The Cheshire and Lancashire historical collector, ed. by T.W. Barlow

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Thomas Worthington Barlow
1853

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Page 106 - the beautiful vale of Gresford, and just where the inferior Welsh hills begin to swell up from among fresh sweet-smelling meadows."—Vide " Sketch Book," " The Angler," page 266, edition of 1850. (a) Stansfield.—" Sanitary Condition of Birkenhead, with Notices of that Township, by Samuel Stansfield. Liverpool, 1843.
Page 70 - Notitia Cestriensis; or Historical Notices of the Diocese of Chester." By the Right Rev. Francis Gastrell, DD Lord Bishop of Chester. Now first printed from the Original Manuscript, with illustrative and explanatory notes by the Rev. FR Raines, MA, FSA (Printed for the Chetham Society.) 2vols.,4to. 1845. The
Page 11 - A Survey of England's Champions, and Truth's Faithful Patriots; or a Chronological Recitement of the principall proceedings of the most worthy Commanders of the prosperous Armies raised for the preservation of Religion, &c., with the lively Portraitures of the several Commanders. Printed in London, 1647." Contains Memoirs and Portraits of Sir William Brereton and General Massie. Wilbraham
Page 105 - 96.) Eaton (Samuel).—" An Answer to a Book which Samuel Eaton put up to the^ Parliament, in which he saith he is a Teacher of the Church of Christ, heretofore meeting at Duckinfield, now in Stockport, in Cheshire; and he calls the title of his Book
Page 92 - (Francis), Bishop of Chester.—" His case, with relationship to the Wardenship of Manchester, in which is shewn that no other degrees but those of the University can be deemed legal qualifications for Ecclesiastical Preferment." Folio, Oxford, 1731. (Byrom.)
Page 108 - TA communicates that there is a custom very common in Cheshire called Old Hob; it consists of a man carrying a dead horse's head, covered with a sheet to frighten people. This frolic is usual between All Souls
Page 69 - Dioceses in England and Wales, as they now stand chargeable with, or were lately discharged from the payment of First Fruits and Tenths. To which are added the names of the Patrons and Dedications of the Churches, &c. &c,, by John Ecton, Esq., late Eeceiver General of
Page 96 - of horns."— 4to., Lond., 1676. Eaton (Richard.)—" A Sermon preached at the Funeralls of Master Thomas Button, of Button, Esq.,"—4to., Lond., 1616.— BM Eaton (Samuel.)—" The Quakers Confuted, being an Answer unto nineteen Queries propounded by them, and sent to the Elders of the Church of Duckenfield, in Cheshire."—4to. Lond. 1654. (TO BE
Page 79 - have elsewhere quoted, occurs at page 31, the subjoined passage relating to the venerable old Hall at Bramall. It is a new fact to us in the history of the place. "As an illustration of old English hospitality (that real hearty hospitality for which the Squirearchy of this country was once so famous—ah
Page 12 - little pedigree of a family in Cheshire, soon after the conquest, affords a most striking illustration of the changes which occurred in family names before hereditary surnames were fully established, and of the consequent difficulty which must be experienced in tracing pedigrees in those early times. It was taken by

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