Local Gleanings Relating to Lancashire and Cheshire, Volume 1Cornish, Day, 1876 - Cheshire (England) |
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... Lancashire Baronetcies .... 323 Derby , Earl of , 8th , Charles Stanley 420 .... Cheshire and Lancashire , Charity Schools of .. 396 , 403 , 411 Dewhurst , Roger , of Halliwell , Esq . 412 Cheshire and Lancashire in 1777 and 1780 449 ...
... Lancashire Baronetcies .... 323 Derby , Earl of , 8th , Charles Stanley 420 .... Cheshire and Lancashire , Charity Schools of .. 396 , 403 , 411 Dewhurst , Roger , of Halliwell , Esq . 412 Cheshire and Lancashire in 1777 and 1780 449 ...
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... LANCASHIRE . THE SECOND SIEGE OF LATHOM HOUSE , 1645. The interesting collection of " Civil War Tracts of Lancashire , " edited for the Chetham Society , in 1844 , by the late Dr. Ormerod , is somewhat deficient in detailed information ...
... LANCASHIRE . THE SECOND SIEGE OF LATHOM HOUSE , 1645. The interesting collection of " Civil War Tracts of Lancashire , " edited for the Chetham Society , in 1844 , by the late Dr. Ormerod , is somewhat deficient in detailed information ...
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... Lancashire song or one with a few Lancashire words added or changed . P. H. [ 31 ] . WILMSLOW JERSEY COMBERS IN 1770. - Can any correspondent explain the meaning of the following extract from an old manuscript account of Fulshaw , & c ...
... Lancashire song or one with a few Lancashire words added or changed . P. H. [ 31 ] . WILMSLOW JERSEY COMBERS IN 1770. - Can any correspondent explain the meaning of the following extract from an old manuscript account of Fulshaw , & c ...
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... LANCASHIRE . - The origin of the King's or Queen's preachers in Lancashire dates from the early part of the reign of Edward VI . , when , under the zeal of Reformation , the College - house of Manchester , with much of the lands of the ...
... LANCASHIRE . - The origin of the King's or Queen's preachers in Lancashire dates from the early part of the reign of Edward VI . , when , under the zeal of Reformation , the College - house of Manchester , with much of the lands of the ...
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... LANCASHIRE . - STRET- [ Continued from No. 9 , May 6 ; No. 16 , May 13 ; No. 23 , May 20 ; No. 42 , June 4. ] FORD - The Collections . 1662 .- ( 8 ) Colleckted and gathered at Stretford Chapell the 26 day of Jannvary the some of fore ...
... LANCASHIRE . - STRET- [ Continued from No. 9 , May 6 ; No. 16 , May 13 ; No. 23 , May 20 ; No. 42 , June 4. ] FORD - The Collections . 1662 .- ( 8 ) Colleckted and gathered at Stretford Chapell the 26 day of Jannvary the some of fore ...
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