HALSALL, (Lancashire) on the W. side of Ormeskirk, is supposed to have given name to the ancestors of Edw. Halsall, Esq;
who founded a fr. sc. here. The rectory here is reckoned 400 l. a year. Here was formerly the seat of Ld. Gerrard. At this
place is a bituminous turf, which emits a smell like the oil of amber; and from which an oil may be prepared, not easily
distinguishable from it. The country people use pieces of it, instead of candles.