[126] See ‘Rigby of Layton Hall,’ in [Chapter VI].
[127] See ‘Veale of Whinney Heys,’ in [Chapter VI].
[128] History of Blackpool and Neighbourhood.
[129] The following is extracted from a paper, written by Mr. Henry Moon, of Kirkham, about 1783, and refers to this pool:—“The liquid is of a chocolate or liver colour, as all water must be which passes through a peaty soil, so that the place might, with as much propriety, bear the name of Liver-pool, as Black-pool.”
[130] For a list of the Knights of the Royal Oak, and other matters concerning that Order see [page 72].
[131] Black-pool.
[132] See ‘Tyldesley of Fox Hall’ in [Chapter VI].
[133] A couplet extracted from some lines descriptive of Blackpool and its accommodation, etc., in 1790, written by a visitor about that date.
[134] Regist. S. Mariæ Lanc. MS.
[135] Harl. MSS., No. 2064, f. 27.