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Bleasdale Tower, BleasdaleNotes: William Garnett of Lark Hill, Salford, acquired a lease of the manor or forest from the Crown and greatly improved the district, converting wild lands into meadow and pasture. He built Bleasdale Tower, and was high sheriff of the county in 1843. At his death in 1863 he was succeeded by his son William James, who continued the work of improvement, and, dying in 1873, was followed by his eldest son, Mr. William Garnett of Quernmore, who served as high sheriff in 1879. ['Townships: Bleasdale', A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 7 (1912), pp. 141-142. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53202 , Accessed 18 Nov 2010] ![]()
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