CONTENTS.

Old Moreton Hall, and its Past and Present Owners.

By Robert Head (1 plate and 2 woodcuts)

The Plans of Moreton Old Hall. Reprinted from Mr.

Henry Taylor's Old Halls of Lancashire and Cheshire.

(2 plans)...

Borwick Hall. By William Oliver Roper. (1 plate)......

S. Helen's Church, Sephton. By the Rev. G. W. Wall,

M.A. (4 plates) ..

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Norman Remains at Sephton Church. By Edward W.

Cox. (Woodcut).....

Notes on the Parish Churches of Wirral.

Fergusson Irvine (1 plate)

Cheshire in the great Civil War. By A. M. Robinson,

F.R.G.S.......

By Wm.

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107

137

Notes on Altcar Parish. By the Rev. William Warburton.
(2 plates)...

157

Some Historical Notes on the Chapel of Our Blessed

Lady, Parbold, Lancashire. By William Frederick

Price (plate)

207

COMMUNICATIONS.

Leaves from an Antiquary's Note-Book. By Edward W.

Notes by the Hon. Local Secretary for Sefton District...
Suggestions for describing Ancient Buildings. By Henry
Taylor

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

TO FACE

PLATE

Frontispiece. Borwick Hall, Lancashire......

II.

III.

Title Page.

Moreton Old Hall, Cheshire (Bird's-eye view)...

[Woodcuts-Entrance to Great Hall, page 9;
Fireplace in the Retiring Room, page 11.]

Moreton Old Hall, Ground plan...........
Ditto
First Floor plan

IV. S. Helen's Church, Sephton...........

4-5

16-17

18-19

39

[Woodcut-Norman Capital found at Sephton,
page 103.]

VIII. Bebington Church

125

IX. Map of Lancashire, from the Harleian MS.................

177

X. Altcar Parish Church-Communion Vessels and

Ancient Fonts

179

XI. Douglas Chapel, Parbold--Exterior and Interior

Views

205

COUNCIL AND OFFICERS, FOR THE YEAR 1896.

President.

THE RIGHT REV. THE LORD BISHOP OF CHESTER, D.D.

Vice-Presidents.

THE RIGHT REV. THE LORD BISHOP OF OXFORD, D.D., F.S.A., Ex-President. THOMAS GLAZEBROOK RYLANDS, F.S.A., Ex-President.

THE LORD LIEUT. OF CHESHIRE (THE DUKE OF WESTMINSTER, K.G.) THE LORD LIEUT OF LANCASHIRE (THE EARL OF SEFTON, KG)

THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF DERBY, G.C.B.

THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF LATHOM.

THE RIGHT HON. W. E. GLADSTONE.
THE REV. THE RECTOR OF LIVERPOOL.
JOHN RUSKIN, LL.D.

JOHN PAUL RYLANDS, F.S.A.

Officers of the Society since commencement.

Presidents.

1. Right Hon. Francis, 1st Earl of Ellesmere, Lord-Lieut. of

2. Right Hon. Charles William, 3rd Earl of Sefton, Lord-Lieut.

1848.

1854.

General the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, K.C.H., D.C.L.

1855.

1803.

1866.

Rev. Canon Hume, D.C.L., LL.D., &c.

1869.

The Very Rev. J. S. Howson, D.D., Dean of Chester -
Thomas Glazebrook Rylands, F.S.A., &c.

1885.

IO. RIGHT REV. THE LORD BISHOP OF CHESTer, D.D.

1889.

Secretaries.

1848. Rev. A. Hume. LL.D., and H. C. Pidgeon.

1851. Rev. A. Hume, LL.D., and Rev. Thomas Moore, M.A.

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