HISTORIC SITES
OF
Lancashire and Cheshire.

A WAYFARER'S NOTES IN THE PALATINE COUNTIES,
HISTORICAL, LEGENDARY, GENEALOGICAL,
AND DESCRIPTIVE.

BY
JAMES CROSTON, F.S.A.
Fellow of the Royal Historical Society of Great Britain; Member of the Architectural,
Archæological and Historic Society of Chester; Member of the
Council of the Record Society.

Author of "On Foot through the Peak," "A History of Samlesbury," "Historical Memorials
of the Church in Prestbury," "Old Manchester and its Worthies,"
"Nooks and Corners of Lancashire and Cheshire,"
etc., etc.

JOHN HEYWOOD,
Deansgate and Ridgefield, Manchester;
and ii, Paternoster Buildings,
LONDON.
1883.

TO
JOHN LEIGH, Esq.,
of
the manor house, hale, cheshire,
the president and
one of the founders of the society for the
reprinting of the rarer poetical literature
of the spenserain age,
in testimony of lengthened friendship
and literary obligation,
and
in appreciation of his efforts
to rescue from oblivion the legends and traditions
which cast the halo of romance round many of
the old halls and manor houses of
lancashire and cheshire,
this book is inscribed with
the best wishes of his sincere friend,
the author.

PREFACE.

The favourable reception accorded both by the Public and the Press to a former work—Nooks and Corners of Lancashire and Cheshire—has encouraged the Author to prepare the present volume, which is issued with the hope that it may be found not less worthy of acceptance. Like the one which preceded it, it illustrates, in a certain degree, the history and romance of the two Palatine counties, the Author's aim having been to give to particular localities an individuality and freshness, by presenting in an entertaining and popular form the "sites" of remarkable scenes and incidents of bygone days. "England," says a well-known writer, "is pre-eminently the country (compared with the rest of Europe) in which the monuments that embody historical associations, and link the present with a far-reaching past are most thickly strewn;" and in Lancashire and Cheshire the soil is plentifully studded with the memorials of ancient days, that stand out in refreshing and instructive relief among the crowding evidences of modern power and civilisation—places hallowed by associations and as the homes of those whose memories we would not willingly let die, and scenes that are identified with much of the history, tradition and romance of the centuries that are gone. No pretention is made to what is commonly called the dignity of history, which usually means the placing of important personages and great events in prominent relief without regard to minor incidents or the relations the figures in the background bear to the occurrences recorded, the Author's purpose having been rather to combine with well-attested facts, topographical description, personal narrative and local legend, and to snatch from Oblivion's spoils the shadowy fragments of tradition that have floated down through centuries of time—things that the ordinary historian casts aside as unworthy of his notice, but which, though oftentimes inexact in detail, are generally founded upon a substratum of fact, and tend therefore to throw additional light on human thought and action in the past.

The agreeable duty remains for the Author to express his obligations to those friends who, by information communicated and in other ways, have aided him in his enterprise. His thanks are due to Miss Abraham, of Grassendale Park, Liverpool; the Rev. Edward J. Bell, M.A., Rector of Alderley; John Leigh, Esq., The Manor House, Hale; Thomas Helsby, Esq., Lincoln's Inn, the learned Editor of "Ormerod's Cheshire;" J. P. Earwaker, Esq., M.A., F.S.A., Pensarn, Abergele, the historian of East Cheshire; Thomas Middleton, Esq., Springfield, Adlington; Edward T. Cunliffe, Esq., the Parsonage, Handforth; Mr. John Owen, Mile End, Stockport; and Mr. D. Bennett, Shakspeare Terrace, Ardwick.

    Upton Hall, Prestbury, Cheshire,
            September, 1883.

CONTENTS.

ILLUSTRATIONS.

SUBSCRIBERS.

Accrington and Church Co-operative Society, Accrington.
Adshead, G. H., Esq., Fern Villas, Bolton Road, Pendleton.
Andrews, P. S., Esq., Accountant, Ashton-under-Lyne.
Anningson, Joseph William, Esq., L.R.C.P., 11, Yorkshire Street, Burnley.
Ardern, Lawrence, Esq., Mile End, Stockport.
Ashworth, Joseph, Esq., Albion Place, Bury.
Ashworth, J., Esq., 47, Cannon Street, Manchester.
Ashworth, Walter, Esq., The Hollies, Bury.
Aspland, L. M., Esq., 47, Linden Gardens, Bayswater, London, W.
Atherton, James, Esq., Miles Platting, Manchester.
Attock, Fred, Esq., Somerset House, Newton Heath, Manchester.
Auchincloss, P. W., Esq., Prestbury.
Axon, W. E. A., Esq., F.R.S.L., Fern Bank, Higher Broughton.
Ayre, Rev. L. R., M.A., Holy Trinity Vicarage, Ulverston.

Bagnall, Benjamin, Esq., Eaton Gardens House, Brighton, Sussex.
Bagnall, J. ffreeman, Esq., Runcorn.
Bailey, J. E., Esq., F.S.A., Stretford.
Baker, William, Esq., Messrs. Cassell & Co.
Barnes, Isaac, Esq., Corporation Inn, Ashton-under-Lyne (2 copies).
Barlow, J. R., Esq., J.P., Edgeworth, Bolton.
Barlow, W. Wycliffe, Esq., Ashford, Wilmslow, Cheshire.
Barratt, Peter, Esq., Greengate Lane, Prestwich.
Barnes, Alfred, Esq., Farnworth, near Bolton.
Barnston, Miss, 16, Cambridge Road, Brighton.
Bayley, William, Esq., Cray Brow, Lymm.
Bazley, Sir Thos., Bart., Eyford Park, Stow-on-the-Wold.
Beard, James, Esq., The Grange, Burnage.
Beales, Robert, Esq., M.D., Congleton.
Bell, Rev. E. J., M.A., Rural Dean, Rector of Alderley.
Bentley, A. F., Esq., Albion Place, Bury.
Beswick, John, Esq., 1, Great Ducie Street, Manchester.
Birley, The late Hugh, Esq., M.P., Moorland, Withington.
Birley, James, Esq., Huskisson Street, Liverpool.
Bland, George, Esq., Park Green, Macclesfield.
Blomfield, Rev. Canon, Mollington Hall, Chester.
Boddington, Henry, Junr., Esq., Strangeways Brewery, Manchester. 3 copies
Boddington, Henry, Esq., The Cove, Silverdale, Carnforth.
Boddington, W. Slater, Esq., Monton House, Eccles.
Bodleian Library, Oxford.
Booth, C. H., Esq., Solicitor, Ashton-under-Lyne.
Booth, John Gregory, Esq., Knight Hills, Padiham.
Boote, D., Esq., Oakfield, Ashton-on-Mersey.
Boston Athenæum, Boston, Mass.
Boston Public Library, Boston, Mass.
Bostock, Robert Chignell, Esq., Little Langtons, Chislehurst, Kent.
Boulton, Isaac W., Esq., J.P., Stamford House, Ashton-under-Lyne.
Bowdler, Wm. Henry, Esq., J.P., Kirkham, Lancashire.
Boyle, Rev. J. R., 24, Normanton Terrace, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Bradshaw, Christopher, Esq., Kenwood, Ellesmere Park, Eccles.
Braddon, C. H., Esq., M.D., Cheetham Hill, Manchester.
Bradshaw, George Paris, Esq., 30, Gloucester Street, Warwick Square, London, S.W.
Bragg, Harry, Esq., The Mount, Blackburn.
Bride, Dr., Wilmslow.
Bridgeman, The Hon. and Rev. Canon, The Hall, Wigan.
Broadbent, Edwin, Esq., Reddish, near Stockport.
Brocklehurst, William Coare, Esq., Butley Hall, Prestbury.
Bromley, F. W. Esq., Solicitor, Ashton-under-Lyne.
Brook, J., Esq., Sunnyside, Old Trafford.
Brooke, Sir R., Bart., Norton Priory, Runcorn.
Brownell, John, Esq., Hazlecroft, Alderley Edge.
Brown, Rev. Canon, M.A. Staley Vicarage, Staleybridge.
Brown, R., Esq., Mosley Grange, Cheadle Hulme.
Brown, Councillor W., 720, Rochdale Road, Manchester.
Buckley, R. J., Esq., Strangeways Brewery, Manchester.
Buckley, R. J. E., Victoria Street, Manchester.
Bullock, Thos. Esq. (The late), Rock House, Sutton, Macclesfield.
Burrow, Joseph, Esq., Agincourt, Bury.
Burton, Alfred, Esq., 37, Cross Street, Manchester.
Carrington, H. H. Smith, Esq., Whalley Bridge. East Cheshire.
Charlton, Henry, Esq., Tytherington Hall, Macclesfield.
Chetham's Library, Manchester.
Connell, Thos. R., Esq., Wavertree, near Liverpool.
Chorlton, Thos., Esq., 32, Brazenose Street.
Chorlton, Wm., Esq., Fairfield, near Manchester.
Chrystal, R. S., Esq., Flixton.
Clarke, Matthew, Esq., 7, Cumberland Street, Macclesfield.
Coates, The Misses, Sunny Side, Crawshawbooth.
Collins, James, Esq., Ada Villa, Old Trafford, Manchester.
Cooper, Thos., Esq., Mossleigh House, Congleton.
Coppock, Russell, Esq., Solicitor, Stockport.
Cordinley, D., Esq., Surveyor, Ashton-under-Lyne.
Coultate, William Miller, Esq., F.R.C.S., J.P., 1, York Street, Burnley.
Craven, Thos., Esq., Merlewood, Chorlton-cum-Hardy.
Creeke, Major, A. B., Esq., Monkholme, Burnley.
Crofton, Mrs., 29, Sussex Gardens, Hyde Park, London, W.
Crompton, George, Esq., Laund, Brierfield, Burnley.
Cronkshaw, John, Esq., White Bull Hotel, Blackburn.
Cross, John, Esq., Cambridge Villa, Heaton Norris.
Cross, The Right Hon. Sir R. A., M.P., Eccle Riggs, Broughton-in-Furness.
Croston, Mrs. S. W., Claremont Villas, Twickenham.
Cunliffe, Ed. T., The Parsonage, Handforth.

Dale, John, Esq., Cornbrook, Manchester.
Dale, Thos, Esq., J.P., F.G.S., Bank House, Southport.
Darrah, Charles, Holly Point, Heaton Mersey.
Davenport, E. H., Esq., Heathlands, Malvern Wells.
Davenport, John Mason, Esq., Marland, Rochdale.
Davies-Colley, Thos., Esq., M.D., Newton, Chester.
Deakin, Edward Carr, Esq., Hill Top, Belmont, near Bolton.
Dean of Chester, The Very Rev. The Deanery, Chester.
Dean, Thomas, Esq., M.D., Medical Officer of Health, Burnley.
Dickenson, R., Esq., Sunnyside, Hunby Road, Dudley.
Dillon, Rev. Godfrey, 52, Water Street, Radcliffe.
Dixon, G., Esq., Astle Hall, Chelford, Crewe.
Dobson, Matthew, Esq., Mosley House, Cheadle.
Dodgson, Mr. Joseph, 33, Park Row, Leeds.
Dooley, Mr. Henry, Stockport.
Dorrington, J. T., Esq., Bonishall, near Macclesfield.
Downing, William, Esq., Springfield, Olton, Acock's Green, near Birmingham.
Dransfield, Wm., Esq., Ranmoor, Sheffield.
Dugdale, Joseph, Esq., Park House, Blackburn.
Duncan, C. W., Esq., Stanley Place, Chester.
Dyer, A. C., Esq., Manchester.

Eastwood, J. A., Esq., 49, Princess Street, Manchester.
Eckersley, Chas., Esq., Fulwell House, Tyldesley.
Eckersley, J. C., Esq., J.P., Standish Hall, near Wigan.
Edgar, R. A., Esq., Seymour Lodge, Heaton Chapel.
Egerton, The Hon. Algernon, M.P., Worsley Old Hall, near Manchester.
Elwen, G., Esq., 11, Knoll Street, H. Broughton.
Enion, J. E., Esq., South King Street, Manchester.
Evans, John, Esq., 1, Mytton Street, Greenheys.
Eyre, Rev. W. H., Stonyhurst College, Blackburn.

Fairbrother, Henry, Esq., Holmlea, Altrincham.
Feather, Rev. G., Glazebury Vicarage, Leigh, Lanc.
Fielden, Miss, Mollington Hall, Chester.
Fielden, Joshua, Esq., M.P., Nutfield Priory, Redhill, Surrey.
Foden, William, Esq., Beech Lane, Macclesfield.
Folds, O., Esq., Brunshaw, Burnley.
France, James, Esq., Eversley Place, Taunton Road, Ashton-under-Lyne.
Frankland, George, Esq., Express Office, Burnley.
Free Library, Town Hall, Ashton.
Free Library, Blackburn, per D. Geddes, Esq.
Free Public Library, Town Hall, Heywood.
Free Public Library, Liverpool.
Free Public Library, Town Hall, Manchester.
Free Public Library, Town Hall, Rochdale.
Free Public Library, Peel Park, Salford.
Free Public Library, Town Hall, St. Helens.
Free Public Library, Stockport.
Free Public Library, Sydney, New South Wales.
Free Public Library, Wigan.
Freeman, William Charles, Esq., District Bank, Leigh, Lanc.
Freston, T. W. Esq., 8, Watling Street, Manchester.
Fryer, Dr. Alfred, Wilmslow.

Galloway, F. C., Esq., 120, Bowling Old Lane, Bradford, Yorks.
Gamble, Col., Windlehurst, St. Helens.
Gaskell, A. E., Esq., Trafford Mount, Old Trafford.
Gaskell, Josiah, Esq., Burgrave Lodge, Ashton-in-Makerfield.
Gerrard, Joseph, Esq., Acres Field, Bolton.
Gibbon, Benjamin, Esq., Woodleigh, Knutsford.
Goodman, Davenport, Esq., Eccles House, Chapel-en-le-Frith.
Gosling, Samuel F., Esq., Biddulph, Congleton.
Greenhalgh, Joseph Dodson, Esq., Gladstone Cottage, Bolton.
Graham, Rev. P., Turncroft, Darwen.
Grantham, John, Esq., 2, Rothsay Place, Old Trafford.
Gratrix, S., Esq., West Point, Whalley Range.
Gray, Mr. Henry, Antiquarian and Topographical Bookseller, 25, Cathedral Yard, Manchester.
Greg, Francis, Esq., Chancery Place, Manchester.
Grey, Robert, Esq., Greenfield House, Boro' Arcade, Hyde.
Greenall, Col., Lingholme, Keswick.
Greenall, Sir Gilbert, Bart., Walton Hall, Warrington.
Greenup, Joseph, Esq., Johnson Square, Miles Platting.
Greenwood, Charles, Esq., 26, Akeds Road, Halifax.
Greenway, C., Esq., J.P., Darwen Bank, Darwen.
Grundy, Alfred, Esq., Whitefield, near Manchester.
Grundy, Harry, Esq., Fernsholme, Bury.
Guest, W. H., Esq. 78, Cross Street, Manchester.

Hague, John Scholes, Esq., Northwood, Buxton.
Hall, John, Esq., The Grange, Hale, Cheshire.
Hall, Joshua, Esq., Kingston House, Hyde.
Hall, John Albert, Esq., Park Hill, Congleton.
Hall, Robert, Esq., Acres House, Hyde.
Halstead, Louis, Esq., Redwaterfoot, Cornholme.
Hampson, J. Taylor, Esq., Solicitor, Ashton-under-Lyne.
Hampson, J. R., Esq., Old Trafford.
Hampson, Wm., Esq., Rose Hill, Marple.
Hammersley, T. G., Esq., Brownhills, Tunstall.
Hanby, Richard, Esq., Chetham's Library, Manchester.
Hardwick, Charles, Esq., 72, Talbot Street, Moss Side.
Hargreaves, Percy, Moss Bank, Halliwell, near Bolton.
Harrison, Vevers, Esq., Dukinfield.
Harlow, Miss, Heaton Norris, Stockport.
Hartley, Mrs., Brierfield House, near Burnley.
Hartley, Job W., Esq., Westgate, Burnley.
Harvard College Library, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A.
Heywood, Abel and Son, Oldham Street, Manchester.
Hibbert, Henry, Esq., Broughton Grove, Grange-over-Sands.
Hibbert, Percy J., Esq., Ibstock, Ashby-de-la-Zouch.
Higgins, James, Esq., Woodhey, Kersall.
Higinbottom, Thomas, Esq., 15, York Street, City.
Hiley, B., Bookseller, Salford.
Hilton, William H., Esq., Messrs. Sale, Seddon, Hilton, and Lord, Manchester.
Hindley, Thomas, Esq., Stockport.
Hodgkinson, S., Esq., Woodville, Marple.
Hodkinson, John, Esq., 101, Mill Street, Macclesfield.
Holden, Arthur T., Solicitor, Bolton.
Holden, Thomas, Esq., Springfield, Bolton.
Holm, A., Esq., Elysée House, Mossley Hill, Liverpool.
Holmes, James, Esq., Egerton Road, Fallowfield.
Holt, Robt. (The late), Bookseller, Manchester.
Hooley, S. J., Esq., Manchester and Liverpool Bank, Tunstall.
Hornby, James, Esq., Standishgate, Wigan.
Howard, Dr., Altoft, Normanton.
Howard, Edward Carrington, Esq., J.P., Poynton Birches, near Stockport.
Howell, E., Esq., 26 and 28, Church Street, Liverpool.
Hughes, Thos., F.S.A., Esq., The Groves, Chester.
Hulme, James, Esq., Marple.
Humberston, Miss A., Newton Hall, Chester.
Hutton, T., Fairfield House, Ormskirk.
Hyde, W., Esq., Town Clerk, Stockport.

Jackson, Hartley, Esq., Pickup Terrace, Burnley.
Jackson, H. J., Esq., Ashton-under-Lyne.
Jolley, Thos., Esq., Legh Street, Warrington.
Jones, John Joseph, Esq., Abberley Hall, Stourport.
Jones, Tom H., Esq., 67, Sloane Street, Manchester.

Kay, Jacob, Esq., 5, Booth Street, Manchester.
Keene, Richard, Esq., All Saints, Derby.
Kenyon, W., Bookseller, 47, Church Street, Newton Heath, Manchester.
Kenderdine, T., Esq., Morningside, Old Trafford.
Knott, James, Esq., Higher Ardwick, Manchester.

Lallemand, G. E., Esq., Park Grange, Macclesfield.
Lawton, G. F., Esq., Cranbourne Terrace, Ashton-under-Lyne.
Leathes, Fred de M., Esq., 17, Tavistock Place, London.
Lees, C. Percy, Esq., The Limes, Middlewich.
Lees, E. B., Esq., Kelbarrow, Grasmere.
Lees, Samuel, Esq., Park Bridge, Ashton-under-Lyne.
Leece, Joseph, Esq., Mansfield Villas, Urmston.
Legh, Mrs., Adlington, Macclesfield.
Leigh, Arthur G., Esq., F.A.S., 54, Market Street, Chorley.
Leigh, Charles, Esq., Bank Terrace, Wigan.
Leigh, John, Esq., The Manor House, Hale, Cheshire. (2 copies).
Leigh, Joseph, Esq., J.P., Brinington Hall, Stockport.
Leyland, John, Esq., Hindley Grange, Wigan.
Lingard-Monk, R. B. M., Esq., Fulshaw Hall, Wilmslow.
Liptrott, T. C., Esq., Rivington, Lancashire.
Littlewood, James, Ashton-under-Lyne.
Long, J. F., Esq., Ancoats.
Longden, A. W., Esq., Hawk Green, Marple.
Longton, E. J., M.D., The Priory, Southport.
Longshaw, Mrs., Beach Priory, Southport.
Lord, Henry, Esq., 42, John Dalton Street, Manchester.
Lord, W. C., Esq., Elm Lodge, Eccles.
Lowe, J. W., Esq., The Ridge, Chapel-en-le-Frith.
Lowcock, John, Esq., Greengate Mills, Salford.
Lupton, Arthur, Esq., 28, Manchester Road, Burnley.
Lupton, Albert, Cumberland Place, Burnley.
Lupton, Benjamin, Esq., 136, Manchester Road, Burnley.
Lupton, Joseph Townend, Esq., 28, Manchester Road, Burnley.

Marson, James, Esq., Hill Cliffe, Warrington.
Massie, Admiral, Stanley Place, Chester.
May, J. F., Esq., Prestbury.
May, John, Esq., Ridge Hill, Sutton, Macclesfield.
McQuhae, Mr., 5, Stamford Street, Brooks's Bar, Manchester.
Mellin, Mr., Ridgefield, Manchester.
Mellor, James W., Esq., Lydgate View, Huddersfield.
Metcalfe, Wm., Esq., 3, Vernon Avenue, Eccles.
Middleton, Thos., Esq., Springfield, Adlington. (3 copies).
Milne, J. D., Esq., Burnside, Cheadle.
Milnes, Ernest S., Esq., Plas Ffron, Wrexham.
Minshull and Hughes, Messrs., Chester.
Mitchell, Wm., Esq., Golbourne House, Golbourne.
Moorhouse, Chris., Esq., St. Paul's Road, Kersal.
Moorhouse, Fred, Esq., Kingston Mount, Didsbury.
Morton, W., Esq., 258, Birchfield Place, Stockport Road, Manchester.
Mosley, Sir Tonman, Bart., J.P., Rolleston Hall, Burton-on-Trent.
Moulton, Geo., Esq., Hall's Crescent, Collyhurst.
Myers, Henry, Esq., 94, West Road, Congleton, Cheshire.

Napier, G. W., Esq., Merchistoun, Alderley Edge.
Nash, Tom, Esq., M.A., St. James's Square, Manchester.
Neal, John, Esq., Borough Comptroller, Longendale Mount, Ashton-under-Lyne.
Needham, James, Esq., Anglesea Place, Stockport.
Newton, James Thomas, Esq., Barton House, Upper Brook Street, Manchester.
Nield, Geo. B., Esq., 25, Queen's Road, Oldham.
Nixon, Edward, Esq., Methley.

Owen, Wm., Esq., F.R.I.B.A., Palmyra Square, Warrington.

Parrott, Peter, Esq., Greenbank, Sutton, Macclesfield.
Patteson, Ald., J.P., Manchester.
Peacock, R., Esq., J.P., Gorton Hall, near Manchester.
Pilkington, J., Esq., Swinithwaite Hall, Bedale, Yorkshire.
Pink, W. D., Esq., King Street, Leigh, Lancashire.
Pearse, Percival, Warrington.
Penrose, Rev. J. T., Rector of Gawsworth, Macclesfield.
Perkins, Stanhope, Esq., 6, Healey Terrace, Fairfield, near Manchester.
Pierpoint, Benjamin, Esq., Bank, Macclesfield.
Pooley, C. J., Esq., Toft Road, Knutsford.
Portico Library, Mosley Street, Manchester.
Potts, Arthur, Esq., Hoole Hall, Chester.
Potter, Thos., Esq., Sanitary Superintendant, Wellington Road, Ashton-under-Lyne.
Powell, Francis Sharpe, Esq., Horton Old Hall, Bradford, Yorkshire.

Preston, Thomas, Esq., Manchester Road, Burnley.
Ralphs, Samuel, Esq., Sandy Lane, Stockport.
Redhead, R. Milne, Esq., F.L.S., Holden Clough, Bolton-by-Bowland.
Reiss, Fritz, Esq., Quay Street, Manchester.
Reid, Wm., Esq., Bewsey Road, Warrington.
Reynolds, Rev. G. W., St. Mark's Church, Cheetham.
Richmond, James, Esq., Moseley House, Burnley.
Richmond, Thos. G., Esq., Ford House, Prestbury.
Robson, Thos. Wm., Esq., 18, Aytoun Street, Manchester.
Rose, Josiah, Esq., F.R.H.S., 59, Bond Street, Leigh, Lanc.
Rothwell, Chas., M.D., Chorley New Road, Bolton.
Royle, John, Esq., 53, Port Street, Manchester.
Roylance, E. W., Esq., Brookfield, Bury Old Road, Manchester.
Rushton, John Latham, Esq., M.D., Macclesfield.
Rushton, Thos. Lever, Esq., Moor Platt, Horwich, near Bolton.
Ryder, T. D., Esq., Manchester.
Rylands, T. Glazebrook, Esq., F.S.A., F.R.A.S., F.L.S., Highfields, Thelwall.
Rylands, J. Paul, Esq., F.S.A., 24, Stanley Gardens, Belsize Park, Hampstead, London.
Rylands, W. H., Esq., F.S.A., 64, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London.

Saxby, Miss, Brookhill House, Wokingham, Berkshire.
Saxby, Charles, Esq., 32a, George Street, Manchester.
Scholes, Jas. C., Esq., 46, Newport Street, Bolton.
Schofield, Alderman Thomas, J.P., Thornfield, Old Trafford.
Scott, C. P., Esq., The Firs, Fallowfield.
Shann, T. T., Esq., The Hollies, Heaton Moor.
Shaw, Giles, Esq., 72, Manchester Road, Oldham.
Sidebotham, Joseph, Esq., F.S.A., Erlesdene, Bowdon.
Slark, Mr., J., 41, Fishergate, Preston.
Slark, Mr., A., 41, Fishergate, Preston.
Simpkin, E., Esq., 9, Spring Street, Bury.
Skelhorn, Mrs., 2, Fern Bank, Old Trafford.
Smith, Mrs., C. Taylor, Broadwood Park, Lanchester, Durham.
Smith, Miss, Gilda Brook, Eccles.
Smith, Geo. J. W., Esq., Savings' Bank, Stockport.
Smith, G. Feredy, Esq., Grove Hurst, Tunbridge Wells.
Smith, Hubert, Esq., St. Leonards, Bridgenorth, Shropshire.
Smith, Jos., Jun., Esq., Legh Street, Warrington.
Smith, J. J., Esq., Holly Bank, Heywood.
Smith, Rev. —, Liverpool.
Smith, Thos. C., Esq., Longridge, near Preston.
Smith, W., Esq., Adswood Grove, Stockport.
Smith, W. H., & Son, 186, Strand, London.
Sneyd, Dryden H., Esq., J.P., Ashcombe Park, near Leek, Staffordshire.
Sowler, Lieut.-Col., Oak Bank, Victoria Park, Manchester.
Stanley, The Hon. Colonel, M.P., Halecote, Grange-over-Sands.
Stanning, Rev. J. H., M.A., The Vicarage, Leigh.
Stanton, H., Esq., Greenfield, Thelwall, Warrington.
Stevens, Ed., Esq., Alderley Edge.
Stevens, James, Esq., F.R.I.B.A., Lime Tree House, Macclesfield.
Strangeways, W. N., Esq., 59, Westmoreland Road, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Stubs, Peter, Esq., Statham Lodge, Warrington.
Subscription Library, Bolton.
Sutcliffe, Frederick, Esq., Ash Street, Bacup.
Syddall, James, Esq., Chadkirk, Romiley, Cheshire.
Sykes, Arthur H., Esq., J.P., Edgeley Mount, Stockport.
Sykes, Thos. Hardcastle, Esq., Cringle House, Cheadle.
Swindells, G. H., Esq., Oak Villa, Heaton Moor.
Swindlehurst, Robert Henry, Chorley Old Road, Bolton.

Taylor, Henry, Esq., 2, St. Ann's Churchyard, Manchester.
Taylor, Thomas, Esq., 33, St. James Street, Burnley.
Thompson, Alderman Joseph, J.P., Riversdale, Wilmslow.
Thorp, J. W. H., Esq., Sunnyside Cottage, Macclesfield.
Tolley, Thos., Esq., Legh, near Warrington.
Topp, A. W., Esq., Dean House, Rochdale.
Tubbs, H. H., Esq., Romiley.
Turner, Rev. E. C., M.A., The Vicarage, Macclesfield.
Turner, Enoch, Esq., Stamford Crescent, Ashton-under-Lyne.
Turner, J., Vale House, Bowdon.
Turner, Joseph, Esq., 65, Albion Street, Leeds.
Turner, W., Esq., Plymouth Grove.
Tweedale, Charles Lakeman, Esq., Holmefield House, Crawshawbooth.

Uttley, Jas., Esq., Sowerby Street, Sowerby Bridge.

Veevers, Harrison, Esq., C.E., Dukinfield.
Vickers, William, Esq., Rose Hill, Smedley Lane, Cheetham Hill, Manchester.
Vickerstaff, T. J., Esq., 6, Mill Street, Macclesfield.

Waddington, William, Esq., Market Superintendent, Burnley.
Wakefield, Samuel, Esq., Heaton Norris, Stockport.
Walker, Thos., Esq., Oldfield, Altrincham.
Walkden,—, Esq., 16, Nicholas Street, Manchester.
Walmsley, Geo., Esq., J.P., Paddock House, Church.
Walmesley, Oswald, Esq., Shevington Hall, near Wigan.
Walters, C., Esq., Clegg Street, Oldham.
Warburton, Sam, Esq., Sunny Hill, Crumpsall.
Warburton, M. J., Esq., Fairleigh Villas, Fallowfield.
Warrington Museum and Library.
Wardleworth, T. R., 18, Brown Street, Manchester.
Wardleworth, T. R., 12, Bank Street, Rawtenstall.
Ware, T. Hibbert, Esq., 1, Bell Place, Bowdon.
Watts, John, Esq., Ph.D., Spring Gardens, Manchester.
Watts, Lady, Abney Hall, Cheadle.
Webb, F. W., Esq., Chester Place, Crewe.
Webster, W., Esq., Abbotsfield, St. Helens.
Weston, John, Esq., The Heysoms, Hartford.
White, Charles, Esq., Holly House, Warrington.
Whittle, Ald. R, Esq., J.P., Ashton House, Crewe.
Whittaker, W. Wilkinson, Esq., Cornbrook, Manchester.
Whitworth, Jno., Esq., Pitt and Nelson Hotel, Ashton-under-Lyne.
Whitehead, Edwin, Esq., The Hurst, Ashton-under-Lyne.
Wigglesworth, Jonathan, Esq., 90, Corporation Street.
Wild, Robert, Esq., 134, St. James Street, Burnley.
Wilkinson, Aaron, Esq., Westbourne Grove, Harpurhey.
Wilkinson, John, Esq., 25, Manor Street, Ardwick.
Wilkinson, T. R., Esq., Polygon, Ardwick.
Wilkinson, Wm., Esq., M.A., Middlewood, Clitheroe.
Wilson, Rev. Canon, M.A., Prestbury Vicarage, Cheshire.
Wilson, C. M., Esq., Broughton Park, Manchester.
Wilson, Wm., Esq., Savings' Bank, Stockport.
Winterburn, George, Junior, The Freehold, Bolton.
Wood, John, Esq., J.P., Arden, near Stockport.
Wood, Richard, Esq., J.P., Plumpton Hall, Heywood.
Wood, R., Esq., Mount Pleasant, Macclesfield.
Wood, Robt. J., Esq., Drywood Hall, Worsley.
Wood, W. C., Esq., Brimscall Hall, Chorley.
Wright, E. A., Esq., Castle Park, Frodsham, Cheshire.
Wrigley, Fred, Esq., Broadoaks, Bury.
Wrigley, James, Esq., Holbeck, Windermere.

Young, Harold, Esq., Wavertree, Liverpool.
Yates, J. M., Esq., Ellesmere Park, Eccles.
Yates, James, Esq., Public Library, Leeds.