LEYLAND HUNDRED 



STANDISH 



picturesque and somewhat irregular composition. A 

 plaster cove marks the line of the floor, and another 

 under the eaves is carried across the end gables. 



Belovsf the sill of the window over the porch is an 

 inscription between two carved brackets, 



ANNO DNI 1608 : PEC I RR *}* IR § CARP 



The south elevation facing the river is built of 

 brick and has two plain gables. Most of the windows 

 are modern insertions as in the timber portion of the 

 front, but the hall preserves its 

 original seven-light stone mul- 

 lioned and transomed window 

 with label over on this side, as 

 well as a five-light window of 

 similar design on the north. 

 The hall,' which has a flagged 

 floor, is 22 ft. 6 in. long by 

 19 ft. 6 in. wide, and the 

 ceiling, which is crossed by three 

 moulded beams, is 10 ft. 9 in. 

 high. There is now a fireplace 

 at each end with modern 

 grates, but the door at the 

 north-west corner is the old 

 nail-studded oak one with good 

 iron hinges and knocker. The 

 rest of the house has been 

 modernized and is without 

 interest. 



In connexion with the Church 

 of England St. Ann's was built 

 in 1887, but a district had been 

 formed as early as 1873.' The 

 rector of Standish is the patron. 



There is a Primitive Methodist church at Crook. 



WELCH WHITTLE 



Withull, 1221 ; Walse Wytill, 1288 ; Walshe 

 Whythille, 1292 ; Walshe Quithill, I 3 14. 



The. township takes its distinguishing epithet from 

 the Waleys or Walsh family, whose principal estate 

 was at Aughton, near Ormskirk. It has an area of 

 5 96 J acres.' The western boundary is formed by the 

 Syd Brook, which flows north. The surface rises 

 eastward from this brook, with many undulations, 

 heights of 275 ft. being attained on the southern 

 border and 250 ft. in the centre. There is no 



village ; the hamlet of Whittle Green is near the 

 north-west corner. The population in 1901 num- 

 bered 105. 



The road from Wigan to Preston cuts through the 

 edge of the township ; from it Mill Lane leads west 

 to the green, the brook and the mill. There are 

 mineral railways, serving the collieries. 



In 1666 there were twenty-four hearths charge- 

 able to the tax ; no house had more than two 

 hearths.* 



,,-,;«ss"^ 



Crook Hall, Shevington 



As a member of the barony of Pen- 

 MJNOR wortham WELCH WHITTLE was, with 

 Shevington and Charnock, granted to 

 Randle son of Roger, and descended to Ferrers and 

 the ' lords of Leylandshire,' as described under She- 

 vington.' A subordinate manor, assessed as 4 oxgangs, 

 was held by Gilbert son of Reinfred, and descended 

 to his son, William de Lancaster.' It was given as 

 part of her marriage portion to Alice wife of Roger 

 de Leicester,' and sold before 1 22 1 to Richard le 

 Waleys of Uplitherland.' Not long afterwards it was 

 held by the Sankey family, from whom it descended 

 to the Torbocks,' but was by Henry de Torbock in 

 1365 given to Geoffrey de Wrightington, apparently 



* la the hall is preserved an oak table 

 18 ft. long by 3 ft. in width, standing on 

 eight turned legs. On one of the legs 

 are the date 163- (the last figure being 

 broken off) and the initials T. C, and on 

 another is carved, 



AN • ARELOME 



TO • THIS ■ H0V8 



FOR • EVER 



P. c. 



' Lond. Gaz. 17 Jan. 1873. 

 ' 596, including i of inland water ; 

 Cemus Rep. 1901. 



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



* See the account of Shevington. In 

 this way the township comes to be named 

 in the Hoghton inquisitions ; e.g. Land. 

 Inq.p.m. (Chet. Soc), ii, 127. 



* This is inferred from the fact that 

 William, as son of Gilbert, was called to 

 warrant Richard le Waleys in 1220 ; 

 Curia Regis R. 74, m. 22 ; 76, m. 21. 



' Roger de Leicester, with the consent 

 of Alice his wife, of whose marriage por- 

 tion it was, gave 4 acres in Whittle to 

 Cockersand Abbey, 3 being in Within- 

 head and I in the town field ; Cockersand 

 ChartuU (Chet. Soc), ii, 511. 



8 Final Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and 

 Ches.), i, 43. Alice was then the wife 

 of Adam le Arbalaster, and Richard had 

 acquired the land by grant of her former 

 husband, Roger de Leicester. 



The Waleys family had but a short 

 tenure ; in a grant of land in Aughton 

 John le Waleys is called ' of Whittle.' 



^ In a plea of 1301 it was found that 

 Jordan de Sankey had held Welch Whittle, 

 and it had descended to his son Robert, 

 who granted to Henry de Torbock and 

 Ellen his wife, Robert's sister ; Ellen 

 granddaughter of Henry was the holder 

 in 1301 ; Assize R. 418, m. 4d. 



The charter of Robert son of Jordan 

 de Sankey, which may be dated about 



203 



1250, is preserved in Kuerden MSS. iii, 

 C 36 d. He granted to Henry de Tor- 

 bock the ■whole manor of Whittle, with 

 all hia wood of Fulwood, and the services 

 of John son of Felicia, Thomas de Pier- 

 point and Robert de Heskin, together 

 with lands in Coppull. The service to be 

 rendered was id., or a pair of white gloves 

 yearly. Robert de Lathom, ' then sheriff,* 

 was the first witness. 



Robert de Sankey in 1288 held Welch 

 Whittle of William de Ferrers by a rent 

 of ys. %d. 5 Lanes. Inq. and Extents (Rec. 

 Soc, Lanes, and Ches.), i, 270. In 1292 

 Robert son of Roger, de Sankey claimed 

 the manor of Welch Whittle against 

 Henry de Torbock and Ellen his wife, but 

 was non-suited ; Assize R. 408, m. 55 ; 

 see also De Banco R. 145, m, 49 d. The 

 same Robert in 1308-9 released to Ellen 

 Lady of Tarbock and her heirs all claim 

 to the manor ; Kuerden MSS. ii, fol. 266^. 

 In 1 3 13-14 Adam de Tunstall failed in 



