shortly afterwards Edgeworth as a manor disappears 

 from the records. 6 



Among the landowners named from time to time 

 in pleadings, &c., are the Edgeworths, 7 Bartons of 

 Smithills, 8 Asshawes, 9 Entwisles, 10 and others. 11 The 

 land was divided into a number of small tene- 

 ments. 1 * 



At Whowell's Farm, near the northern boundary, 

 dwelt the executioner of Lord Derby in 1651." 



The moor was inclosed in 1797." 



Church of England services are held in the school- 

 room. The Wesleyan Methodists have a chapel, built 

 in 1863. The Congregationalists' first chapel was 

 erected in 1822, and replaced by the present one in 

 1867." 



ENTWISLE 



Hennetwisel, 1212; Ennetwysel, 1278; Entwy- 

 sel, Entwysil, 1292. 



The greatest height in this township, about 1,080 ft., 

 is reached at Soot Hill, near the centre of the northern 

 boundary. To the east there is a valley, and then 

 the ground rises again, reaching a similar height on the 

 north-east boundary. From these points the ground 

 slopes southward. The area is 1,668 acres. The popu- 

 lation in 1901 was numbered with that of Edgeworth, 



in which township Entwisle was merged by the 

 Bolton, Turton, and Westhoughton Extension Act, 

 1898. 



The Bury and Blackburn road crosses the eastern 

 part of the township, passing through the hamlet called 

 Wayoh Fold. A minor road goes west through the 

 hamlets of Entwisle, Edgefold, and Cadshaw. Cran- 

 berry Moss lies in the north-west corner, and Aushaw 

 in the north-east. Bradshaw Brook, which forms the 

 southern boundary, has been transformed into a reser- 

 voir of the Bolton Water Works. The Lancashire 

 and Yorkshire Company's Bolton and Blackburn line 

 passes north through the centre of the township, and 

 has a station called Entwisle ; there is a long tunnel 

 at the northern boundary, passing under Whittlestone 

 Head. 



The soil is mostly in pasture. There are calico 

 print works, and bricks are made. There are also 

 stone quarries. 



There were thirty-six hearths to contribute to the 

 hearth tax in 1666 ; Francis Norbury's house had the 

 largest number, seven. 1 



Two oxgangs in Edgeworth, or a fourth 

 M4NOR part of the manor, were by the father of 

 the William de Radcliffe living in 1212 

 given to Robert de Entwisle in marriage with his 

 daughter.* This was no doubt the township of EN- 

 TWISLE, but the ' manor ' of Entwisle appears to have 



messuage and lands in dispute, appertain- 

 ing to which were rights of turbary and 

 pasture on the waste and moors of Edge- 

 worth ; the tenement was to go to James 

 and Elizabeth for life. Peter Horrocks, 

 another defendant, also claimed under a 

 grant by Sir Edmund Trafford. The 

 purchasers replied that the manor had 

 been conveyed free of all incumbrance ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Plead. Eliz. clxxxiv, O, 5 ; 

 clxxxix, O, 4. 



A fine relating to the sale of the manor 

 by Nicholas Mosley and his wife Elizabeth 

 was made in 1 600 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet 

 of F. bdle. 64, no. 194. 



The purchasers appear to have sold 

 large portions of it in parcels. 



Richard Orrell at his death in 1624 

 held a messuage and lands in Edgeworth 

 of the king by the two-hundredth part of 

 A knight's fee. James Orrell, his son and 

 heir, was seventeen years of age ; Lanes. 

 Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 

 iii, 419. 



6 The ' manor of Edgeworth ' is named 

 in a recovery in 1786 ; Pal. of Lane. 

 Plea R. 643, m. 1 1 d. 



7 Ellis son of Hugh de Edgeworth 

 occurs in 1278 ; Assize R. 1265, m. 4d.; 

 and Richard de Edgeworth about the same 

 time; Assize R. 1271, m. 12. William 

 de Edgeworth was in 1292 nonsuited in a 

 claim against Hugh son of Ellis de Edge- 

 worth, concerning a tenement there ; 

 Assize R. 408, m. 58 d. Roger de Edge- 

 worth contributed to the subsidy of 1332 ; 

 Exch. Lay Subs. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and 

 Ches.), 40. 



Another ancient family was that of 

 Quickenlow, already mentioned. They 

 were perhaps of Quarlton, in which is 

 Wickenlow. Edusa daughter of Geoffrey 

 <le Quickenlow in 1284 claimed 18 

 acres held by Henry de Trafford ; she 

 was the wife of Richard Tyder of 

 Pemberton. It was proved that her 

 father had enfeoffed one Henry son of 

 Wenne of the land, so that it did not 

 descend to Edusa ; Assize R. 1265, 



m. 21. In 1347 Robert son of Ellis de 

 Quarlton, Richard de Greenollers, and 

 Richard del Quickenlow were accused of 

 breaking a close at Edgeworth and depas- 

 turing the grass there ; De Banco R. 

 351, m. 109 d. 



8 See the account of Quarlton, in which 

 township all or the greater part of their 

 estate seems to have been situated. 



9 Leonard Asshawe of Flixton was in 

 159; found to have held lands in Edge- 

 worth of Edmund Trafford in socage ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xvi, no. n. 



10 Ellis Bradshaw in 1544 purchased 

 three messuages, &c., in Edgeworth from 

 George Entwisle ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of 

 F. bdle. 12, m. 235. In 1573 Richard 

 Entwisle purchased two messuages and 

 lands in the same place from Lawrence 

 Bradshaw and Margaret his wife, and 

 Ralph Entwisle purchased another; ibid, 

 bdle. 35, m. 68, 77. 



In 1594 a settlement was made of an 

 estate in seven messuages, various lands, 

 a mine of stone, &c., by Alexander 

 Entwisle and Alice his wife, Richard 

 Entwisle and Margaret his wife, Giles 

 Entwisle, Thomas Lowe alias Entwisle 

 (bastard son of Edmund Entwisle) and 

 Elizabeth his wife, Thomas Entwisle and 

 Cecily his wife ; ibid. bdle. 56, m. 71. 

 Alexander Entwisle died 26 December 

 1602, holding two messuages, &c., in 

 Edgeworth and two messuages, &c., in 

 Musbury ; Richard, his elder brother, 

 had granted a messuage in the Broadhead 

 to the use of the said Alexander and his 

 heirs male, with reversion to Richard. 

 Alexander's heir was a daughter Elizabeth, 

 only two years old ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. 

 p.m. xviii, no. 13. 



Giles Entwisle died in 1620 holding a 

 messuage and lands in Edgeworth of the 

 king by knight's service ; his son and 

 heir Richard was forty years of age ; 

 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and 

 Ches.), ii, 195. Thomas Entwisle had a 

 small tenement in Edgeworth, held of the 

 king as the three-hundredth part of a 



282 



knight's fee, and by his will left it for life 

 to William and Ralph Entwisle. He 

 died in 1621 ; his widow Cecily survived 

 him, and his heir was one Richard En- 

 twisle, forty-four years of age ; ibid, i, 

 225. 



Ralph Entwisle died in 1615, leaving 

 a son William as heir ; he held land of 

 the king by the two-hundredth part of a 

 knight's fee ; ibid, ii, 42. 



11 John Horrocks died 19 May 1637, 

 holding lands of the king by the two- 

 hundredth part of a knight's fee ; Law- 

 rence his son and heir was over twenty- 

 two years of age ; Towneley MS. C, 8, 

 13 (Chet. Lib.), fol. 501. 



Adam Isherwood, who died 5 Septem- 

 ber 1634, also held lands of the king} 

 his son Robert, the heir, was over forty 

 years old ; ibid. fol. 6990. 



Deeds relating to several properties in 

 Edgeworth Higher Barn, Horrocks Fold, 

 and Wheatshaw Croft are printed in 

 Jas. C. Scholes' Turton Documents, no. 

 44-51. 



12 The land tax return of 1797 shows 

 that Thomas Fogg was the principal con- 

 tributor ; his lands paid about an eighth 

 of the total. 



18 Local Glean. Lanes, and Cbes. i, 1 10; 

 Lanes, and Cbes. Hist, and Gen. Notes, ii, 

 119, 134. 



14 Lanes, and Cbes. Rec. (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), i, 56. The award 

 is kept at the County Council Offices, 

 Preston. 



18 A cottage for services was taken in 

 1807 at Crown Point, Edgeworth Moor, 

 then ' a very benighted and populous 

 part,' and a church was formed in 1814. 

 See Nightingale, Lanes. Nonconf. iii, 

 69-78 ; a view is given. 



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



a Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc. Lanes, ana 

 Ches.), i, 67. The father's name is not 

 known, but he may have been Henry de 

 Radcliffe, witness to the Burscough char- 

 ter in 1189; Farrer, Lanes. Pipe R. 

 350. 



