[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.