. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. BLACKBURN HUNDRED BLACKBURN Ribble to Sir George Warren, ; in considera- tion of £5,000 and an annuity of ^(^400 during their livesJi From Sir George Warren the manor descended, like those of Salesbury and Dincldey, to George second Baron de Tabley, who in 1866 sold the manor to Henry Ward of Blackburn. It was in 1894 pur- chased by Solomon Longworth, and the following year, the new owner having died, it was sold by his executors to the present lord of the manor, Mr. Joseph Dugdale of Blackburn. The manor is titular
. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. BLACKBURN HUNDRED BLACKBURN Ribble to Sir George Warren, ; in considera- tion of £5,000 and an annuity of ^(^400 during their livesJi From Sir George Warren the manor descended, like those of Salesbury and Dincldey, to George second Baron de Tabley, who in 1866 sold the manor to Henry Ward of Blackburn. It was in 1894 pur- chased by Solomon Longworth, and the following year, the new owner having died, it was sold by his executors to the present lord of the manor, Mr. Joseph Dugdale of Blackburn. The manor is titular only, no courts being held or rights exercised.'^ OSBJLDESTON HJLL stands in a low situation close to the left bank of the Ribble, and is approached from the south by a field road which drops with a steep descent in front of the house. The building is now a farm-house, and has been so much patched and altered from time to time and parts allowed to fall after an original west wing had been pulled down. The building is of two stories faced with brick and stone, with a good projecting chimney at the east end, but externally has lost most of its original architectural features except in the upper windows of the south gable end. To this original block, in which is pro- bably incorporated the house of the latter part of the 16th century, though externally patched with brick and otherwise modernized out of all recognition, has been added a small wing at the north-east corner about 27 ft. square, standing some 7 ft. beyond the north front and with a smaller gabled projection at the east end facing south, set back behind the chimney of the east wing. At the opposite end of the house, now forming the west wing, is a later two-story stone building 64 ft. in length, the roof of which is slightly lower than that of the main block to which it is attached at the angle, being set back 16 ft. from the. (Qim^it^s /qio; OsBALDESTON HaLL FROM THE SoUTH-EAST into SO great a state of dilapidation
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