. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. BLACKBURN HUNDRED WHALLEY occurs as a ; The abbeys of Sawley " and Whalley " had lands in Worston. The land tax return of 1787 gives Thomas Dawson and Thomas York as chief owners. There is a mission room in this township in con- nexion with Christ Church, Chatburn. MEARLEY Merlay, 1241 ; Merlee, 1272 ; Merleye, 1302 ; Morleye, 1306. This township lies entirely on the summit and western slope of Pendle Hill, Little Mearley being to the north and Great Mearley to the south. There is no village or hamlet,
. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. BLACKBURN HUNDRED WHALLEY occurs as a ; The abbeys of Sawley " and Whalley " had lands in Worston. The land tax return of 1787 gives Thomas Dawson and Thomas York as chief owners. There is a mission room in this township in con- nexion with Christ Church, Chatburn. MEARLEY Merlay, 1241 ; Merlee, 1272 ; Merleye, 1302 ; Morleye, 1306. This township lies entirely on the summit and western slope of Pendle Hill, Little Mearley being to the north and Great Mearley to the south. There is no village or hamlet, and in 1901 the population numbered forty-one. The area measures 1,509 acres. Great Mearley alone having 1,008 acres. A road from Pendleton to Worston crosses the township northwards, passing the two ancient halls. The land is mostly used for pasture. The soil is day, overlying blue clay. There is a parish meeting. In 1666 there were thirty-five hearths liable to the tax. The largest houses were those of Joshua RadclifFe with eleven hearths and Henry Standen with eight ; the next in size had four hearths and the next three.' A member of the Clitheroe fee, MJNORS MEJRLET with all its appurtenances was in 1102 granted by Robert de Lacy to Ralph le Rous,' possibly an illegitimate son, and the grant was confirmed about forty years later by Ilbert de Lacy.' What became of the inheritance as a whole is unknown, but the Mitton' and Heriz' families seem to have been concerned in it, perhaps by descent. Mearley was assessed as three plough- lands, of which two were in Great Mearley and the other in Little Mearley. The descent of GREAT MEJRLET may be traced through a record of the time of Edward IL' Jordan son of Ralph le Rous granted it to Stephen de Mearley.' In 1241 Agnes daughter of Stephen and Adam her son obtained a release of 14 oxgangs of land in Mearley from Eve daughter of Ralph, giving her 8/.^ Roger Nowell the son of Adam in 1296 gave part of Mearley to his son Roger," a
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