[25] Through the influence of the Rev. J. Shortt, Vicar of Hoghton, whose description of the find is here followed.

[26] Watkin’s “Roman Lancashire,” p. 133.

[27] Mr. Townley. See “Vetusta Monumenta,” iv. 5.

[28] Abram’s “History of Blackburn,” p. 159.

[29] Lanc. and Ches. Hist. Soc., xxv. 161.

[30] Whitaker’s “History of Whalley,” ii. 19.

[31] Baines’ “History of Lancashire” (second edition), ii. 24.

[32] Lanc. and Ches. Hist. Soc., iii. 3.

[33] Hist. Soc. of Lanc. and Ches., iii. 60; also Fishwick’s “History of Kirkham,” Chetham Soc., xcii. 5.

[34] Fishwick’s “History of Poulton–le–Fylde,” Chetham Soc., new series, viii. 4; also civ. 2.