Shipton, M.A., of Brasenose 

 College, Oxford, was rector of Alderley, 

 Cheshire, from 1630 to 1643, when he 

 was ejected as a Royalist ; he was rein- 

 stated in 1660 and held this benefice till 

 his death in 1670. He recorded a pedigree 

 in 1663. Abigail, his first wife, was born 

 in 1614 and died in 1640, and bore a son 

 and three daughters, who all died young. 

 Shortly afterwards the husband married 

 again ; Earwaker, East Ches. ii, 633, 634. 



l ? According to the Inq. p.m. of 1641 

 Abigail Shipton's heir was her aunt Mar- 

 garet's son, Samuel Aspinall, who received 

 the manor of Halliwell and lands there 

 and in Atherton in 1651 from Samuel 

 Shipton and Elizabeth his (second) wife, 

 and Sir Henry Delves, bart., and Roger 

 Wilbraham, junior, these being probably 

 trustees ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 

 147, m. 135. 



18 A fine of 1747 concerning lands in 

 Halliwell, Wigan, &c., also included the 

 chief rents of the township ; the defor- 

 ciants were Edward Hurst, John Rothwell 

 and Margaret his wife, William Battersby 

 and Jane his wife ; while the plaintiffs 

 were Richard Rothwell and Thoma 

 Marsh ; ibid. bdle. 339, m. 93. 



