An history of the original parish of Whalley, and honor of Clitheroe : in the counties of Lancaster and York, to which is subjoined, an account of the parish of Cartmell . t situs uberrimus—Mons enim Longridge ignisfomitem quotannis abunde suppeditat, et dulcissimos aquarum fontes ubertim undique effundit:pascua ac prata longe lateque patent gregibus et gramine repleta—arva frumenti feracissima:imis in vallibus duo flumina Rhibellus et Hodder, in quibus piscium delicatissimorum ingenscopia quotidie capiuntur.—De salubritate aeris quid dicam? Favonius placidus ab occidentaliplaga leni flamine s
An history of the original parish of Whalley, and honor of Clitheroe : in the counties of Lancaster and York, to which is subjoined, an account of the parish of Cartmell . t situs uberrimus—Mons enim Longridge ignisfomitem quotannis abunde suppeditat, et dulcissimos aquarum fontes ubertim undique effundit:pascua ac prata longe lateque patent gregibus et gramine repleta—arva frumenti feracissima:imis in vallibus duo flumina Rhibellus et Hodder, in quibus piscium delicatissimorum ingenscopia quotidie capiuntur.—De salubritate aeris quid dicam? Favonius placidus ab occidentaliplaga leni flamine spirans tanta temperie plantas arboresque fovet et salubres reddit, ut quanivis multos longaevos illic invcnias, hilares tamen ac laetos invenies tanquam in ipso florejuventutis. CHIPPING, anciently CHEPIN,An obscure, uninteresting place, and another appropriation to the see of Ciiester. In the Gentlemans Magazine for 1772, p. 588, is inserted an account of the followinginscription on the font of this place, which the writer supposes to be similar to that of Brid-kirk, &,c. and the characters, though peculiar, akin to Runic. No explanation was ever give * Dods. MSS. vol. 132, fol. 82. o t MS. pen. T. Weld, ar. The 466 HISTORY OF WHALLEY. [Book V.—Chap. III. The font, however, is comparatively modern; possibly not earlier than Henry VIII. Thecharacters in the upper line belong not to any alphabet, but are probably sigla, of which thetriangle inscribed within the circle seems to denote the co-eternity of persons in tlie HolyTrinity. The rest I shall not attempt to elucidate. Of the lower line, three compartments appear to be marked with the instruments of thepassion; a fourth has the cypher I. ; a fifth the monogram X ; and two others the initialsI. B. probably the forgotten donor. With respect to the descents of this manor, I find in charters, without date, Richard deChepin, lord of Chepiii. Then Jolin de Chepin grants the homage and service 1$ hominumsuorum in Ch
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