. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED. In 1852 it was purchased from the trustees of Hugh Hornby by Thomas Miller, one of the great cotton manufacturers of Preston,80 who resided at Singleton and did much for the material improvement of the district. Dying on 24 June 1865, he was followed by his son, Mr. Thomas Horrocks Miller, the present lord of the manor, who resides at Singleton Park, having built the mansion there. He also owns the Avenham LITTLE SINGLETON, as half a plough-land, was, as above stated, granted in Th
. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED. In 1852 it was purchased from the trustees of Hugh Hornby by Thomas Miller, one of the great cotton manufacturers of Preston,80 who resided at Singleton and did much for the material improvement of the district. Dying on 24 June 1865, he was followed by his son, Mr. Thomas Horrocks Miller, the present lord of the manor, who resides at Singleton Park, having built the mansion there. He also owns the Avenham LITTLE SINGLETON, as half a plough-land, was, as above stated, granted in The holders adopted the local surname, but their principal manor was Broughton in Preston, with which Little Singleton descended to the heirs and representatives of the Balderston On the partition in 1565 it was assigned to the Earl of ; In 1602 it was sold by Alice Countess of Derby and the heirs of Ferdinando the fifth earl to William Hesketh of Little Poulton,85 who was probably already the occupier. The manor-house, known as MAINS, thencefor- ward became the chief residence of this branch of the Lancaster. England differenced <with a label of Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Farrer, William, 1861-1924, ed; Brownbill, J. , joint ed. London [Constable]
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