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lidarir LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE, SESSION VI. 1853-54. LT-VERPOOL: PBINTED UNDEE THE DIEECTION OF THE COUNCIL, FOB THE USE OF THE MEMBEES. MDCOCLIV. ADVEBTISEMENT. THE Council beg to repeat the announcement made in the previous Volumes, that the Writers of Papers are alone responsible for the facts and opinions contained in their respective communications. DIKECTIONS TO THE BINDEK. PLATE I. Plan of Liverpool and the Pool, 1650. to face page 4 II. Letter to Nelson .... ,,19 III. The Loyal Warrington Volunteer . 24 IV. Kirkby Chapel, previous to 1812 . 53 V. Kirkby Parsonage, A.D., 1790 . 55 VI. Mr. John Holt .... ,,67 VII. Curious Washing Table ... ,,65 VIII. Residence of Mr. John Wyke, Wyke's Court, Dale Street, Liverpool . 70 IX. Arms and Tomb of Mr. John Wyke . 75 X. Shotwick Church .... ,,77 XI. Interior of Shotwick Church, West End 78 XII. Interior of Shotwick Church, East End 79 XIII. Saxon Porch of Shotwick Church . 80 XIV. Portrait of Mary Davies ... ,,83 XV. Font at Kirkby .... ,,86 XVI. Figures on Font at Kirkby . ,,88 XVII. Manchester and Liverpool Schools for the Deaf and Dumb . ,,94 XVIII. British Antiquities . ,,103 XIX. Specimen of an Ancient Copy Book . 128 XX. Toys of a Child .... ,,132 XXI. A Warrington Book Plate ... 135 XXII. Autographs, including Sir Gilbert Ire land's Notice ... 24* NOTE RESPECTING THE PLATES. The Council of the Historic Society have again to express their grateful acknowledgements to several friends, by whose donation of Illustrations, in whole or in part, they have been enabled to add considerably to the value of the volume now issued to the Members. The following is a brief acknowledgement. Plates IV, V, XVIII are etchings, XV, XVI tinted lithographs, and XIX, XXII ordinary lithographs, executed wholly at the expense of the Society. Plates II, VII and XXI are printed from drawings on stone, which were lent for the purpose by Mr. Mayer, Mr. Clements, and Dr. Kendrick res pectively. The copper-plate for I, was lent by Mr. Kaye, of 60, Castle Street, Liverpool; for III, by Dr. Kendrick; and for VI, by the Messrs. Nichols of Parliament Street, London. Plates VIII, IX were etched by Mr. Pidgeon, the Secretary in London, for Mr. Roberts, by whom they were lent to the Society; and the wood blocks of XVIT were lent by the officers of the Institutions which they illustrate. The wood-engravings X, XI, XII, XIII are presented by Mr. Mayer; so also are Plates XIV and XX. EERATA. Page 4, line 13, for "representatives of Liverpool from 1760," read, 1660. 30, S3, for " BBITISH HISTOKY," read, ENGLISH, &c. 27, for " those times," read, Greece and Rome. 31, 7, for " Brittanica," read, Britannica. 14, for " scarlely," read, scarcely. ,, ,, ,, 30, for " Vetustiories," read, Vetustiores. 33, 14, for " of the founder of our Archroolgy," read, for the founder of our Archaeology. 74, 14, for April, " 1793," read, 1783. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 1. HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES. 1. BBITISH, EOMAN, AND SAXON PERIODS. PiOK. Description of the Ancient Font at Kirkby in Walton; by W. J. Roberts, Esq. (Illustrated) .......................................... 85 Notice of Certain British Antiquities ; by Edward Benn, Esq. (Il lustrated) .................................................................. 102 Roman Remains in the Fylde District; by the Rev. Wm. Thomber, B.A. .......................... ............................................. 108 2. MEDIEVAL AND MODEKN PEBIODS. Account of the Liverpool Election of 1670; by the Rev. A. Hume, D.C.L. (Illustrated) ... ............................................... 4 The Loyal Warrington Volunteers of 1798; by James Kendriek, M.D. (Illustrated) ...................j........................................... 22 Explanation of a stone with Armorial Bearings ; by James Boardman, Esq. ........................................................................ 91 Gleanings from Old Liverpool Newspapers, a hundred years ago; by James A. Picton, Esq., F.S.A.......................................... 109 Description of an Ancient Copy Book. (Illustrated) .................. 127 II. ARCHITECTURE AND TOPOGRAPHY. Notes Historical and Ecclesiastical, on the Chapelry of Kirkby in Walton ; by the Rev. Thomas Moore, M.A. (Illustrated)... 43 Shotwick Church and its Saxon Foundation; by Joseph Mayer, Esq., F.S.A. (Illustrated) ................................................... 77 VI CONTENTS. III. LITERATURE AND CRITICISM. A Synoptical View of the British Authorities, Earliest and Mediaeval, on English History; by William Bell, Ph.D......................... 30 History of Naval Terms, Part II; by the Rev. J. S. Howson, M.A... 136 GENEALOGY AND BIOGRAPHY. Biographical Notice of Mr. John Holt; by James Stonehouse, Esq. (Illustrated) ............................................................... 57 Note on the same subject; by James Boardman", Esq. .................. 65 V. TRADE, COMMERCE, AND INVENTIONS. Sketch of Mr. John Wyke, with Remarks on the Arts and Manu factures in Liverpool, from 1760 to 1780; by W. J. Roberts, and H. C. Pidgeon, Esqrs. (Illustrated) ................................. 66 Porcelain and Earthenware Manufacture in Liverpool .................. 76 VI.-^MISCELLANEOUS. The Education of the Deaf and Dumb in Lancashire and Cheshire; by David Buxton, Esq. (Illustrated)................................. 91 Description of a Warrington Book-Plate. (Illustrated) ............... 135 Concluding Address, at the close of the second triennial Period; by the Rev. A. Hume, D.C.L., &c. ....................................... 146 DONATIONS TO THE SOCIETY...!, 3, 3; 18, 19; 41,42; 64, 65; 84; 89, 90; 106; 131 ARTICLES EXHIBITED..^; 19 (Illustrated), 20; 42; 65 (Illustrated); 84; 90; 107; 131, 132 MEETINGS HELD...I, 18, 41, 64, 84, 89, 106, 131, 116 MEMBERS ENROLLED... 18, 41, 64, 84, 89, J06, 131 SPECIAL GENERAL MEETINGS, Proceedings at, 151, 152 APPENDIX 1* INDEX, 179 LIST OE MEMBEKS. SESSION 1853-4. The First List was dated 23rd November, 1848. All whose names appear or should have been in it, are, therefore, original Members. Those who have been enrolled as Mayors have their year of office attached, and the initial letter of the Borough. The letters D. E. P. denote respectively that the gentlemen in connection with whose names they occur, have been Donors, Exhibitors, or Authors of Papers during the six Sessions of the Society's existence. Those marked thug * are Life Members. 23rd Nov., 1848. *Ainslie, Montague, Grisedale, Hawkshead, Lancashire. D. 23rd Nov., 1848. Alexander, William L., 4, Mount Vernon Green, and 2, Harrington Street, Liverpool. 10th Feb., 1853. Anderson, Robert Worrall, 23, Falkner Square. 3rd May, 1849. Anderson, Thomas Francis, Holly Lodge, Fairfield, and 3, Cable Street, Liverpool. 23rd Nov., 1848. Anson, Very Rev. Frederick, D.D., Dean of Chester and Kector of Doddleston, The Deanery, Chester. 23rd Nov., 1848. Ansdell, Eichard, 7, Victoria Boad, Kensington, London. llth May, 1854. Aspland, Eev. K. Brook, M.A., Dukinfleld, Ashton- under-Lyne. 14th Dec., 1848. Astley, John, 18, Salthouse Dock, Liverpool, and Eock Ferry, Cheshire. 4th April, 1850. Aston, Walter, Chadderton Hall, and 7, Norfolk Street, Manchester. 8th Nov., 1849. Atkinson, Fenton Eobinson, Oak House, Pendleton, Manchester. D.EV 23rd Nov., 1848. AVISON, THOMAS, F.S.A., Fulwood Park, Aigburth, and 16, Cook Street, Liverpool, TREASUBEB. 23rd Nov., 1848. Badnall, Eev. William, M.A., Wavertree. 5th May, 1853. Bagot, John Lawler, 50, Banelagh Street, Liverpool. 23rd Nov., 1848. Bainbrigge, William H., F.E.C.S., 3, Islington Square, Liverpool. B.P. 23rd Nov., 1848. Baines, Thomas, Times Office, Castle Street, Liver pool. 8th June, 1854. Banning, John Johnson, Devonshire Eoad, Claughton, Birkenhead. D. 15th Dec., 1853. Barlow, T. Worthington, F.L.S., St. James's Cham bers, Manchester. Mayor Ma., 1851-53. Bames, Eobert, Brookside, Manchester. 23rd Nov., 1848. Baylee, Eev. Joseph, D.D., Principal of St. Aidan's College, Birkenhead, Claughton Eoad, Woodside. p. 6th Dec., 1849. Beamont, William, Warrington. 23rd Nov., 1848. Bell, Henry, Union Court, Castle Street, Liverpool, and Grosveuor Eoad, Claughton, Birkenhead. VIII MEMBERS. D. 6th April, 1854. Bell, John Gray, 11, Oxford Street, Manchester. E.P. 9th Dec., 1852. Benn, Edward, Vauxhall Distillery, Liverpool. D. 23rd Nov., 1848. Bennett, William, 69, Shaw Street, Liverpool. Mayor Li. 1850-1, Bent, Sir John, 1, Rake Lane, Edge Hill, and 30, Johnson Street, Liverpool. 23rd Nov., 1848. Bickersteth, Robert, F.R.C.S., 2, Rodney Street, Liverpool. 7th March, 1850. Birch, Sir Thomas Bernard, Bart., The Hazles, Prescot. B. 23rd Nov., 1848. Birchall, Thomas, Ribbleton Hall, Preston. 23rd Nov., 1848. Bird, William, 9, South Castle Street, and The Dell, Rock Park, Rock Ferry. 4th March, 1852. Birley, Rev. John Shepherd, Halliwell Hall, Bolton. p. 8th Jan., 1852. Birley, T. Langton, Carr Hall, Kirkham. 23rd Nov., 1848. Blackburne, John Ireland, The Hall, Hale. 23rd Nov., 1848. Blundell, Thomas Weld, Ince Blundell, Great Crosby. D.P. 15th Dee., 1853. Boardman, James, Sailors' Home and Aigburth. 5th May, 1853. Booth, Benjamin Witham, Swinton, Manchester. 15th Dec., 1853. Bossi, Arthur, 9, Rumford Place. 23rd Nov., 1848. Boult, Francis, 4, Union Court, Castle Street, Liver pool, and Clifton Park, Birkenhead. D.E. 28rd Nov., 1848. BOULT, JOSEPH, Harrington Chambers, and Grove Park, Lodge Lane, Liverpool. 8th Dec., 1851. Bourne, Cornelius, Stalmine Hall, Preston. 6th April, 1850. *Brackley, the Viscount, M.P., Worsley Hall, Man chester. E. 13th Nov., 1851. Brackstone, R.