THE COUNTY RECORD OFFICE, PRESTON, in 1943. As the Fourth in the Annual Series of Reports on Progress in the County Record Office I Present the Following
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134 COMMUNICATIONS. -THE COUNTY RECORD OFFICE, PRESTON, IN 1943. As the fourth in the annual series of reports on progress in the County Record Office I present the following : County Archives. County Police, Register of Summonses, Bolton Division . 1844-1850 County Police, Register of Charges, Prescot Division . 1848-1853 County Police, Occurrence Book, Bolton Division . 1846-1865 Standing Militia Storehouse Committee Minutes . 1880-1889 Official Documents. Burnley Rural Sanitary Authority .... 1872-1894 Ulverston Rural Sanitary Authority .... 1872-1894 Semi-official Documents. Ribby-with-Wrea School ...... 1716-1848 Wigan and Preston (North of Yarrow) Turnpike Trust . 1832-1859 Parochial Records. Aldingham ........ 1888-1898 Burscough ......... 1673-1850 Colton ......... 1815-1898 Egton-with-Newland ....... 1885-1892 Hawkshead, Monk Coniston, and Skelwith . 1836-1899 Marton . ... 1784-1909 Oldham ......... 1747-1893 Rufiord ......... 1673-1926 Satterthwaite . 1890-1892 Tithe Apportionments and Maps. BLACKBURN DIOCESE Adlington Bispham-with-Norbreck Aldcliffe Bolton-le-Sands Alston Bonds Anderton Bretherton Ashton-with-Stodday Briercliffe-with-Extwisle Barnacre Broughton Barton Bryning-with-Kellamergh Bilsborrow Bulk Bispham Burnley Communications 135 Burrow-with-Burrow Hardhorn-with-Newton Cabus (with part of Nether Heapey Wyersdale) Heaton-with-Oxcliffe Cantsfield Hesketh-with-Becconsall Carleton Heskin Catterall Heysham Charnock, Heath Holleth Charnock Richard Hoole, Little and Much Chatburn Howick Chipping & Thornley-with- Inskip-with-Sowerby Wheatley Kellet, Nether Chorley Kellet, Over Claughton (Amounderness) Kirkham Clayton-le-Woods Kirkland Cleveley Lancaster Clifton-with-Salwick Layton-with-Warbreck Clitheroe Lea, Ashton, Ingol & Cottam Cockerham Leek > Colne Leyland Coppull Livesey Cuerden Longton Dalton Lytham Dilworth Marsden Downham Marton Duxbury Mawdesley Eccleshill Medlar-with-Wesham Eccleston Middleton Eccleston, Great Nateby Eccleston, Little-with-Larbreck Newton-with-Scales Ellel Osbaldeston Elston Overton Elswick Parbold Euxton Penwortham Farington Pilling Fishwick Pilling Lane Forton Poulton FouMdge Poulton, Bare, and Torrisholme Freckleton Preesall-with-Hackensall Fulwood (except Pilling Lane) Greenhalgh Preston Gressingham Quernmore Grimsargh-with-Brockholes - Ramsgreave Haighton Ribbleton Halton Ribby-with-Wrea Hambleton Rufford Hapton Samlesbury 136 Communications Scotforth Walton-le-Dale Shevington Warton Singleton Weeton-with-Preese Skerton Westby-with-Plumpton Slyne-with-Hest Wheelton Stalmine-with-Stainall Whittington Standish-with-Langtree Whittle, Welch Tarleton Winmarleigh Thistleton Withnell Thornton Woodplumpton Thurnham Worthington Trawden Wrightington Treales, Wharles & Roseacre Wyersdale, Nether (part) Tunstall Wyersdale, Over Twiston LIVERPOOL DIOCESE Abram Holland, Up Aintree Houghton, Middleton & Arbury Altcar Huyton Ashton-in-Makerfield Ince Blundell BickerstafEe Ince-in-Makerfield Billinge Chapel End Kenyon Billinge Higher End Kirkby Birkdale Kirkdale Bold Knowsley Bootle-cu m-Linacre Lathom Burscough Lathom Newburgh Burtonwood Litherland Cronton Lunt Crosby, Great Lydiate Crosby, Little Maghull Croxteth Park Melling Cuerdley Netherton Culcheth Newton-in-Makerfield Ditton North Meols Eccleston Ormskirk Everton Orrell Fazakerley Orrell and Ford Formby Parr Golborne Pemberton Haigh Penketh Halsall Poulton-with-Fearnhead Haydock Prescot Hindley Rainford Holland, Down Rainhill Communications 137 Ttixton-with-Glazebrook Walton-on-the-Hill Roby Warrington Sankey, Great West Derby Scarisbrick Whiston Sefton Widnes Skelmersdale Wigan Southworth-with-Croft Windle Sutton Winstanley Tarbock Winwick-with-Hulme Thornton Woolston-with-Martinscroft Toxteth Park MANCHESTER DIOCESE Ainsworth Halliwell and Horwich Alkrington Harpurhey Anglezarke Haughton Ardwick Heap Aspull Heaton Astley Heaton, Great Atherton Heaton, Little Barton-upon-Irwell Heaton Norris Bedford Hopwood Birtle-cum-Bamford Hulme Blackrod Hulton, Little Blackley Hulton, Middle Bolton, Little Kearsley Bradford Levenshulme Broughton Lever, Great Bury Lostock Butterworth Middleton Chadderton Moss Side Cheetham Moston Chorlton-cum-Hardy Newton Chorlton-on-Medlock Oldham Cowpe Lench, New Hall Hey, Openshaw and Hall Carr Pennington Crompton Pilkington Crumpsall Prestwich Denton Radcliffe Didsbury Reddish Droylsden Rivington Elton Royton Failsworth Rumworth Farnworth Rusholme Flixton Spotland Gorton Stretford 138 Communications Thornham Urmston Tonge Walmersley-with-Shuttleworth Tottington Higher End Westhoughton Tottington Lower End . Westleigh Tyldesley-with-Shakerley Documents Deposited. (The numbers in brackets indicate the number of individual documents). Sir Thomas Tomlinson, J.P. ; Ashton-on-Ribble (4), 1747-1869 Bolton-le-Sands (106), 1630-1908 Carnforth (i), 1719 Wills (16), 1701-1847 Miss E. Hodgson ; Osbaldston (2), 1507, 1715 Messrs. Finch, Johnson, & Lynn ; Mawdesley (22), c. 1250-1618 Wortbington (3), 1430-1658 Wrightington (i), 1533 Wesham (i), 1652 Lancaster (i), 1823 Yorkshire Archaeological Society; Gressingham (i), 1761 Silverdale (i), 1879 n Liverpool (2), 1889 Miss Cookson and Mrs. Stuart; Freckleton (26), 1590-1855 Hardhorn-with-Newton and Newton-with-Scales (13) 1710-1823 Kirkham (6), 1762-1839 Ribby (2), 1790-1818 Warton (2), 1746-1750 Messrs. Baldwin, Weeks, and Baldwin ; Haslingden (5), 1718-1776 Barrowford (i), 1836 Colne (2), 1775-1776 Hapton (i), 1785 Haslingden Chapel (i), 1788 Higher Booths (2), 1788-1827 Pendleton Friendly Society (i), 1799-1829 Preston Borough Court (i), c. 1800 Whalley, Glebe Survey (i), 1769-1775 Communications 139 W. J. Dickson, and Sons ; Freckleton and Newton Marsh (60), 1633-1919 . Greenhalgh-with-Thistleton (7), 1612-1770 Kirkham (34), 1641-1872 Larbreck (37), 1571-1731 Preston (4), 1753-1819 Warton (29), 1709 1822 Edward Moss, Esq. ; '. : :. Rufford Court Leet Call-books (6), 1869-1887 Philip Ashcroft, Esq. ; Rufford Show Minutes (3), 1900-1926 Rufford Penny Bank Records (143), 1859-1883 H. N. Farington, Esq. ; 53 documents additional to the main collection, all of first importance, having been in the Worden Hall Museum. Among them may be mentioned Richard Bussell's grant of Leyland Church to Evesham Abbey (c. 1155), the Household Accounts of Edward, Earl of Derby, 1562 and 1586-90, Lay subsidy 1593, Shrievalty Papers 1636-39, Correspondence, 1541-1749, and a Book of Loans, Subsidies, and Musters, 1553-1608. W. N. Cookson, Esq. ; Freckleton and Warton (10), 1650-1750 E. Ashton, Esq. ; Lytham (i), 1754-1762 R. Evans Mills, Esq. ; Singleton Grange (i), 1543 J. Miller, Esq. ; Goosnargh and Woodplumpton (5), 1771-1818 Mrs. N. Braddyll; 28 Miscellaneous documents relating to the family of Braddyll of Portfield and Conishead c. 1250-1866 J. Dawson-Tetlow, Esq. ; Accrington (i), 1658 Rev. R. G. Rawstone ; Hutton (i), 1545/6 Rev. J. A. Nairn ; Butterworth (i), 1662 L ' ' 140 Communicatio ns S. H. Paviere, Esq. ; The Bourne Deeds of Hutton, Preesall, Stalmine, Rawcliffe, and Kirkham (181), 1618-1860 G. A. Brighouse, Esq. ; The Stanley of Crosse Hall deeds of Preston, Catterall, Chipping, Fulwood, and Aughton, and Lathom (730), 1332-1833 The Hesketh of Rufford muniments, which were deposited in 1941 have now been calendared : Deeds, etc.; Accrington (i) . 1522 Longton (108) . c. 1200-1695 Aighton, Bailey & Lydiate (i) c. 1260 Chaigley (i) . 1601 Mawdesley (125) 1316-1715 Ashton-with- Newton-with-Scales (:i) 1598 Stodday (5) . 1651-1682 Ormskirk (50) 1436-1683 Aspull (i) . 1555 Parbold (19) . c. 1260-1695 Bispham(Leyland)(6) 1381-1734 Pemberton (i) 1422 Bretherton (20) . c. 1250-1633 Pendleton (Salford) (j:) 1505 Aughton (2) . c. 1250, 1399 Penwortham (i) 1429 Cheshire (3) . 1440-1566 Preston (n) 1323-1641 Clitheroe (3) . 1556-1621 Rainford (i) 1515 Crompton (i) . c. 1230 Ribchester (i) i5th c. Croston (124) . c. 1250-1726 Rishton (27) . c. 1230-1646 Dinkley (i) . c. 1220 Rufford (23) 1436-1689 Dunnerdale-with- Samlesbury (4) . 1609-1656 Seathwaite (i) . 1613 Scarisbrick (i) 1732 Eccleston [Leyland) Shevington (78) . 1310-1685 (3). c. 1250-1628 Shropshire (33) . 1346-1623 Bilsborrow (i) . 1546 Spotland (i) 1520 Garstang (6) . 1672-1686 .Sussex (i) . 1510 Garston (i) . 1339 Tarleton (39) 1405-1754 Great Harwood (53)c. 1230-1678 Ulnes Walton (i) H75 Hesketh-with- Baginton, Warwick Becconsall (29) 1553-1809 shire (61) . c. 1250-1583 Hoole, Much-'(a) . 1638, 1683 Westmorland (i) 1553 Hornby & Melling (i) 1332 Wigan (92) . c. 1240-1595 Howick (52) . c, 1200-1649 Wilpshire (i) C. I22O Hutton (28) . c. 1250-1621 Winmarleigh (22) 1657-1688 Lathom (3) . 1481-1516 Wrightington (87) c. 1240-1725 Court Rolls ; Croston, 1588 Hesketh-with-Becconsall, 1577 Tarleton, 1577, 1627 Wrightington, 1473 Communications 141 Rentals and Accounts; General, 1461/2, 1722-1755 Correspondence (19), 1563-1684 Bonds (35), 1391-1710 Awards (14) 1455-1536 Legal Suits (43) c. 1570-1712 (including papers concerning Martin Mere) Stopforth Family (71), 1410-1610 Settlements, Mortgages, etc. (50) 1338-1638 Miscellaneous (22) 1369-1768 Including Indulgence granted by Friars of Preston, 1479 : Con fession of Forgery in Leyland Church, 1514, and Muster Roll, 1599-1600. Another important collection is that of the Hultons of Hulton, deposited by Sir Roger Hulton, Bart. Deeds, etc. ; Ashton-in-Makerfield (i). 1736 Barton-upon-Irwell (4) ... 1292 Bedford (2) . 1405, 1690 Billinge (2) . 1460 Bolton Church (4) . 1793 Butter worth'(14) .... i 280-1698 Chorley (i) . , ; Culcheth (i) . 1420 Deane Church (51). 1541-1829 Denton (33) ....