BLACKBURN HUNDRED 



WHALLEY 



Holker ; 1626, Roger Nowcll (in ward) and Ralph 

 Holker.*"' 



Roger Nowell's house had twelve hearths liable to 

 the tax in 1666 and John Holker's four. The total 

 of hearths recorded was forty-nine. ''i 



In 1788 James Hilton seems to have owned the 

 whole township.'^ 



St. John the Evangelist's, in connexion with the 

 Church of England, was built in 1884, and the 

 vicars are presented by the vicar of Whalley. A 

 district was assigned to it in 1893. 



Mass is said once a month at St. Mary's, Sabden, 

 by one of the Jesuits stationed at Clitheroe. 



HAPTON 



Upton, I 241 ; Hapton, 1280 and usually. 



This large township, with an area of 4,007 J acres,i 

 extends from the Calder southwards to the Forest of 

 Rossendale. At its southern end is the hill called 

 Hameldon or Hambledon, the summits of which 

 attain 1,305 ft. and 1,343 ft. above the sea. Between 

 these summits rises a brook which flows north through 

 a wooded clough till it reaches the eastern boundary, 

 along which it continues its course as Shaw Brook 

 till it joins the Lodge and so runs into the Calder. 

 Near the western boundary a similar rivulet, known 

 as Castle Clough Brook, runs north to join the Calder 

 at Eaves Bam. A site called the Castle stands near 

 the brook, to the west of which is one of the old 

 hamlets, Shuttleworth. The position of Birtwisle, 

 another ancient hamlet, seems to be lost, but was 

 probably in the south-east of the township. 



Padiham Green, at the north end, has become, as 

 its name indicates, practically part of Padiham, to 

 which it has since 1 894 been joined.^ Lane Side and 

 Stone Moor are to the south of it. Part of Hapton 

 was added to Dunnockshaw.^ The modern village of 

 Hapton stands near the centre of the township on 

 the canal ; about a mile south is the hamlet called 

 Lane Ends. In the south-east corner are Nutshaw 

 and Clow Bridge ; also a reservoir of the Bury 

 Waterworks. In 1 901 the reduced township had a 



population numbering 1,678 ; the portion added to 

 Padiham had 1,838 inhabitants, and that to Dun- 

 nockshaw 354, so that the population of the old 

 township was 3,870 in all. 



One principal road is that leading across the centre 

 of the township north-east from Accrington to 

 Burnley ; it passes through Lane Ends, from which 

 point the other chief road goes north through Hapton 

 village and Padiham Green to Padiham, crossing the 

 Lodge at Green Bridge. The Lancashire and York- 

 shire Railway Company's line from Accrington to 

 Burnley crosses the township and has a station at 

 Hapton ; the loop line through Great Harwood 

 crosses the north of the township, where there is a 

 station called Padiham, and after passing through 

 Padiham township joins the former line near the 

 boundary. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal, above- 

 mentioned, crosses the centre of the township from 

 east to west, passing through the village. 



The soil is light, overlying clay ; the land is mostly 

 in grass. There are cotton factories, calico printing 

 works and chemical works ; stone is quarried on Hamble- 

 don, bricks are made, and there is also a coal mine. 



Henry Ashworth of Birtwisle in Hapton, born in 

 1794 of Quaker parentage, distinguished himself as 

 an opponent of the Corn Laws. He wrote Recollec- 

 tions of Richard Cobden and other works, and died in 

 1880.4 



From the account of Wiswell it will 

 MANORS have been gathered that HJPTON and 

 Wiswell were together held of the lord 

 of Clitheroe by the service of the fourth part of a 

 knight's fee. Hapton was in all assessed as a plough- 

 land and a half. The holder William de Arches 

 about the end of the 12th century gave Wiswell to 

 Henry de Blackburn,' but retained Hapton, which 

 was held by Reyner de Arches in 1242.^ It belonged 

 to the dower of the Countess of Lincoln, and its value 

 to her was said to be 2 2J'. 2d J The manor passed to 

 the family of Alta Ripa alias De Hautrive, de Hautrey 

 or Dautrey, and in 1302 Thomas de Hautrey held 

 Hapton of the Earl of Lincoln by the third part of a 

 knight's fee.^ Soon afterwards Gilbert de la Legh 



173, m. 185 d. See Smereshalgh cases 

 above. 



Alice widow of John de Read claimed 

 dower in 1302 against John son of Ellis 

 de Read ; ibid. 142, m. 50 ; 144, 

 m. 84 d., 283 d. The same or another 

 Alice as widow of John son of Simon de 

 Read in 1 3 14 claimed dower in five mes- 

 suages. Sec, against William son of John 

 son of Simon de Read ; ibid. 207, 

 m. 115 d. ; 209, m. 75 d. 



John Talbot had lands in Padiham, 

 Read and Simonstone in 1424 ; Towneley 

 MS. DD, no. 1030, 1034. 



Nicholas Rishton of Dunkenhalgh in 

 1508 held land in Read of 'the heir of 

 Dene ' by two hens rent, and his son 

 Richard in 1530 held of Roger Nowell 

 in socage ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. vi, 

 no. 36, 9. Gilbert Rishton of Dunnyshope 

 in Accrington in 1556-7 gave Ralph 

 Rishton of Dunkenhalgh a messuage, &c., 

 in Read ; Towneley MS. HH, no. 151. 



Sir Richard Shireburne died in 1594 

 holding land in Read, but the tenure was 

 not known ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. 

 xvi, no. 3 ; xxvi, no. 4. 



"' Lay Subs. Lanes, bdles. 130, no. 82, 

 125; 131, no. 274, 317. 

 " Ibid. bdle. 250, no. 9. 



^^ Land tax returns at Preston. 



^ The area of the reduced township in 

 1901 was 3,577 acres, including 30 of 

 inland water. 



2 Local Govt. Bd. Order 31617. 



' Ibid. 32056. " Diet. Nat. Biog. 



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

 Ches.), i, 27, showing that William de 

 Arches was dead in 1207, and citing a 

 charter of liberties to him granted by 

 Robert de Lacy, who died in 1 193. A 

 charter by William de Arches is cited 

 below. 



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

 Lanes, and Ches.),!, 150. The name is 

 printed Reyner in Testa de Ne'viU, 399, 

 but Roger on p. 397. Reyner de Arches 

 occurs in 1246 and John son of Reyner 

 in 1254 in pleadings hereafter cited. 



7 Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 157. 



8 Ibid. 318; there is nothing to account 

 for the increase of service recorded. From 

 Whitaker's Craven (ed. Morant, 562, 

 576) it appears that William de Arches, 

 living in the time of King John, had sons 

 William (s.p.), Peter and Reyner, and 

 that Reyner had two daughters, Beatrice 

 wife of Reginald (Reyner) de Knoll and 

 Maud wife of John de Alta Ripa (Dau- 

 trey or De Hautrey). 



507 



In 1264-5 3" agreement was made for 

 the division of the inheritance of Reyner 

 de Arches between Ellis son of Ellis de 

 Knoll and Hawise his wife on one side 

 and John Dautrey and Maud his wife on the 

 other ; by it the latter pair were to have 

 Hapton and a moiety or alternate right to 

 the church of Arncliffe ; ibid, 577. 



In 1280 Ellis son of Richard de Cas- 

 singhurst claimed 1 8 acres in Hapton 

 against John son of Godfrey de *Autrie' 

 and Maud his wife, which were claimed 

 also by Richard son of Roger de Bradley j 

 De Banco R. 36, m. y6 ; 44, m. 31. 

 Not long afterwards, in 1284, John de 

 Shuttleworth claimed a moiety of the 

 mill in Hapton against Thomas Dautrey, 

 Ellis de Knoll and Hawise his wife ; 

 ibid. 51, m, 38 ; 61, m. 19 d. Thomas 

 son of Adam le Meger of Hapton claimed 

 against the same three an estate of two 

 messuages and 2 oxgangs of land in 

 Hapton ; ibid. 57, m. 38 d, 



Thomas Dautrey was, perhaps, the 

 brother of John, for Thomas son of God- 

 frey occurs in 1279 j Whitaker, Craven, 

 223. 



From a deed cited below it appears 

 that Maud de Arches married secondly 

 Adam oe Buckden. 



