A HISTORY OF LANCASHlKli 



doles of hay yearly (1 cfore the destruction of the 

 deer) for keeping ther horses in winter. The 

 Townleys had occupied the land as part of Rishton 

 Thorns, but tie title was disputed.'* 



BLACKAl' was, as already recorded, held by 

 Richard de Marsden in 1323 at a rent of 20.'. 

 The hey about it had been ma.le in \ic)6." The 

 rent was raised to 22/. and then Blackay was granted 

 in fee to Richard de Marsden at a rent of 28/. 8/ ; 

 but in 133S the king released all payment of rent, 

 because Richard had promised to pay 20 marks 

 towards the expenses of the king's passage to parts 

 beyond the sea.*' In I 3-1-1. certain lands in Blackay, 

 including a close called Parkhulley, were granted to 

 Richard de Marsden, with remainder to John de 

 Marsden for life ; afterwards the)- were to be given to 

 a chaplain at Colne or elsewhere, who should cele- 

 brate for the soul of Richard and Avice his wife and 

 others.'' This grant probably failed.*'^ The rentals of 

 1422 onwards record 3/. as paid for 3 acres of meadow 

 at Blackay." A family or families took a surname from 

 this place and appeared in Barrowford and the 

 adjoining townships.*' In 1627 Simon Blakey 

 granted the tenement called Wanless in Blackay to 

 John Blakey alias WiUon," and this John died in 

 1638 holding two messuages, &l., in Blackay and 

 Barrowford of the king a> of his duchy of Lancaster ; 

 his heir was a son John, aged eighteen." 



There was a dispute as tu the title of lands in 

 Blacko in the time of Edward VI, L.t.\ r^Mce Blakey 

 being defendant." 



In 1614 an inquiry was made as to the capacity 

 of Christopher H.irtley, son and heir of Lawrence 

 Hartley of Lower Barrowford, who had copjhold 

 lands in Pendle Forest. It was alleged that he was a 

 ' natural idiot or sot,' but the jurj' found that he 

 had sufficient discretion to govern his property." 

 Stony Edge in B.;rrowford was in dispute about 

 1555." Lawrence Townley of Stone Edge and Janet 

 his wife in 1623 granted lands in Barrowford on 

 lease to John Woodl.ead." 



In the Subsidy Rolls the people of Barrowford used 

 to be entered under Pendle.*' The largest house in 

 the township in 1666 was that of Christopher 

 Towneley (Carr), with nine hearths liable to the 

 tax ; the next were those of James Hargreaves the 

 younger, seven, and Henry Parker and John Robin- 

 son five each. James Wilson's house in Blakey 

 had six hearths.'-' 



For the Church of England St. Thomas's, at 



I... erford, w.is built in 1839 ; the Hulme Tn^toes 

 are ratrons. The parish was lormeJ in 1841. 



The We^lcyan Metiiodists built a chapel at 

 Higherford as early .i< 1802. They are still 

 represented, a; are also the Primitive and Inde- 

 pendent Methodists ; the former's chapel at Lower- 

 ford was built before 1848 and the lattcr's at Blacko 

 in 1S67. The Congregational church dates fnim 

 1846, hut the first chapel, Bethel, was not built till 

 1861. The present church was built in 1880-1.'" 

 There is also a Free Gospel chapel. 



The Roman Catholic Chapel of SS. Peter and 

 Paul, 1 S94-8, is served from Nelson. 



FOULRIDGE 



Florigg, Folerigg, 1275; Folering, 1302; Fole- 

 rigge, 131 1 ; Folrigg, 1322. 



Bernesete, 1258. 



Munkerode, 1296; Monkerode, 1332. 



This township lies on the border of V'orkshire to 

 the north of Colne. It consists of hilly country, the 

 village of Foulridge being in a central depression, to 

 the east of which Noyna Hill rises to a height of 

 about 980 ft. above sea level, while to the west 

 7S6 ft. is attained at Pasture Head on the border of 

 the county. To the east of the main part of the 

 tOH-nship there is a detached portion, apparently cut 

 out from Colne, called Monkroyd and Barnside, ivhich 

 has an area of 8554 acres. The area of the whole 

 township is 2,455 acres.' The soil is sand and loam, 

 overlying grit. The land is mostly used for pasture, 

 there being 2,323 acres of permanent grass, while 

 only 1 acre is arable and 19 acres woods and planta- 

 tions.'" There is a stone quarry, and cotton-mills 

 are worked in both parts of the township. The 

 population in 1 901 was 1,373. 



The principal road leads north from Colne through 

 Foulridge village by Acornley to Skipton in Yorkshire ; 

 the older road to Skipton turns off to the east at 

 Foulridge. A minor road goes west and north to 

 Hey. The road to Keighley from Colne passes 

 through the Monkroyd portion of the township. The 

 Midland Company's railway from Colne to Skipton 

 traverses the main portion, and there is a station at 

 Foulridge. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal also 

 traverses it, being taken for more than a mile of the 

 course through a tunnel constructed in 1792-6 ; 

 there are several large reservoirs for feeding the 

 canal, which has its highest point in this township.' 



■** Duc'y PhaJ. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and 

 Ches.), iii, 111-15. The pedigree is thus 

 given : Lavrence Townley -3. Henry 

 -s. Lawrence, tenant in 1550. 



'' De Lacy Compoti (Chet. Soc), 4;, 

 S-. 



^ Cdl. Pj:. i5',8-+o, p. 117; iH^~ 

 + 3, p. 197. In 132-? R-uhnrd son of 

 Benedict held 9 acres in BIact;ny, for 

 which he kept the Wycoller Causeway 

 in repair and paid 3J. rent ; Lanes. Inq, 

 and Extents^ ii, 18-. 



" Kuerden foL MS. p. i-i ; Wlrt^ker, 

 op. cit. ii, 24.7 (wrongly dated). The 

 chaplain was to celebrate in the church 

 of Colne or Broi;?hton (in Cra-ven) or 

 in the chapel of Richard's manor of 

 Broughton cr Swinden. Join de Ms-s- 

 den's brothers Gilbert and Robert are 

 named. 



^^ It is p-*a;ib,c lr*wn the name Piik- 



hulley that the grant explains the Park 

 Hill chapel at Colne, though no endowed 

 chantry existed there in 1547. The 

 Banastres were at one time connected 

 with Swinden in Marsden. 



^'^ In 1422 the tenant's name is not 

 given ; it was Robert Banastre in 1459, 

 1464, 1474 and 1495. The land may 

 be the 3 acres of meadow in Blackay 

 mentioned in 1323 ; Land. Inq. and 

 Extents, il, 188. 



*^ See the account of Colne. The 

 family or families had land in Colne and 

 Barrowford, and it is difficult to di t:n- 

 guish between the various uses of Blakey 

 or Blakay and Blacko. 



" C8, 13, B 202,481. 



•"Ibid. p. ;3. Blakay is called 'in 

 Colne.' Richard Baldwin of Wanles-, 

 yeoman, is named in 1589; -\dd. MS. 

 32104, no. 124c. 



544 



" Ducatus Lane. (Rec. Com), i, 

 299. 



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

 Chc-8.), ii, ;. 



■*^ Dueatus Lane. (Rec. Com.), i, 303. 



■" Add. MS. 32104, no. 217. A pc 1- 

 grce Is printed among thob-; of the 1664 

 Fi it. (Chet. Soc), 314. 



■" See Goldshaw Booth. 



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



'" Nightingale, Lanes. iVonfon/; ii,i8o-3. 

 Preaching had begun in 181 1. In 1836 

 a barn was opened at Blacko as a Sunday 

 school and then a cottage was t.ikcn 

 where services were held till i860. 



' 2,458 acres, including 107 of inland 

 water ; Census Rep. 1901. 



'' Statistics from Ed. of Agr'c. (1905). 



' Carr, Annals of C.Vv, 86, 89. The 

 fall of the canal c 'Stward is 4*9^^ fL, 

 westward 431 ft. 



