We then devised this system and it had an absolutely firm principle: it had a great spine down the middle where everybody walked.

Its 2,880 acres were owned by Count Roger Pictavensis and his family, and afterwards the title fell to Cockersand Abbey.

The settlement gave its name to a local family, Roger de Bailrigg and his descendants.

In 1469 the land was granted to John Gardiner, who endowed Lancaster Royal Grammar School, and it went through numerous owners subsequently.

[5][6] In 1921, Storey moved to Wiltshire, and the estate was bought by James Travis-Clegg, who lived there until he died in 1942.