Higher Sheepwashes, now called Waterloo, was the residence of the Brierleys, an ancient family in this district. In 1633, a family of this name were seated at Barrowshaw. In 1703, a Mr. Brierley, of Oldham [apparently James Brierley, of Lower-moor), erected the gallery in Oldham church. Mr. John Brierley, of Higher Sheepwashes, died July 5, 1609. This estate was offered for sale at the White Bear Inn, in 1315, about the time when the news of the Battle of Waterloo arrived, and was purchased by Mr. Geo. Nelson, hatter, of Bow-street, who converted the old mill into a hat manufactory, and also added considerably to it by new erections. The newly erected portion of the premises was afterwards converted into a cotton mill by its present proprietor Mr. Joseph Nelson in 1850, and is now occupied by Mr. John Whitaker.

Warrens, an old homestead in the vicinity of Glodwick, so named from its original owners, was the birth place of Joshua VVarren, an eminent vocalist, at Lichfield, in the last century. Owing to his decisive influence over the choir of Lichfield, he was generally called Warren, the vicar. Loweside, forms a pleasing specimen of a respectable yeomanry house. James Andrew, the apparent ancestor of the Andrews, of Loe-side, was resident at Glodwick, in 1634. Jonah Andrew, yeoman, was of Lowside, in 1702. John Andrew, gentleman, was the resident possessor in 1752. The estate is now enjoyed by the heirs of Jonah Andrew, gentleman, who died prior to 1817. Another residence at Lowside, was for a long period the abode of the Taylors, of whom was Isaac Taylor, living in 1747. The situation of the place commands a vast and beautiful landscape to the south. Lower Newearth, near the road from Greenacres-moor to Lees, was, in 1735, the property of James Wyld, yeoman, and in 1759, of Mr. John Wilde. A female relative and heiress conveyed the property, by marriage, to Dauntesey Hulme, Esq., of Hulme-place, Salford, who, in 1794,

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