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unusual facts about Church of St Thomas the Martyr, Upholland



Church of St Thomas the Martyr

Further income was raised through a windmill below Jesmond (confirmed as the chapel’s property in 1408) and more land, in Whickham, left to the chapel in the will of Roger Thornton in 1429.

Church of St Thomas the Martyr, Upholland

The building was founded in 1307 as a college for a dean and twelve secular priests by Sir Robert de Holland, who was secretary to Thomas Plantagenet, Earl of Lancaster.

However in 1319 the college was converted into a priory by Walter de Langton, Bishop of Lichfield, because of charges of misbehaviour by the priests.

Merseyside Route Utilisation Strategy

There should be a study of the possibility of an electrified chord from Upholland with through services to Liverpool (3).

Orrell, Greater Manchester

In 1212 the manor was held by Richard de Orrell but became divided and was acquired by the Hollands of Upholland and descended to the Lovels and subsequently to the Earls of Derby.


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