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 *o 4 THE HISTORY BookL as the regular tradition of the prefect |ttackro3e afffertefc was* ere&ed along the fiope of the prefent hill, awk was conti- nued within a few yards from the ftatkm* from, the barrow q^U- ed Hafty-knoll, and from the rivcar Douglas. And the tewj of Veratinum was. built upon the hurofcfe al^v^tk^ of thft ground which terminates the marfhy level of the Broad Howloy on the north-eaft, and which. i» the boundary of the flooding Merfey. This was the aeareft irte to the ftatie*i that was raifecl above the reach of the floods. There tbe ^tiefit chwch and th# attendant parfooage continue to the pr^fe^t period. There' w*9 originally the mote or court of the town*, a* ihwJU rounded kiaoii a little to the eaft of the church being formerly d&nomiuated the Mote-hilL And there the town of Warrington Gontioued to the eoaciufioa of the fifteenth century, even tUl ,the p^flagc over the antieat lord was deferted, a bridge was thrown awofc the Mftr- fey below it* and the road wfes diverted fywft th$ oo$ to (he other. And as the town of JLancaiter was oortftm&ed, in the vi* cinity of the fkationary hill, and upon the later fite of the friery ; the town of Overborough clofe to the Aatian* and. Hide it, betwixt the two currents *of the Lao nd the 'Lime * ; and the town of Colne afluredly in tfoe immediate vicinity of C» fter-cliff; fo the town of the S^ntian Harbour was rafedupaa the neareft convenient fite, where the high grounds of the Ne6 began to flope gently towards the Ribbfe, and where the UttAe village of Freckleton ftaaids;pleaiaotly at : qactfent. The te&n of Manchcfler was originally, couftru&ed, tiot as the old cen- tral parts of it are now {Wanted, at the diftaaoe nearJ^y of a mile from the Caflle-field, . hut in the nearer: thfc (ftore imiQQdutfe neighbourhood of the ftation. No iraditkm. .hottrerar, afcac* tains the particular ,fite.. In the vicinity '«£ a $r$a$ town ^ad in a multiplicity of ooflttnerciai mo&t&mi Ujtk, ^tteyatioa is generally, paid to the remains of ;S»liq^ty:^r >W the whim- pers of tradition concerning them. But there is a> ftnaU di- ftrift which encompafles the Caftle-fieM upon three fid^ which is very frequently mentioned in our records, <apd which is all denominated ALDPORT or Old ftupugh.. Some* • ' where