Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire for the Year Volume 34 (English, French, Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 edition. Excerpt: ...of oxen for the King's Majesty's household. This tax or lay was agreed upon the 8th January, anno regni reginae Elizabethan 25, anno Domini 1583. Hyton paid 2d. to this lay. Soldiers' Lay, 1624. Darby Hundred, 14 Parishes (now 17). When the Hundred of Darby maketh, z0, then the several Townships therein pay as followeth: --Hyton (P.) and Roby...., 218 The parish of Huyton is almost entirely agricultural. There are no navigable rivers nor any canals, but the London and North Western Railway passes Huyton Lane, close to the village, and the new branch line to Prescot and St. Helens runs through the parish, commencing at the junction at Huyton Station. The soil for the most part is a strongish loam, with the exception of the tract of peat called "Knowsley Moss." There was in the parish an excellent flagstone quarry, situated to the E.S.E. of the village of Huyton; in which township there is coal, as well as in the townships of Torbock and Knowsley, the latter of which, however, being in the park, is not worked. WINDOW MONEY ACT. An Acct. of ye money stated w'th y' several Townships in Prescot, Childwall, and Huyton cum Robie Parishes and stated at Prescott ye 15 Aug. 1699. Huyton cum Robie Parish Window Money. Marriage. Knowsley... 15: 14:00 Knowsley... 5:09:00 Tarbock... 10:12:00 Tarbock.... 3:13:06 Huyton cu. Robie 15:08:00 Huyton cu. Robie 5: ----Novemb'r the 16th 1699. An Acct. of Returns made at Prescott on ye Window and Marriages Acts before Cuthbert Sharples Esq. Mair of Liverpoole and Thomas Johnson jr. Esq. both Justices of Peace for ye County Pal. of Lanc. ()br 16, 1699 Huyton Parish. Windows. Marriages. Knowsley....6:17:0 1:7:6 Tarbock.... 1:00: 00 6 & 7 Will III. Cap. 6. An Act for granting to his Majesty...