. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. LEYLAND HUNDRED LEYLAND lowed' by a son of the same name, who increased the family estates by his marriage with Frances Sobieski, daughter and heir of Christopher Ince of Incc in Makerficld. In 1811 William Anderton was followed by his son William Ince Anderton, who, as stated above, purchased the manor of I^uxton. He was succeeded by his son and grandson ; the last-named, Major William Arthur Alphonsus Joseph Ince Anderton, is the pr-;scnt owner of the manor and estates.^ Euxton Hall was rebuilt in 1849-50, replacing a plain
. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. LEYLAND HUNDRED LEYLAND lowed' by a son of the same name, who increased the family estates by his marriage with Frances Sobieski, daughter and heir of Christopher Ince of Incc in Makerficld. In 1811 William Anderton was followed by his son William Ince Anderton, who, as stated above, purchased the manor of I^uxton. He was succeeded by his son and grandson ; the last-named, Major William Arthur Alphonsus Joseph Ince Anderton, is the pr-;scnt owner of the manor and estates.^ Euxton Hall was rebuilt in 1849-50, replacing a plain classic building of two stories, with pedi- ment and pillared porch, erected in 1739* on the site of a still older house. A number of minor families occur in the earlier pleadings, as Armetriding,* Bussel,* Dacre,'' Euxton,' Whalley,^ and others.^ The estate called RUNSHJl^^w^s held successively by Lancaster of Rain- hilP" and ; Last century Runshaw Hall \vas acquired by William Bretherton, father of the rcLtor of Eccleston, and he dieJ there in September 1890, aged sixty-three. It ib now the residence of Mr. Norris Bretherton. BUCKSflJir was long the seat of a family named Robin- son,'' who were considerable landowners in the district ; they recorded a pedigree in 1664.'^ Buckshaw Hall, now a farm-liOLise, is situated in the north-east corner of the town- ship, and is a house of the H-typc of plan, originally a timber and plaster building, probably of the i6th century, on a stone base. The house was considerably restored in 1885, when the spaces be- tween the timbers were filled in with brick and the roofs covered with blue Anderton of Euxton. Quarterly i and 4, Sahle three ihachholts argent for Anderton j 2 and 1 Argent three torteaux betzvecn tiuo bendlets gules for Ince. Geo. II at Preston. The original is in Mr. H. Incc Anderton's possession. ^ Perhaps not immediately. Inden- tures of 1763 respecting lands in Euxton between Francis Anderton, r
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