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A History of the County of Lancaster
… The priory of Lancaster was founded by Roger of Poitou, in the reign of William Rufus, as a cell of the Benedictine Abbey of St. Martin at Sées in Normandy. Sées formed part of the inheritance of his … church passed to the Grelleys, in whose barony of Manchester the manor had long been included. Thomas Grelley …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1 1. The college of all the souls of the faithful departed in Oxford, called in its early days 'The College of the Souls' ( Collegium … Souls College', Historical Essays in Honour of James Tait (Manchester, 1933). A.S.C., Building Accounts, fol. 88. This …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Alperton - Altrincham Alperton ALPERTON, a hamlet, in the parish of Harrowon-the-Hill, union of Hendon, hundred … 242 inhabitants. Alphamstone ALPHAMSTONE, a parish, in the union of Sudbury, hundred of Hinckford, N. division of … rendering it a place of general resort for invalids from Manchester; it is watched and lighted under the general act …
Office-Holders in Modern Britain
… 1696 (BM Add. MS 9767 p. 16; ibid. 9768 p. 76). Remained in office until abolition of Committee. Blomefield, Thomas … 14 March 1664 ( CSPD 1663-4, 515) but apparently still in office 23 Sept. 1667 ( APC ( Colonial) 1613-80, 435); … ibid. (1867), 166). D. by 28 March 1867 (BT 20/1 no. 363). Manchester, Edward (Montagu) 2nd Earl of Commissioner ( …
Office-Holders in Modern Britain
… Jan. 1752 to Nov. 1756 (SP 45/27); probably continuously in office as Turner's deputy thereafter; occ. as Deputy … c. 1781-90. Probably app. Clerk by Halifax; presence in office notified as Clerk to Halifax 13 Sept. 1763, 30 … office 6 Feb. 1748 (ibid. p. 523). Chetwynd, John Clerk (Manchester) c. 1702. Occ. 1701 (sic) ( Compleat History …
Office-Holders in Modern Britain
… App. by Bolingbroke notified 16 April 1713 (SP 44/114); in service of Roxburghe probably as Clerk; occ. 10 April 1717 … Kal. (1770), 115; ibid. (1771), 115); probably remained in Northern Department Dec. 1770 on Rochford's transfer to … 1749 (SP 44/129 p. 529). Lewis, Erasmus (?) Chief Clerk (Manchester) Jan.-May 1702. Under Secretary (Harley) May …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Heathylee HEATHYLEE Heathylee was formerly a township in Alstonefield parish and later a civil parish 5,535 a. (2,240 ha.) in area. 64 It is mostly pasture, with scattered farms in … Oakenclough Hall, traded as a hawker, selling goods from Manchester, possibly small wares, in the summer and fish in …
A History of the County of Stafford
… HOLLINSCLOUGH Hollinsclough was formerly a township in Alstonefield parish and later a civil parish 1,842 a. (745 ha.) in area. 80 A village with a chapel and a school but no inn … c. 1770 he started to buy directly from manufacturers in Manchester and employed two or three men to sell for him. He …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Quarnford QUARNFORD QUARNFORD was formerly a township in Alstonefield parish and later a civil parish 3,141 a. (1,271 ha.) in area. 74 It is mostly pasture, and occupies the north-east … from Leek, buttons from Macclesfield, and smallwares from Manchester. 51 The benefactors of the church built at Flash …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Elkstone, and Upper Elkstone were formerly a township in Alstonefield parish and later a civil parish called Warslow and Elkstones 3,597 a. (1,456 ha.) in area. 32 The land is mostly pasture. Warslow village on … in 1978 to preserve Elkstone's heritage. 77 A lodge of the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows was established at Warslow in …