A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



Church ' seem to have been acquired by William 

 Heaton, who died in 1 619, leaving a son and heir 

 Thomas, eighteen years of age.' 



John Pilkington,\vhohadat first adhered to the king, 

 but, becoming convinced of his error, had then borne 

 arms for the Parliament in the Civil War, yet found 

 his estate sequestered, and begged leave to compound 

 in 165 I.' Sir Richard Clayton and Thomas Gilli- 

 brand were the chief landowners in 17S3, the former 

 paying about half the land tax.' 



In connexion with the Church of England Christ 

 Church was built in 1839; it is now used as a 

 chapel of ease to St. Paul's, erected in 1SS4.' 

 The vicars are collated by the Bishop of Manchester. 

 There is an iron mission church. A Reformed 

 Episcopal church was built in 1900. 



There are Wesleyan, Primitive Methodist and 

 Congregational churches.* 



ANDERTON 



Anderton, Andertone, 1292 ; Andreton, 1324. 



The southern boundary of Anderton is formed by 

 a bend of the Dougl-is, the northern touches the 

 course of the Yarrow, and the eastern is one of the 

 Rivington reservoirs formed from these rivers and 

 their tributaries. The surface rises mainly to the 

 north-east, but falls again towards the reservoir ; a 

 height of 5 2 5 ft. is attained at Roscoe Low. The area 

 is 1, 229J acre ,' and the population in 1901 was S19. 



The principal road is that from Bolton through 

 Horivich to Adlington and Chorley. This is joined 

 by Grimeford Lane, coming from Blackrod. Head- 

 less Cross lies to the south of Anderton Park. 



The soil is clayey. The chief crops are grass and 

 roots. 



There were forty-two hearths chargeable to the 



tax in 1666, but the only house of any size was the 

 Andertons', with eleven hearths.* 



The township is governed by a parish council. 



It is said that British muslins were first manu- 

 fiictured at Anderton in I 764., and that there in 1782 

 were for the first time in England produced ' the 

 Balasore handkerchiefs, the jaconet and japanned 

 muslins in the style of India.' ' 



The Penwortham fee included >ii'.V- 

 MJNORS DERTON, which was together with 

 Brindle granted to the Grelleys, lords 

 of Manchester, and in 1 2 1 2 both were held by 

 Robert Grelley, who performed no service for them.'" 

 Of the Grelleys they were held by the Burnhull " and 

 Gerard families, whose lordship continued to be 

 recognized in the inquisitions down to the 17th 

 century. Of them the manor of Anderton appears 

 to have been held in moieties from an early time by 

 families named Anderton and CunlifFe, a rent of 

 9/. 6J. being payable to Manchester, with puture 

 of the Serjeants and suit of 

 court." 



Of the Anderton family 

 but a meagre account can be 

 given. In 1281 Avice widow 

 of Adam son of William de 

 Anderton claimed dower in a 

 moiety of Anderton and a 

 fourth part of Rivington from 

 William de Anderton." Adam 

 left a son and heir Thomas, 

 who in 1292 claimed certain 

 lands which had been given 

 to William and Thomas sons 

 of William de Anderton by 



their father." Thomas died before 13 10," leaving a 

 son U'lUiam, under age, though Thomas de Anderton 



Anderton of Ander- 

 ton. .S'j/'/c, three shack- 

 bolti argent. 



in 1443. ^ ^^>' °^ diem daua. extr. 

 after the death of Lawrence Worthington 

 in 1+46 may refer to one of this family; 

 Lanes. Rec. Inq. p.m. no. 32. 



Pedigrees were recorded in 1613 [y'ttit. 

 Chet. Soc. p. 126) and 1665 (Dugdale's 

 I'lui. p. -^42). The former begins with a 

 Christopher Worthington, probably living 

 in the time of Edward IV. Christopher 

 was no doubt the husband (1450) of 

 Joan, another of the daughters and heirs 

 of U^illiam Thornton already named \ 

 Final Cone, ni^ 117. Joan died in 1501 

 holding part of Thornton and leaving a 

 son and heir Lawrence, aged thirty j 

 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, no. 108. 



Thomas Worthington of Crawshaw 

 died in 1627 holding a capital messuage 

 and lands of Hugh Adlington as of his 

 manor of Adlington ; he also held lands, 

 &C., in Chorley and Thornton in the 

 Fylde. His son and heir Lawrence was 

 forty-two years of age in 1641, when the 

 inquisition was taken j Towneley MS. 

 C 8, 13 (Chet. Lib.), p. 1292. 



Lawrence Worthington, living in 166^, 

 is said to have been succeeded by three 

 daughters — Agnes, who married Thomas 

 Wesley of Chorley ; Dorothy, who mar- 

 ried Wwliam Barnes of Blackrod ; and 

 Anne ; Piccope MS. Pedigrees (Chet. 

 Lib.), ii, 317. 



The \^'o^thingtons of Snydale in West- 

 houghton were an offshoot of this family. 



' Pat. 25 Eliz. The tenant was 

 Robert Sutton. 



* Lams. Ir^. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and 

 Chcs.), ii, 160. The tenement was called 



Sutton House, and was held of the king 

 as of his manor of East Greenwich. 



^Cal.Com.pr Ccm/>.]w, 2757. The 

 land seems to have been part of Roger 

 Breres' estate. John Rigby of Sheving- 

 ton was a claimant. 



* Land tax returns at Preston. 



* For district see Land. Gaa. 16 Aug. 

 1842. 



* Services began in 1861 in a room 

 over a workshop ; the church was built 

 four years later. See Nightingale, Lanes. 

 Nonconf. 11, 25. 



^ 1,230 acres, including 130 of inland 

 water ; Census Rep. 1 90 1 . 



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



^ Britten, Beauties of Engl. (Lanes.), 

 294-5. 



'^ Lanes. In'^. and Extents (Rec Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), i, 34. 



** Deafforestation of the wood and moor 

 of Anderton was in 1225 granted to 

 Robert Grelley for Thomas de Burnhull ; 

 Cal. Pat. 1216-25, P- 57^' 



^2 Mamecestre (Chet. Soc), ii, 290. 

 Some charters regarding lands in Dutton 

 by Ribchester may be cited here. By 

 one Robert de Cundecliffe gave lands to 

 Lambert son of Thomas de Burnhull, 

 who had married Robert's daughter Avice; 

 Add. MS. 32106, no. 170. In another 

 Lambert is sumamed 'de Anderton,* 

 apparently indicating that the Andenoni 

 were an offshoot of the Burnhull family ; 

 ibid, no 133. Lambert had a son Thomas 

 who was sumamed * de Dutton ' and was 

 living in 1287 and 1292; ibid. no. 192, 

 161. 



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The two halls indicate the division. 

 The Old Hall, near which is the disused 

 water-mill, lies in the southern corner ; 

 the New Hall and park, including the 

 old Ladyhaigh, is in the north-east and 

 has a farm called Cunliffe adjacent. 



" De Banco R. 42, m. 44. The defend- 

 ant was no doubt Avice'i father-in-law 

 and may be the father of the William 

 son of William de Anderton who with 

 Almarica his wife held Rumworth in 

 1282 J Lanes. In'^. and Extents, i, 248. 



" Assize R. 408, m. 7 d. William and 

 Thomas, the plaintiffs, were under age, 

 though their father William seems to be 

 identical with the defendant's grandfather. 

 In the defence Peter son of Peter de 

 Burnhull and Gilbert de Clifton were 

 joined, Peter as chief lord and Gilbert as 

 his guardian during minority. It was 

 stated that the plaintiffs sowed flax and 

 that the wife of Adam son of William 

 ' with her hands rooted out that flax.' 



The wardship of Thomas son of Adam 

 son of William de Anderton to Gilbert 

 de Clifton appears again. Robert de 

 Haydock, rector of Standish, claimed 1 5 

 acres which Gilbert while guardian had 

 granted to Nicholas Blundell, but he 

 withdrew bis claim, granted the 1 5 acres 

 to Thomas for Robert's life, and also the 

 tithe of com of Anderton, izd. and 4 

 marks being payable to the rector for 

 the land and tithe respectively ; ibid, 

 m. 64 d. 



" Robert de Anderton at Michaelmas 

 1310 sued Sibyl widow of Thomas de 

 Anderton respecting 20 acres of wood in 



