. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE while another branch goes to Holme. Wood and Crossens. The Lancashire and V or^ihlre Company's railway from Liverpool to Preston passes throu-h the SQUth-ea,t corner of the township and h-,s a "station by the Douglas. A branch of the Leeds an J Liverpool Canal also goes north, to the east of th-j m;in road. The vil'.a^^e, one of the prettiest in South Lanca-. Olo C'jttcj, Rufford , is much resorted to in the summer by txcur- from the neighbouring towns. Man. old cottages r
. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE while another branch goes to Holme. Wood and Crossens. The Lancashire and V or^ihlre Company's railway from Liverpool to Preston passes throu-h the SQUth-ea,t corner of the township and h-,s a "station by the Douglas. A branch of the Leeds an J Liverpool Canal also goes north, to the east of th-j m;in road. The vil'.a^^e, one of the prettiest in South Lanca-. Olo C'jttcj, Rufford , is much resorted to in the summer by txcur- from the neighbouring towns. Man. old cottages remain, one with a pxturcsque external stone staircase being dated 1676. Another bears the date 1692. , ⢠1 The soil is sand, loam and moss ovcrlving sand. The land is occupied as follows : Arable, 1,742 acres ; permanent 772 ; woods and plantations, 257. , oats, rye and potatoes are grown. A fair is held on 13 May yearly. The township is governed by a parish council. Roger Dodsworth, the antiquary, who married Holcrolt daughter of Robert Hesketh, was buried in the Hesketh chapel at Ruftbrd in 1654. The remains of the village cross were removed in 18 I 8.' An ancient canoe was found in 1869.' The village stocks were removed at the same time. From a plan of part of the south end of the township in 1763 it appears that a large rounded field called the Great Croft occupied the centre of the village ; a road went round it, joined by numerous others at different points. The Cockpit â ,vas to the cast of it, the church standing further to the east. The Whiteficlds lay to the south of the church. Three fields were named Guild Heys.* The manor was a member of the MJXOR Penwortham fee, and Richard Bussel about 1150-60 gave to St. Werburgh's Abbc)', Chester, one plough-land in RUFFORD in alms, which the abbot was holding in 1212.^ Somewhat later one Richard Fitton** held it of the abbot by a rent of 5/., and gave a moiety to his daughter Maud, who married William de Heske
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