Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society, Volume 25Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society., 1908 Vol. 7-10, 12-21 contain section: "Bibliography of Lancashire and Cheshire antiquities" (v. 12-21 include also bibliography). |
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Page 236 - Society is instituted to examine, preserve, and illustrate ancient Monuments and Records, and to promote the study of History, Literature, Arts, Customs, and Traditions, with particular reference to the antiquities of Lancashire and Cheshire. 2. NAME, &c. — This Society shall be called the " LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY.
Page 218 - He was perfumed like a milliner, And 'twixt his finger and his thumb he held A pouncet-box, which ever and anon He gave his nose, and took't away again...
Page 236 - Nominations for honorary membership shall be made by three subscribing members, and entered in the candidates7 book, stating the grounds of the nomination. The voting shall take place in the same manner as for ordinary and corresponding members. Each new member shall have his election notified to him by the Honorary Secretary, and shall, at the same time, be furnished with a copy of the Rules of the Club, and be required to remit to the Treasurer, within one month, his entrance fee and subscription....
Page 237 - ... paid all subscriptions then due from him. The Council shall have power to remove any name from the list of members on due cause being shown to them. Members wishing to resign at the termination of the year can do so by informing the Honorary Secretary, in writing, of their intention, on or before the 30th November, in that year. 4. HONORARY MEMBERS. — The Council shall have the power of recommending persons for election as honorary members. 5. HONORARY LOCAL SECRETARIES. — The Council shall...
Page 219 - Misson, in his Travels in England, 1697 (already quoted for his account of the use of tobacco), speaks of the beaux who frequented our public places. He describes them somewhat contemptuously as " creatures, compounded of a periwig, and a coat laden with powder as white as a miller's, a face besmeared with snuff, and a few affected airs.
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Page 236 - If the same be unpaid one month after his election, his name may be struck off the list of members, unless he can justify the delay to the satisfaction of the Council. No new member (other than honorary) shall participate in any of the advantages of the Club until he has paid his entrance fee and subscription. 2. SUBSCRIPTIONS. The subscription for ordinary members shall be one guinea, and for corresponding members half a guinea per annum, payable in advance on the...
Page 143 - B. Fortresses on hill-tops with artificial defences, following the natural line of the hill. Or, though usually on high ground, less dependent on natural slopes for protection. c. Rectangular or other enclosures of simple plan (including forts and towns of the Romano-British period).