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Hapton is a village and civil parish in the borough of Burnley, in the English county of Lancashire. The village is west of Burnley town centre, and has a railway station on the East Lancashire Line. According to the United Kingdom Census 2011, the parish has a population of 1,979,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics )〕 a decrease from 3,769 in the 2001 census.〔(Office for National Statistics : ''Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Burnley'' ) Retrieved 4 February 2010〕 The Leeds and Liverpool Canal and M65 motorway both pass through the village.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Hapton - Leeds and Liverpool Canal - A Virtual Trip 59 )〕 ==History== The castle of Hapton once stood on the eastern side of Castle Clough, on the edge of a precipitous slope. Nothing is known of its origin. Further up the hill in Hapton Park, however, Hapton Tower was constructed by Sir John Townley (1473-1541) and was inhabited until 1667. The tower was a large square building about high with, on one side, the remains of three round towers with conical bases. It reportedly had two main entrances opposite each other. Both castle and tower were in ruins after the Restoration and today hardly anything remains of either. The only masonry of the castle now visible is a length of wall about long and thick and four courses high under two trees. From the Haptons the land passed to the de Leghs, when John de Hapton's daughter Cecilia married Richard de Legh in 1205, and then to the Townleys. In the 12th century part of the manor was granted to William de Arches by Robert de Lacey. Sir John Townley succeeded to the estates at the age of nine. He was married to Isabella Pilkington, the daughter of his guardian and later served as a soldier, being awarded a knighthood in 1497. With Royal permission he enclosed the manors of Townley and Hapton, which he connected with the illegal enclosure of Horelaw at Hapton. An astute businessman he bought land, corn mills and corn tithes. He was High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1532.〔 In his will dated 1627, Richard Townley (1566-1629) left all his armour at Whalley to his son Richard. The will of Richard's wife Jane, dated 1633, provides the last recorded instance of the Townleys at Hapton Tower.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hapton, Lancashire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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