BLACKBURN HUNDRED 



WHALLEY 



to the Nevills, for in 1520 Robert Nevill and Alice 

 his wife held Broad Holden in Haslingden with the 

 manor of Simonstone." In 1584 John Hargreaves 

 claimed against John Nevill and John Quipp his 

 tenant." In the same year a report was made that 

 lands in Haslingden called Clough Houses, Broad 

 Holden and Goodshaw Holden were ■ concealed ' 

 lands, belonging to the Crown.™ 



The names of a few other tenants appear in the 

 records.^' Nicholas Duerden was plaintiff about 

 1555.'" A little later Thomas Holden was admitted 

 to the water-mill ^ which in 1 662 was held by Robert 

 Holden at a free rent of 5^." The landowners named 

 in the Subsidy Roll of i6oo were Robert Holden 

 and Hugh Gartslde"; those in 1626 were Robert 

 Holden, Andrew Holden, the heir of Robert 

 Gregory and Richard Duerden. There were two 

 non-communicants.'^'* The chief houses in 1666 

 were those of Ralph Holden and Andrew Holden, 

 having nine and seven hearths respectively." 



One of the worthies of the township is Oliver 

 Ormerod, a younger son of Oliver Ormerod of Has- 

 lingden ; he was born about 1580, educated at 

 Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and wrote treatises 

 against Puritans and Roman Catholics.*^ He died 

 in 1626. The will of George Ormerod of Hudley 

 (?Hud Hey) was in dispute in 168 I.*' 



The history of Carter Place, a copyhold estate 

 which probably took its name from its earlier tenants,™ 

 is of interest because it was the inheritance of Sir 

 Andrew Chadwick," a man who obtained a great 

 fortune by obscure means and was knighted in 1 7 1 o," 

 and about whose succession long-continued disputes 

 were waged." At his death in 1768 Carter Place 

 went to a cousin Sarah Law," whose son-m-law sold 

 to James Turner in 1807." 



Inquiry as to common rights was ordered in 1547" 

 and later." 



A fair is mentioned in the time of Charles I." 

 There are now seven fairs. The market was formerly 

 held on Wednesday," but now on Saturday. 



The government of the place in 

 BOROUGH 1825 was thus described : 'The district 

 is formed into six divisions called posts 

 or stations, and the executive consists of a constable 

 and six churchwardens. Each 

 churchwarden is charged with 

 the care of a station and is 

 made responsible for its good 

 order.' '" The system appears 

 to have been successful at the 

 time. It was not till 1875 

 that a local board was 

 formed." The district ruled 

 by it was extended in 1883 

 so as to include parts of Has- 

 lingden, Henheads, Higher 

 and Lower Booths in the 

 parish of Whalley, and also 

 Musbury and part of Totting- 

 ton in Bury."' In 189 1 a 

 charter of incorporation was 

 granted, the council consist- 

 ing of a mayor, six alder- 

 men and eighteen councillors, 

 chosen by six wards named 

 Town, Acre, Syke, Helm- 

 shore, Holden and Grane. 

 The borough area was con- 

 solidated into a single town- 

 ship, called Haslingden, in 

 1894..*^ 



Gas is supplied by a pri- 

 vate company formed in 1838 



and incorporated in 1861.** The Haslingden and 

 Rawtenstall Waterworks Company was founded about 

 1853,'' and its undertaking was acquired by the 

 Corporation of Bury in 1872°° ; there are reservoirs 

 by Musbury. The sewerage of the whole district is 

 regulated by the Haslingden, Rawtenstall and Bacup 

 Outfall Sewerage Board, established in 1890*'; the 

 sewage is treated at Ewood Bridge. A park was 



BoKOUGH OF Has- 

 lingden. Quarterly or 

 and argent^ on a feise 

 'wa'vy azure bet'ween a 

 Hon rampant purpure 

 holding bettveen the patvs 

 a quatrefoil ermine in the 

 first quarter^ six eagles 

 displayed gules, in the 

 centre chief point a rose 

 of the last in the second, 

 a cogiuheel sable in the 

 third, a pickaxe and a 

 spade crossed saltirelvise 

 enttvined by a chain all 

 proper in the fourth, a 

 shuttle of the first, its 

 points and thread pendant 

 of the second. 



Holden, perhaps the same, occurs in 

 1374 and 1376; De Banco R. 455, 

 m. 127 d. ; 456, m. 598 ; DD, no. 808. 



58 Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 127, m. 15. 

 The same Robert and Alice in 1546 

 disputed concerning Boswell heys in 

 Broad Holden with Gilbert Holden and 

 Ellen Heap ; Ducatus Lane, i, 182, The 

 same was claimed in 1563 by George 

 Nevill against Ralph Holden ; ibid, ii, 

 268. 



"Ibid, iii, 145, 159; Pal. of Lane. 

 Plea R. 254, m. 9. 



^ Duchy of Lane. Special Com. 353. 

 The tenants were named Heap (2), Har- 

 greaves (4), Duxbury and Rothwell (4), 



^^ The following are the tenants named 

 in the rental of 1527 : Gilbert Holden, 

 Robert Waddington, Hugh Gartside, 

 Robert Nevill, Robert Duerden, senior 

 and junior, the heirs of Thomas Carter, 

 William Rothwell, ' Mereden Place ' and 

 the heirs of William Cowopp. The rents 

 in all amounted to ^^ os, "i^d., Holden 

 paying nearly half ; Duchy of Lane. 

 Rentals, bdle. 5, no. 12. 



^^ Ducatus Lane, i, 244. 



*'^ Lanes, and Ches. Rec, (Rec. Soc, 

 Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 265. 



^^ Clitheroe Survey. 



°° Lay Subs. Lanes, bdle. 131, no. 274. 



'^ Ibid. no. 317. 



^^ Ibid. bdle. 250, no. 9 ; one house 



had four hearths and four had three. The 

 total number of hearths contributing to 

 the tax was 127. ^^ Diet, Nat. Biog. 



*^ Exch. Dep. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and 

 Ches.), 59. There is a pedigree of 

 Ormerod of Haslingden in Whitaker, op. 

 cit. ii, 220. 



'0 According to a rental of 1441 

 Thomas the Carter of Haslingden had 

 land at Shurfin. Henry Carter was a 

 tenant in 1443 ; Clitheroe Ct. R. 501. 



Carter Place was given to found a 

 chantry, as appears by an inquiry cited 

 below. It is mentioned in a pleading of 

 1567 concerning the purchase money. 

 One Edward Williams, as grantee of the 

 duchy, had sold to a Richard Taylor j 

 Ducatus Lane, ii, 357. Hugh Taylor was 

 the tenant in 1662 ; Clitheroe Survey, 

 MS. in possession of W. Farrer. 



'^ Sir Andrew alleged that his great- 

 grandfather Ellis Chadwicic had held it 

 in or before 1657 and was succeeded by 

 his son Robert. Robert Chadwick in 

 1684 assigned it to his son Ellis, 

 described as of Dublin, and Sir Andrew 

 as son and heir of Ellis was admitted at 

 Accrington Halmote Court in 1726 j 

 J. O, Chadwick, Sir Andrew Chadwick, 

 264-7. I" another part of the work 

 first Ellis Chadwick is called ' of Wolsten- 

 holme ' and is said to have purchased 

 Carter Place ; ibid. 19. 



^2 See his life in the work last cited, 

 which has a portrait as frontispiece. The 

 most valuable part of his estate, about 

 Golden Square, Westminster, was pur- 

 chased between 1717 and 1735. He 

 was secret in his habits and his will and 

 its seven codicils, drawn up by himself, 

 were not witnessed j ibid. 48-63. The 

 will, &c., were allowed to stand for the 

 personal estate only. ^-^ Ibid. 91, &c. 



^* Sarah was one of three cousins ; the 

 others did not at the time put forward 

 their claims, A Chadwick. Association 

 was formed as late as 1880 to inquire 

 and report. 



^^ Siir AndreiM Chadiuick, 137-8, 

 268-80. See also Pal. Note~bk. ii, 24 ; 

 iv, 61. ^^ Ducatus Lane, ii, 93. 



^' Ibid, ii, 246 (1561) ; Lanes, and 

 Ches. Rec. ii, 259 (1582). 



''^ Ibid, ii, 247. In 1826 there were 

 five fairs annually j Baines, Lanes. Dir. 



^'■* lUome, about 1670. 



*^^ Baines, Lanes. Dir. i, 644. 



81 Land. Gaz. 6 Aug. 1875, 



S2 Act 46 & 47 Vict. cap. 225. 



®3 Loc. Govt. Bd. Order 32291. 



8-1 Act 24 & 25 Vict. cap. 39. The 

 company supplies Rawtenstall and Bacup 

 also. 



85 Act 16 & 17 Vict. cap. 89. 



8e Ibid, 35 & 36 Vict. cap. 146. 



87 Ibid. 53 & 54 Vict. cap. 85. 



