. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE The soil IS chiefly a black, heavy loam overlying clay ; elsewhere it Is light, and in some parts sandy loam. There are now 2,394 acres of arable land, 648 acres of permanent grass and 30 acres of woods and plantations.' Wheat, oats and potatoes are grown. Beyond the cultivated land to the north are Hesketh sands, stretching to the stream of the Ribble, the thread of which forms the boundary of parish and hundred. It was formerly a seaside resort.' The principal road is that coming north from Tarleton,
. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE The soil IS chiefly a black, heavy loam overlying clay ; elsewhere it Is light, and in some parts sandy loam. There are now 2,394 acres of arable land, 648 acres of permanent grass and 30 acres of woods and plantations.' Wheat, oats and potatoes are grown. Beyond the cultivated land to the north are Hesketh sands, stretching to the stream of the Ribble, the thread of which forms the boundary of parish and hundred. It was formerly a seaside resort.' The principal road is that coming north from Tarleton, which at Hesketh Bank turns sharply to the west, going to the hamlet called Hundred End and then to Southport. The line of the West Lancashire Railway, opened in 1S7S, and now owned by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company, runs through the southern part of the parish with a station at the east end called Hesketh Bank and another at the west called Hundred End. There is a parish council. Water is supplied by the Preston Waterworks. The joint township was a member of MANORS the fee or barony of Warrington, and as one plough-land was given by Pain de Vilers to the Knights Hospitallers in alms.' It remained in their possession' till the Suppression in the time of Henry \'III, the immediate holders being the families of Beconsaw and Banastre of Bank, each having a moiety and paying a rent of 5;.' A^ in the case of other manors held in alms, little is known of its The Beconsaw family held their moiety until the 16th century.' Edward Beconsaw recorded a pedigree in I 5 3 3,'and died on 19 April 1535, holding the manor of Becconsall and lands there of Sir Thomas Weston, Prior of St. John of Jerusalem in Eng- land, in socage by a rent of 5/., the clear annual value being X'°- ^^ ^^'^ lands also in Lydiate, Aughton, Aspinwall in Scarisbrick and Much Hoole. His heir was his son Henry, nineteen years of age.* Henry left a daughter, Dorothy, whereupon the manor and lands were cl
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