Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire for the Year ..., Volume 48Society, 1897 Pedigrees and arms of various families of Lancashire and Cheshire are included in many of the volumes. |
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... carving , and , on cleaning out the focus on its summit , recognised the nature of the find . The corners of the stone have ... carved on the sides of altars . Their size bears no relation to the importance of the deity to whom they were ...
... carving , and , on cleaning out the focus on its summit , recognised the nature of the find . The corners of the stone have ... carved on the sides of altars . Their size bears no relation to the importance of the deity to whom they were ...
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... carved with coats of arms , dates , and initials , and with stout , strong doors of oak , furnished with ornamental iron fittings . Oak flooring boards laid on oak beams , handsome ceilings of panelled oak or plaster work , staircases ...
... carved with coats of arms , dates , and initials , and with stout , strong doors of oak , furnished with ornamental iron fittings . Oak flooring boards laid on oak beams , handsome ceilings of panelled oak or plaster work , staircases ...
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... carved above a doorway leading into the courtyard in rear of the building . In the principal front , during recent reparations , has been inserted a stone , rudely carved in low relief with some of the Halsall quarterings , but with ...
... carved above a doorway leading into the courtyard in rear of the building . In the principal front , during recent reparations , has been inserted a stone , rudely carved in low relief with some of the Halsall quarterings , but with ...
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... , whose beak is not very sharp or hooked ; on the west a fierce - looking and well- carved lion ; and on the north is a somewhat ugly angel holding a scroll . Above the lion is a 202 Notes on the Parish and Church of Halsall .
... , whose beak is not very sharp or hooked ; on the west a fierce - looking and well- carved lion ; and on the north is a somewhat ugly angel holding a scroll . Above the lion is a 202 Notes on the Parish and Church of Halsall .
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... carved head of a man , with beard and moustache and curling hair , at the apex of the chancel arch on the east side , and the heads which terminate the hood mould of the same arch on the same side . They are of a woman , with refined ...
... carved head of a man , with beard and moustache and curling hair , at the apex of the chancel arch on the east side , and the heads which terminate the hood mould of the same arch on the same side . They are of a woman , with refined ...
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A. S. Scott-Gatty Adam Adrian's tower altar ancient arch Archæological Bebington Blundell building built Burscough Capt carved castle century chancel chapel Cheshire Chester MSS corbels daughter Directory ditch door Duke Street Earl east Eastham Edward Edward III F. A. Crisp Feast of St feet fragments gable Gilbert Guild hall Halsall HALSALL CHURCH Harvey Bloom hearth heirs Hemans Henry Blundell Henry Halsall Ingle Dredge James John John of Gaunt Lancashire Lancaster Lancaster Castle land Liverpool Maghull manor manorial masonry mediæval mill modern Molyneux moulded nave Norman original Ormskirk parish pence period Peter Travers portion present records Rector rector of Halsall Registers Robert of Hurlton Roger Roman station roof Scaresbrek shillings side Society soke south aisle stone Thomas timber town tribal house Walens wall Walter Wavertree West Derby wife Wilderspool William windmill Witnesses
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Page 15 - Index to archaeologists is now recognised. Every effort is made to keep its contents up to date and continuous, but it is obvious that the difficulties are great unless the assistance of the societies is obtained. If for any reason the papers of a society are not indexed in the year to which they properly belong the plan is to include them in the following year ; and whenever the papers of societies are brought into the Index for the first time they are then indexed from the year 1891. By this means...
Page 15 - Transcripts in the British Museum Library. „ No. 4. — Registers of other Churches in all classes. „ No, 5. — Parish Registers transcribed in MS. No. 1,— A List of Parish Registers that have been printed as separate works. Extracted by permission from...
Page 8 - Bax. REIGATE, Friends, Births 1667-1675, Mar. 1665-1676 Bur. 1664-1677, AR Bax. SOCIETY OF FRIENDS.— A Digest of the Registers of Births, Marriages, Deaths and Burials of Members (principally) of the Society of Friends in England and Wales, from the rise of the Society, circa 1650 to 1837, arranged in geographical areas called Quarterly Meetings, the entries for each Quarterly Meeting being also arranged alphabetically and chronologically.
Page 13 - Sec. is EA Fry, Esq., of 172, Edmund Street, Birmingham, who will be happy to give any information on the subject. The Society has already issued five Registers in return for the annual guinea subscription, and in the event of an increase in the number of subscribers will be able to print more Registers annually. In cases where some local help can be guaranteed, special arrangements can be made for printing Registers. Mr. WPW Phillimore (124, Chancery Lane) is also printing a series of complete Marriage...
Page 112 - I was put into a tower, where the smoke of the other prisoners came up so thick that it stood as dew upon the walls, and sometimes it was so thick that I could hardly see the candle when it burned ; and I being locked under three locks, the...
Page 290 - Peter, to have and to hold of the chief lords of the fee, according to the said charter, which shall be delivered to Peter.
Page 2 - Browne, Par. GLO'STERS. ASTON-SUB-EDGE, 1538-1812, Rev. J. Harvey Bloom. Mar. only 1539-1719, SG Hamilton. To be printed in Gloucester Marriage Registers. BISHOPS CLEEVE, Mar. 1563-1812, Sidney Madge, FRHS CAM.