TRANSACTIONS OF THE HISTORIC SOCIETY OF AND CHESHIRE VOL. 130

TRANSACTIONS OF THE HISTORIC SOCIETY

OF LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE

FOR THE YEAR 1980

VOLUME 130

LIVERPOOL PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY 1981 ISSN

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PAGE Editorial note vii Council and officers of the society ix List of members and affiliated societies xt John Moffat and St Peter's , Janet Gnosspelius, B.Arch. and Stanley Harris, A.C.I.S. i Halewood township: a community in the early eighteenth century J. E. Hollinshead, B.A., M.Phil. 15 Retailing in eighteenth and early nineteenth-century Cheshire S. I. Mitchell, B.A., D.Phil. ' ' 37 Manchester's first newspaper: the Manchester Weekly Journal J. Black, B. A. 61 Liverpool iniSoi: a manuscript return for the first national census of population P. Laxton, B.A. 73 The Lancashire miners, Thomas Greenall and the Labour Party, 1900-1906 J.Hill,B.A.,Ph.D. 115 Lancashire and the new Unionism: the Unionist Party and the growth of popular politics, 1906-1914 D. J. Dutton, B.A., Ph.D. 131 The Chester diocesan records and the local historian A. T. Thacker, M.A., D.Phil. 149 Short notes Chester slave trade Wallasey in theses Fortunes of a Lancashire town 193 Reviews 193 Council and officers' reports 2OI Index ,. .- 2O3 Decennial Index 213 ILLUSTRATIONS FIGURES PAGE JOHN MOFFAT AND ST PETER'S CHURCH, LIVERPOOL 1 A conjectural reconstruction of Liverpool for the year 1705 2 2 Comparative drawings: St Peter's, Liverpool; St James' Piccadilly and St Andrew, Holborn 4 HALEWOOD TOWNSHIP: A COMMUNITY IN THE EARLY EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 1 Townships of Child wall Parish I.§ 2 Halewood 1700-1725 17 3 Halewood baptism and burials based on 5-year moving averages 21

LIVERPOOL IN 1801 : A MANUSCRIPT RETURN FOR THE FIRST NATIONAL CENSUS OF POPULATION 1 Enumeration districts denned for the 1801 census in Liverpool 77 2 Topography of an enumeration district in Liverpool in 1801 78 3 The relationship between houseful size (persons per house) and multiple occupancy (families per house in excess of one) in Liverpool and Manchester in 1801 84 4 The distribution of cellar dwellers in Liverpool in 1801 88 5 Rates of occupancy in Liverpool in 1801 89 6 Labourers recorded in the census manuscript as a proportion of all families 91 PLATES JOHN MOFFAT AND ST PETER'S CHURCH, LIVERPOOL 1 W. H. Watt's drawing of St Peter's, between pages 10-11 Liverpool, c. 1799 2 St Peter's, Liverpool, c. 1913: St James's, Piccadilly, 1923 3 Glasgow College, 1693: Dumfries Midsteeple, c. 1880 4 St Peter's, c. 1910

LIVERPOOL IN l8oi: A MANUSCRIPT RETURN FOR THE FIRST NATIONAL CENSUS OF POPULATION i A folio from the manuscript of the 1801 facing page 80 census for Liverpool EDITORIAL NOTE

This volume, which includes three of the papers read to the society this year, has an eighteenth and nineteenth century emphasis which will be welcomed by some and regretted by others of our members. Another matter of frequent and sometimes acid comment to the editors is the balance between papers about Lancashire and about Cheshire; Lancashire clearly wins this year. Where are Cheshire's local historians? It is hoped that Dr Thacker's paper will not only interest our members, but will achieve a wider circulation as an outline guide to Chester Diocesan Records; extra copies of this have been printed, but, as always, off-prints of all the papers will be available from the Honorary Publications Secretary. We are glad to publish several 'short notes', and hope that more authors will contribute under this heading in the future. The Council of the society wishes to thank Mr Bromley for preparing the decennial index, and Mrs Grace Wyatt for indexing this volume. Council has decided to print a list of the society's members in this volume, although there are no plans to revive this as a regular feature. University of Liverpool. /. /. Kermode University of Manchester. C. B. Phillips May 1981

Contributors to these Transactions are advised to write to Mrs J. I. Kermode who can supply a leaflet containing guidance for contributors. The Honorary Secretary will be pleased to hear from members who wish to read papers, or persons wishing to join the society. Membership is open to all and provides the right to attend the society's meetings, to borrow from its Library, and to receive an annual volume. Transactions, Occa­ sional Series volumes, and offprints can be bought from the Honorary Publications Secretary (for addresses of Editors, Secretary, and Publica­ tions Secretary see the list of Council and Officers overleaf).

COUNCIL AND OFFICERS FOR 1980 Hon. President The right hon. the Earl of , M.C., LL.D. President B. C. Redwood, M.A.

Vice-presidents J. J. Bagley, M.A., F.R.Hist.S. S. A. Harris, A.C.I.S. Miss J. Beck, M.A. W. G. H. Jones Miss P. R. Pleasance M. J. Power, B.A., Ph.D. Elected members of the Council Mrs F. Dickinson, M.Sc. A. R. Myers, M.A., Ph.D., B. E. Harris, M.A., Ph.D. F.S.A., F.R.Hist.S. J. Lea, M.A., Ph.D. N. Carrick, B.A., F.L.A. H. R. Leech, M.Sc., M. M. Schofield, M.A. C. Chem., F.R.S.C. I. Sellers, M.A., M.Litt., Ph.D. T. Lloyd-Jones, M.A. P. E. H. Hair, M.A., D.Phil., R. G. Dottie, B.A. F.R.Hist.S. Hon. Secretary P. J. Andrews, B.A., 10 Waterside Way, Middlewich, Cheshire, CWio gHP Hon. Treasurer R. Bromley, M.Sc., 52 Colinmander Gardens, Ormskirk, Lanes. L39 4TF Hon. Editors Mrs J. I. Kermocle, B.A., The School of History, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L6g 36X5 C. B. Phillips, B.A., Ph.D., Department of History, University of Manchester Hon. Librarians R. Malbon, F.L.A., Miss J. Smith, B.A., The City Record Office, Central Public Library, William Brown Street, Liverpool 3 Hon. Publications Secretary Mrs E. M. Schofield, B.A., 272 Liverpool Road, Widnes, Cheshire, WAS 7HT Hon. Auditors A. W. Andrews, A.C.B.I. H. McCallum

LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY AS AT 1 JUNE 1981

The addresses of institutional members have been heavily abbreviated, and separate subscriptions from within the same institution are not noted. Amendments should be notified, please, to the Honorary Secretary, whose address can be found on p. ix of this volume.

PERSONAL MEMBERS Mr A Alien, University Archives, University of Liverpool, P O Box 147, Liverpool, L6g 3BX Mr A W Andrews, 19 Cooper Avenue North, Mossley Hill, Liverpool 18 Mr P J Andrews, 10 Waterside Way, Middlewich, Cheshire, CHio gHP Dr L M Angus-Butterworth, Old Hall Hotel, Buxton, Derbyshire Mr J P Arnold, Newstead, 33 Buxton Old Road, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SKu ?EL Mrs A R Ashby, R F D i, Box 143, Delta, Utah 84624, USA Mr O Ashmore, 5 Flowery Field, Woodsmoor, Stockport, SKa yED Mr L Ashworth, 36 Mill Hill Street, Blackburn, Lanes., BBs 2RB Mr D Atherton, 73 Westhaven Crescent, Aughton, near Ormskirk, Lanes., Mr C W Atkin, Fiddlers Cotes, Levens, Kendal, Cumbria, LAS 8NX Mr B G Awty, 3 Norman Court, Lordship Lane, London, SE22 8JT Miss M E Baines, 10 Marshworth, Tinker's Bridge, Milton Keynes, Bucks. Mr K G Bamford, 7 Kenion Lane, Rochdale, Lanes. Prof T C Barker, Minsen Dene, Brogdale Road, Faversham, Kent, MEi 3 8YA Miss J M Barnard, 76 Road, Great Crosby, Liverpool, L23 7UU Mr G Barraclough, Sylvester House, Burford, Oxford Miss J Beck, Oakdene, 70 Swanlow Lane, Winsford, Cheshire, CH7 iJE Mrs M Bedard, 340 Clifton Drive North, Lytham St Annes, Lanes. Maj G W Beeston-Bancroft, Tilstone Bank, near Tarporley, Cheshire Dr M Bennett, Department of History, the University of Tasmania, Box 2520 GPO, Hobart, Tasmania, 70 Mr G W Bird, 140 Gathurst Road, Shevington, Wigan, Lanes., WN6 8HS Dr B G Blackwood, 4 Knights Close, Felixstowe, Suffolk, IPu gNU Mr D Blackshaw, 10 Elmsley Court, Elmsley Road, Liverpool, Li8 8BA Mrs J E Blyth, 7 Corbridge Road, Childwall, Liverpool, Li6 7QN Mr P H W Booth, 43 Egerton , Rock Ferry, , 1,42 4RA Mr J R E Borron, 9 Wellfield Road, Culcheth, Warrington, Cheshire, WA3 4JR Mr H Boscow, 36 Cranboume Avenue, Chester Road, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 6DE Mr A J Bostock, i Orme Close, Tytherington, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SKio 2HT Miss M V Bowes, Miland, Five Lane Ends, Neston, Wirral, Merseyside, Miss H Brady, 6 Aylwin Flats, High Knott Road, Arnside, Carnforth, LAs oWA Mrs C M Bradbrook, 98 Gateacre Park Drive, Liverpool, La 5 iPG Mr C Brewer, FRCS, FIGS, 6 Mill Bank, Liverpool, Lis oBW xii List of Members Mr D J Browning, 5 Vernons Close, Henham, Bishops Stortford, Herts, CMza 6AE Mr S Brown, 29 East Beach, Lytham, Lanes., FY8 8EX Col J C Bryson, Sunwards, Thirlmere Road, Hightown, near Liverpool Mr J R Bulmer, Kenyon Hall, Via Croft, Warrington, WA3 yED Mr F Byrnc, Glenfield, 160 Barnston Road, Barnston, Wirral, Merseyside Dr E F B Cadman, Flat 6, Longton Court, 2 Shore Road, , Merseyside, PR8 2RB Mr N Carrick, 5 Vicarage Road, , Merseyside Mr K E Catford, Mere Hall, Noctorum Lane, Birkenhead, Merseyside, 143 9TZ Mr W J Chamberlain, 40 Coniston Avenue, Knott End on Sea, Lanes., FY6 oDP Mr G Chesters, 23 Morris Hill, Polesworth, Tamworth, Staffs Mr J E Clayton, 45 Ebor Road, Burnley, Lanes, BBio lER ' ' Miss D J Clayton, 9 The Meadows, Rainhill, Prescot, Merseyside, , L35 oPQ . Mr M G Cook, The University Archives, P O Box 147, Liverpool, L69 3BX Mr K C Cook, 8 Hill Road, Claughton, Birkenhead, Cheshire Miss E A Cooper, 62 Aldsworth Road, Goring by Sea, Worthing, West ', Sussex, BNi2 4XF Mrs D D Cope, 54 Road, Great Crosby, Liverpool, L23 yTZ Mr C L S Cornwall-Legh, High Legh House, Knutsford, Cheshire, WAi6 oQR Mr R H Costello, Fulwood Close, 29 Oxton Village, Aigburth, Liverpool, LiygPH Mr R S Craig, The Anchorage, Bay Hill, St Margarets Bay, Kent, CTio 6DU Miss S Crosbie, 27 Bidston Court, Upton Road, Birkenhead, Merseyside, 143 7 PA Mr T Culshaw, Cliffs Farm, Mawdesley, near Ormskirk, Lanes. Miss A E Curry, Department of History, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 2AA Mr P G Dawson, FCCS, 834 Manchester Road, Bury, Lanes. Mrs R J Dennis, 6 Sandringham Road, , Southport, Merseyside Mrs F Dickinson, i Lawton Road, Rainhill, Merseyside, L35 oPL Dr G M Ditchfield, Eliot College, The University, Canterbury, Kent. Mr J P Dodd, 21 Townfield Lane, Frodsham, Via Warrington, WAG 7QZ Mr R G Dottie, i North Barcombe Road, Childwall, Liverpool, Li6 ?PT Mr P H Doyle, Bedford College of Education, Polhill Avenue, Bedford, MK4i 9EA Mr R G Eales, Eliot College, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent The Rt Hon The Earl of Derby MC, Knowsley Hall, Prescot, Merseyside, L34 4AF Mr D A Ellames, 294 Crawley Green Road, Luton, Bedfordshire Miss K Eyre, Kates Pad, 15 Lime Grove, St Annes, Lytham St Annes, Lanes Mrs E Fairhurst, 10 Beaumont Drive, Ladybridge, Bolton, Lanes, BL3 4RZ Mr M R Fairbrother, 138 Railway Street, Hertford, 8613 7BN Mr K Fair, 24 Plumtree Close, Eccleston Park, Prescot, Merseyside, L35 7JT Mr P Fallen, Lisnacree, Sandfield Park, Liverpool 12 Mr A E Feeny, 2b Fulwood Park, Liverpool 17 List of Members Mr P Fleetwood-Hesketh, The Manor House, Hale, Lanes Mr R Fleetwood-Hesketh, Hall, Southport, Merseyside Mrs P C Foutz, 4476 Sunny Dunes Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89121, ; USA Mr T Fujita, ChO Akita Keizai University, Barashima-Cho Akita City oio, Japan Mr R A E Fursey, Hall Lane Cottage, Great Barrow, Chester, CHs 7LN Mr J Fyles, 3 Eastfield Drive, West Bradford Village, Via Clitheroe, Lanes Dr S M Gaskell, City of Liverpool College of Higher Education, Liverpool Road, Prescot, Merseyside, L34 iNP Mr R Glen, Department of History, University of New Haven, West Haven, Connecticut 06516, USA Miss J Gnosspelius, 14 Hightor Road, Liverpool, L25 6DL Dr M Goodman, i Hornby Lane, Liverpool, Li8 3HH Mr A Grant, 167 Bewley Drive, South Dene, Kirkby, Liverpool, L32 gPE Mr J M Gratton, g Lingfield Grove, Broadgreen, Liverpool 14 Rev D Gray, St Nicholas Church, Old Churchyard, Liverpool I Mr H P Greener, i6b Aughton Road, Southport, Lanes Mr J P Greene, 63 Westfield Road, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA? 4DR Mrs J Groves, 77 Marford Grove, Sale, Altrincham, Cheshire Prof P E H Hair, 17 Abbey Road, West Kirby, Merseyside, L48 ?EN Mr K Hall, Lancashire Record Office, Bow Lane, Preston, Lanes Mr W Hamilton, 11 Grange Park, Albrighton, Near Wolverhampton, WV7 3EN Mr J Hankey, 12 Elleray Park Road, New Brighton, Cheshire Mr L C J Hanley, 47 Deysbrook Lane, West Derby, Liverpool, Li2 8RE Prof A Harding MA BLitt FRHistS, School of History, University of Liverpool, 8 Abercromby Square, P O Box 147, Liverpool, L6g 3BX Mr J B Harley, Department of Geography, University of Exeter, Amory Building, Rennes Drive, Exeter, EX4 4RJ Prof J R Harris, Department of Economic and Social History, University of Birmingham, P O Box 363, Birmingham, 615 2TT Miss C A Harrison, Bank House, Bickerton, Malpas, Cheshire, SYi4 8LL Dr B E Harris, 25 Platts Lane, Tarvin, Chester, CH3 8LH Mr S A Harris, 167 Booker Avenue, Mossley Hill, Liverpool. Li8 yHE Cmr J G Haydock Jr, 206 Barberry Lane, Haddonfield, New Jersey 08033, USA Miss E Headridge, Corrie, Stonycroft Drive, Arnside, Carnforth, LA5 oEE Mr H M Henshaw, 42 Glebe Avenue, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 2SQ Mr G P Higgins, 34 Gwendoline Close, Thingwall, Wirral, Merseyside, L6i iDL Mr J A Hilton, 282 Whelley, Wigan, WN2 iDA Mrs S G Hockedy, 77 Witherford Way, Selly Oak, Birmingham, Bag 4AN Mr W J Hodgkiss, 37 Eastfield Avenue, Monkseaton, Whitley Bay, Northumberland, NE25 8LU Mr H Hodgkinson, 45 Linhope Street, London, NWi 6HL Miss J E Hollinshead, 28 Tewkesbury Close, Liverpool, L25 gRY : . Mr G P Holt, Abercelyn, Llanycil, Near Bala, Merionethshire, North Wales Mr G A Howorth, International School, P O Box 733, Moshi, Tanzania Miss D J Hughes, 23 Dee Close, Simonswood, Kirkby, Liverpool, L33 4DE Mrs T M Hull, 50 Ringway, Waverton, Chester, CH^ ?NP Mrs R Hurst-Vose, 56 Moorfield Lane, Scarisbrick, Near Ormskirk, Lanes xiv List of Members Miss F M Johnstone, 20 Lynas Gardens, Liverpool, Lig gBL ' Miss W Jones, 164 Liverpool Road, , Liverpool, L/j1 2ND Mrs C Jones, 14 Sandringham Road, Liverpool, Li3 8BY Mr K W Jones, 21 Alyn Drive, Rossett, Wrexham, Clywd, LLi2 oHQ Mr B C Jones, The Old Vicarage, Burgh-by-Sands, Carlisle Mr K B Jones, C-O Manweb, District Office, St Helens Road, Caernarfon, Gwynedd Mr K R Jones, 12 Westfield Avenue, Bowring Park, Liverpool, Li4 6UZ Mr A F Kelsall, 32 Beechill Road, London, SEg iHH Mr A Kennerley, i Whitehouse Drive, Hale, Cheshire, WAi5 oDS Mrs J I Kermode, School of History, University of Liverpool, P O Box 147, Liverpool, L6g 3BX Rev G R TP King, 23 Drayton Park, London, NS iTN ' Dr F W Kirkbride, 2 Endfield Park, Liverpool, Lig gBR Miss M Lambert, Flat 3, Ashfield, Warrington Road, Rainhill, Merseyside Mr F Latham, Hilbre Grange, Alpraham, Near Tarporley, Cheshire Prof R Lawton, Department of Geography, University of Liverpool, P O Box 147, Liverpool, L6g 3BX Mr P Laxton, 100 Ampthill Road, Liverpool, Li7 oQP Dr J Lea, 8 Norwich Road, Liverpool 15 H R Leech MSc C Chem FRIG, 37 Rockbourne Avenue, Woolton, Liverpool, L25 4TQ Mrs S Lewis, Grange Lodge, Grange Lane, Gateacre, Liverpool 25 Mr T Lloyd-Jones, 12 Elmar Road, Liverpool, Li7 oDB Mr G D Lockett, Clonterbrook House, Swettenham, Congleton, Cheshire, CWi2 7LR Mrs A Louis, 48 Ince Road, Thornton, Liverpool, L23 Mr A Lynch, 128 Meols Parade, Hoylake, Wirral, Merseyside, L47 5AZ Mr K J Lyon, Meadow Bank, 3g8 Prescot Road, St Helens, Merseyside, WAio sBE Miss M A MacDonald, Flat 1,15 The King's Gap, Hoylake, Merseyside, L47 iHQ Mr F R MaCrae, 21 Newcroft, Warton, Carnforth, Lanes, LA5 gQB Mr A Makinson, 124 Larkfield Lane, Southport Miss L Mangan, 6g Springwell Road, Liverpool, L2O 6LU Miss S Marriner, g2 Preston New Road, Southport, PRg 8PH Mr F T B Martin, 3817 Dewey Avenue, Apt.6 Omaha 5, Nebraska 68105, USA Mr M E Mawby, 23 Bertram Drive, Great Meols, Cheshire, L47 oLG Mr P McCauley, 15 Sherbome Avenue, Liverpool, L25 gRE Mr J McDermott, 7 Coppice Lane, Clifton Campville, Tamworth, Staffordshire Dr P McNiven, 24 Hollyway, Northenden, Manchester, M22 4WS Miss K R Mercer, 26 Hydro Avenue, West Kirby, Wirra], Merseyside, 148 sHR Mr R Miller, 22 Smethurst Road, Billinge H E, Near Wigan, Lanes, WN5 7DW Mr R A -Johnson, 6 Randolph Mews, Little Venice, London Wg Dr R B Mooney, 2 Garth Drive, Liverpool, Li8 6HW Miss L Moore, g Northwood Way, Poulton-Le-Fylde, Lanes, FY6 8AS Mr P J Morgan, 53 Malmesbury Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SNi4 iPT Mr H N B Morgan, 30 Manor Avenue, Fulwood, Preston, Lanes, PR2 4DN Mr B J Morgan, 83 Manor Road, Woolton, Liverpool 25 Mr A S Mountfield, Lanthwaite, Windermere Road, Hightown, Liverpool, 3RL List of Members xv Mr J Needham, 23 Woodland Crescent, Hilton Park, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 8WQ Mr G Nulty, 105 Mobberley Road, Knutsford, Cheshire Mr W P O'Rourke, 50 Twist Lane, Leigh, Lanes, WN7 4DA Mr P R Ormerod, Ivy Bank, 6 Archway Road, Huyton, Merseyside Miss I Park, Sherwood, 90 Whalley Road, Great Harwood, Blackburn, Lanes, BB6 yUG Mr A W H Pearsall, 6 Pemberton Drive, Morecambe, Lanes Mr C Peel, Beckfoot, Chapel Stile, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 gJE Mr A J Petford, Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn, Lanes Dr C B Phillips, Department of History, University of Manchester, Manchester, Mi3 gPL Mr K G Platt, 18 Leighton Avenue, , Liverpool, L3i oAH Miss P R Pleasance, 64b Mount Pleasant Avenue, Tonbridge Wells, Kent, TNi iQY Dr D J Pope, 59 Ferndale Road, Liverpool, Li5 3JY Dr M J Power, 7 Sunningdale Road, Wallasey, Cheshire, L45 oLU The Rev P B P Preist, All Saints Centre, Church House, Grange Road, Middlesborough, Cleveland, TSi aLR Mr D H Proctor, 5 Redgate Drive, Formby, Merseyside, L37 4HB Mr M B Pulman, 2620 South Filimore Street, Denver, Colorado 80210, USA Mr B W Quintrell, School of History, The University of Liverpool, P O Box 147, Liverpool, L6g 3BX Prof D B Quinn, 9 Knowsley Road, Cressington Park, Liverpool, Lig oPF Mr G Radley, 10 Eaton Gardens, West Derby, Liverpool, Li2 3HW Dr E M E Ramsey, 24 Lynmouth Road, Liverpool, L.IJ 6AN Mr T S Ramsell, Elm Farm, The Village, Burton-in-Wirral, Merseyside, L64 5TQ Mr C O Reay, 14 Glen Park Road, Wallasey, Cheshire, L45 sJG Mr B C Redwood, County Archivist, County Record Office, County Hall, Chester Mr P S Richards, 43 Knaresborough Road, Wallasey, Cheshire Maj R F Rigby, The Rookery, Woore, Crewe, Cheshire, CW3 gRG Mr D R Rimmer, 62 Cemetery Road, Southport, Lanes, PR8 jjEF Mr CRN Roberts, 33 Gresford Avenue, Birkenhead, Merseyside Mrs W E Roberts, Holmefield Lodge, 27 Holmefield Road, Liverpool 19 Mr J A Roby, Thowd Cottage, 32 Beardsmore Drive, Lowton, Warrington, WA3 2JH Mr D J Rushton, 90 The Crescent, Cherry Tree, Blackburn, BB2 5NF Mr L A Russell, 13 Court Hey Avenue, Liverpool, L36 4JB Mr A N Ryan, 64 Manor Road, Liverpool, L25 8QQ Miss B Santer, 6 Poplar Avenue, Crosby, Liverpool, L23 2SU Mr T W Scragg, The Woodcraft, Barnston, Wirral, L6i iBU Mr P Searby, 97 Hinton Way, Great Shelford, Cambridge, CB2 sAJ Dr I Sellers, 10 Wells Close, Woolston, Warrington, Cheshire, WAi 4LH Mrs G Shrouder, 11 Varlian Close, Lathom, Near Ormskirk, Lanes Mr K L M Simpson, 9 Bridge Close, Lymm, Cheshire, WAi gSE Miss V Slack, 21 Riverbank Road, Liverpool, Lig gDH Mr G R Sloman, 23 Learmonth Gardens, Edinburgh 4 Mr J B Smethurst, 81 Parrin Lane, Eccles, Manchester, MSO SAY Mr L J Smith, 7 Castle Hill, Newton-Le-Willows, Lanes., WA 12 oDU Mr A Smith, 13 Park Road, Worsley, Manchester, M28 sDU Miss J Smith, Liverpool Record Office, Central Public Libraries, William Brown Street, Liverpool 3 xvi List of Members Mrs L Southam, 132 Marina Crescent, Netherton, Merseyside, Lyo iRS Mr R Speake, 74 Chester Road, Audley, Stoke on Trent, STy 8JF Mr E Stebbing, 28 Princes Avenue, Crosby, Liverpool, L23 5RR Miss B E Stirling, 15 Grey Road, Liverpool, Lig lAX Sgt D C Sunners, 8 Braemar Park, Kirkby Green, Scopwick, Lincoln, LN4 3PD Mrs V Swarbrooke, 12 Queen Elizabeth Square, Maidstone, Kent, MEi5 gDF Miss D Sylvester, High Beach, 15 Park Drive, Wistaston, Near Crewe, Cheshire Mr E W Tate, 121 Carr Head Lane, Poulton-Le-Fylde, Blackpool, Lanes, FY6 8EG Mr O Taylor, 24 Barrow Nook Lane, Bickerstaffe, Near Ormskirk, Lanes, L39 oET Mrs J Taylor, 129 Summertrees Road, Great Sutton, Ellesmere Port, South Wirral, Merseyside, L66 2RN Mr I C Taylor, 7874 Jasper Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T5H 3R9 Mr J R Teggin, Lee House, 61 Duke Road, Brighton, Sussex Dr A Thacker, Flat I, 6 Liverpool Road, Chester Mr H E Tomlinson, 46 Road East, Thornton Cleveleys, Lanes, FY5 5BT Mr F Turley, The Flat, 98 Watergate Street, Chester Mr P Urquhart, Braehead, Poplar Road, Birkenhead, Cheshire, L43 5TB Mr A P Voce, The Forge, 5 Church Path, Halberton, Tiverton, Devon, EXi6 7AT Mr D H E Wainwright, 76 Walton Road, East Molesey, Surrey, KT8 oDL Mr J A J Walker, 13 Linden Way, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 gEX Mr A P Wane, 9 Minster Precincts, Peterborough, PEi iXS Miss B E Wass, 67 Greenhill Road, Liverpool, Li8 7HG : Mr A W Water-worth, Crewood Hall, Kingsley, Near Frodsham, ' Warrington, Cheshire Dr C A Watson, 98 Constitution Street, Bristol, Rhode Island 02809, USA Mr J C Wess, 89 Red Lyon Lane, Little Sutton, Wirral, Merseyside, L66 iHQ Mr C W Whatling, 13 William Street, Wallasey, Cheshire Dr D Whiteside, 4 Newgale Street, Ottowa, Canada, K2H 5R2 Mr D J Whitehead, 6 Halifax Road, , Southport, Merseyside, PR8 3SJ Mr D M Williams, 48 Queensway, Coney Hall, West Wickham, Kent, BR4 gER Mr D M Williams, Department of Economic History, University of Leicester, Leicester, LEi yRH Mr R H Willis, 57 School Road, Thornton, Blackpool, Lanes, FYs sAW Mr P H Williams, Pentre Coch Manor, Llanfair DC, Near Ruthin, Clwyd, North Wales Mr A A Williamson, 26 Greenhill Avenue, Liverpool, Li8 6HT Mrs J M Wilson, 27 Pencombe Road, Huyton, Liverpool, L36 2NH Mr D M Woodward, Department of Economic and Social History, University of Hull, Hull, HUG 7RX Prof A H Woolrych, Department of History, University of Lancaster, Lancaster Mrs G M Wyatt, 36 Delph Park Avenue, Aughton, Near Ormskirk, Lanes. L39 5DE List of Members

FAMILY MEMBERS " ' ' "' ''" ' Mr J and Ms M J Allison, 14 Cambridge Road, Prenton, Birkenhead, Merseyside, £42 8PR Mr and Mrs D F Atherton, 43 Childwall Valley Road, Liverpool 16 Mr and Mrs J J Bagley, 10 Beach Priory Gardens, Southport, Merseyside Mr and Mrs R Bromley, 52 Colinmander Gardens, Ormskirk, Lanes, : L39 4TF Mr and Mrs J Charles, 222 Score Lane, Childwall, Liverpool 16 Mr and Mrs V Churton, 17 Hollyfield Road, Reddicap Heath, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, 675 7SN Mr and Mrs H C Cook, 146 Rupert Road, Huyton, Liverpool, L^6 gTH Mr and Mrs D Corker, 29 Lees Avenue, Rock Ferry, Birkenhead, Merseyside, 1^2 2BJ Mr and Mrs W V Cross, 23 Lowther Drive, Rainhill, Prescot, Merseyside, L35 oNG Mr and Mrs H S Culling, 11 Lisburn Lane, Liverpool, Li3 gAE Mr and Mrs J H Harrop, 161 Liverpool Road, Birkdale, Southport, Lanes, PR8 4XN Mr and Mrs G I Hawkes, Linden House, 53 St Helens Road, Ormskirk, Lanes Mr and Mrs A Hunter, 98 Fylde Road, Southport, PRg gXL Mr and Mrs T V Jackson, 10 York Drive, Grappenhall, Warrineton, WA2 EJ Mr and Mrs T A Johnson, 11 Blackeys Lane, Neston, Merseyside, L64 gXA Mr and Mrs N Lambert, 141 Brodie Avenue, Mossley Hill, Liverpool, Li 8 4RG Mr and Mrs K H May, 85 Beechfield Avenue, Liverpool, Li 8 3EQ Mr and Mrs H McCallum, i Abbey Dale, Briars Park, Latham, Burscough, Lanes Mr and Mrs W R S Mclntyre, 23 Pulford Avenue, Prenton, Birkenhead, L43 oTB Mr and Mrs P O'Hare, Parkfield, 118 Edge Lane, Stretford, Manchester. M3 2 8PX Mr and Mrs G W Place, Pendmore, Station Road, Parkgate, Wirral. Merseyside, L64 6QJ Mr and Mrs M M Schofield, 272 Liverpool Road, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 7HT Dr and Mrs P B Stones, Clifton Cottage Court, High Street, Malpas, Cheshire, SYi4 8NN Mr and Mrs A D Welsh, Urtima Thule, Oulertown Road, Stromness, Orkney, KWiG 3JN Mr and Mrs G J Wilson, 24 Ashton Avenue, Rainhill, Merseyside

INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERS

BRITISH LIBRARIES AND RECORD REPOSITORIES The Athenaeum Library, Liverpool The British Library, London . . Chester City Record Office Cheshire County Record Office, Chester . . . Chetham's Library, Manchester '. The Duchy of Lancaster The Society of Genealogists, London xviii List of Members The Guildhall Library, London The Lancashire Record Office, Preston The Public Record Office, London The Radcliffe Library, The Cathedral, Liverpool The National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh The Victoria and Albert Museum, London The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth

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AFFILIATED SOCIETIES The name and address given is that of the Honorary Secretary. The Bromborough Society, Miss J F Thompson, 593 Highfield South, Rock Ferry, Birkenhead, Merseyside, 142 4NB The Chorley and District Historical and Archaeological Society, Mr J G Smith, 16 Eaves Green Road, Chorley, Lanes Colne Historical Society, Mr G R Crambie, 18 Lancaster Street, Colne, Lanes Crosby and District Historical Society, Mr W Shannon, 53 Ince Avenue, Liverpool, L23 7XE The Douglas Geographical and Historical Society, Mr J F Sheen, 7 Hazel Grove, Tarleton, Preston, PR4 6DQ Douglas Valley Historical Society, Miss E M Hanson, Worthington House, 71 The Common, Parbold, Wigan, Lanes, WN8 ?EA Farnworth Local History Society, Miss P Entwistle, The Central Public Library, Bolton, Lanes Formby Society, History Group, Mrs B M Yorke, 3 Wicks Lane, Formby, Lanes Fylde Historical Society, Mr P P Hall, JP, Alderside, 346 Highfield Road, Blackpool, Lanes South Fylde Local History Society, Mrs R Derbyshire, Hazeldene, Lytham Road, Warton, Preston, Lanes The Huyton-with-Roby Historic Society, Mrs J Almond, I Wheathill Road, Huyton, L$6 5UT Kirkby Liberal Historical Society, W Tomlinson, Esq, 20 Copthorne Road, West Vale, Kirkby, Lanes Leyland Historical Society, Mrs B Mather, 98 Bristol Avenue, Farington, Lcyland, PRs 2YR -. List of Members Tod Lonsdale Historical Society, Miss A Elliott, 39 Kayswell Road, Torrisholme, Morecambe, Lanes Lymm and District Historical Society, Mrs E Mundy, 70 Cherry Lane, Lymm, Near Warrington, Cheshire Mourholme Local History Society, Mrs N Thomas, The Gables, Silverdale, Carnforth, Lanes Nelson Local History Society, Mr J Bentley, 16 Honister Road, Burnley, BBio 2PX Ormskirk Historical Society, Mrs R P Le Blanc, 4 Varlian Close, Lathom, Ormskirk, Lanes Pilling and District Historical Society, Mrs J M Beeden, BA, 107 Garstang Road, Claughton-on-Brock, Garstang, Near Preston, Lanes, PR3 oPH Prescot Historic Society, Mr J Knowles, 82 Fairholme Avenue, Prescot, Merseyside, L34 2RP Preston Historical Society, Mrs B A Hayes, 114. Hartington Road, Preston, Lanes, PRi 8PQ St Helens Historical Society, Mrs M Presland, 19 Millbrook Lane, Eccleston, St Helens, Merseyside, WAio 4QX Warrington and District Archaeological and Historical Society, Mr L Banbury, 2 Lyons Lane, Appleton, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 5JG Widnes Historical Society, Mrs J Woodend, 87 Cronton Lane, Widnes, Cheshire Winsford Historical Society, Mrs M Thomas, 135 Swanlow Lane, Winsford, Cheshire, CW? iJB