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Updated: October 21, 2026
In the valleys there were a few hamlets and scattered cottages, and on the uplands an occasional "booth," as the hut of the herdsman was termed; but of more important mansions there were only six, as Merley, Twistleton, Alcancoats, Saxfeld, Ightenhill, and Gawthorpe.
And as he spoke, he seized a brand and plunged it into the peat fire, while his example was followed by the two monks. "It is the beacon on Blackstone Edge," cried the abbot; "and look! a second blazes over the Grange of Cliviger another on Ightenhill another on Boulsworth Hill and the last on the neighbouring heights of Padiham. Our own comes next.