his son, was father of James Chadwick, yeoman, of Saddleworth, who died issueless. Richard, uncle of this James, died in 1754, and was father of Lewis Chadwick, gentleman, who married a daughter of Mr. Hopwood, of Rhodes-green, and left several children, whose descendants were living in 1824. Shortly after the middle of the last century, some of the property passed to the Chadwicks, of Nottingham, apparently to Georgiana, daughter of Evelyn Chadwick, Esq., maternal grandson of the great Dr. Tillotson. This lady, who died 1789, married in 1770, the Right Hon.Thomas Willoughby, Lord Middleton, and, secondly, Edward Miller Munday, Esq., M.P., of Shipley, by whom a daughter, Georgiana Elizabeth, who married, in 1807, the present Duke of Newcastle, and died October 10, 1822, leaving issue. The property, near Hollins, is now possessed by various proprietors, but several chief rents were payable to Lady Middleton a few years ago.

Oak, near Hollins, appears to have been the property of a Mr. Whitehead, in 1681, and in 1747, of a Mrs. Whitehead; but in 1752, it was in the hands of a Mr. Bradshaw. In 1757, John Duncuft, yeoman, was the possessor of this place, as well as of the adjacent tenements of Whittakers, Leeses, and Wilds. In 1767, a Mr. John Whitehead, and in 1761 a Mr. Robert Whitehead, were the possessors. The present owners are Misses Barrow.

Lyme, or Lime House, sometimes called Hollinwood House, in the vicinity of Hollinwood, and adjacent to the ancient district of Lyme, in the parish of Ashton-under-Lyne, was anciently the estate of the Hardmans. Prior to 1681 John Hardman, yeoman, sold the place to Samuel Haward, or Howard, of Salford, chapman, who by his will, dated July 3, 1704, devised three yearly rent charges, one of £15, and two of £5 each, to be laid out in penny wheat loaves for poor children

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