. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE Hall afterwarJi descended to another brother, Robert, a priest,' who endeavoured to secure it to the use ofthe secular clergy. But in 1686 this purpose was made manifcit on trial, and the Hall was declared forfeit, ai devoted to 'superstitious use;,' and was after the Re- volution given to the vicar of Leyland to increase his en- dowment.' Leyland Old Hall, the former residence of the Char- nocks, and sometimes called Charnock Hall, is now a farm- house and coniiati of two wings at right angle
. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE Hall afterwarJi descended to another brother, Robert, a priest,' who endeavoured to secure it to the use ofthe secular clergy. But in 1686 this purpose was made manifcit on trial, and the Hall was declared forfeit, ai devoted to 'superstitious use;,' and was after the Re- volution given to the vicar of Leyland to increase his en- dowment.' Leyland Old Hall, the former residence of the Char- nocks, and sometimes called Charnock Hall, is now a farm- house and coniiati of two wings at right angles, respec- tively we:t and south, with a porch in the inner angle. It is situated the railway station and the church, facing east, and is architecturally almost without interest, being a small two-storied brick building with stone quoins and with half-timber work in one of the gablc^ and in the north side. Charnock of Ley- Argent an a heni sAile ihne cnyiUti of the feid, a mullet of the jc.'-;';./ in ^r chief for J iT^.erce. of the south wing. The brickwork is now either white- washed or covered with rough-cast, and a stone over the porch with the arms of Charnock, and the initials and date, 1660, is almost illegible. The south side retains a five-light mullioncd window u ith diamond quarries on the upper floor and traces of a six-light window below ; there are also several other mullioned \sindows now built up, but most of the windows are modern. The roofs are covered with stone slate;, except at the back where blue ones are used. The building was restored in 1884, when several 'hiding places' were reported to have been discovered.' The Radcliftes and Bartons of Smithills, perhaps as heir; of the Walton family, long held an estate in the township.' This have been the Leyland Hall which in 1688 was part of the lands of Thomas Crook of Abram. From his heirs it was purchased by Barton Shuttleworth, and sold to the Rev. Thomas Baldwin, vicar of Le\
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