Category: History - British
Lancashire, on its south and south-east, is bounded by the county of Chester, the division for about 50 miles, _i.e._, from Stockport to Liverpool, being the river Mersey; on the west is the Irish Sea; on the east, up to Graygarth Fell, in the parish of Tunstall, lies Yorkshir...
Lancashire, on its south and south-east, is bounded by the county of Chester, the division for about 50 miles, _i.e._, from Stockport to Liverpool, being the river Mersey; on th...
2. CHAPTER II.Notwithstanding what has been written upon the so-called "glacial nightmare," it still remains an undisputed fact that at some far-distant period the whole of Lancashire was sun...
3. part 2). At Dunnerdale Fell is an enclosure very similar to that foundat Heathwaite, though much smaller, the central homestead being formed by a single wall, near to which are several cairns and remains of walls. On Birkrigg Common, at a place ca...
4. CHAPTER III.The coming of Julius Cæsar in August, B.C. 55, with his legions of Roman soldiers to punish the men of Kent for having sent assistance to one of the Gallic tribes, the _Veneti_,...
5. CHAPTER IV.The history of Roman Lancashire has so recently been published[14] that, even if our space would allow (which it will not), it would be unnecessary, in a work of this descriptio...
6. CHAPTER V.If it is true--as generally supposed--that the Britons, after being grievously oppressed by the Picts and Scots, called in the German tribes to assist them, then it naturally fo...
7. Chapter IX.), religious houses endowed, and castles erected. Many ofits parishes were now formed, and its hundreds and tithings were meted out. Many of the parish and township names in Lancashire are suggestive of Saxon or Danish origin. Thus, W...
8. CHAPTER VI.The stirring events which led up to the battle of Hastings, which took place on October 14, 1066, and the subsequent complete conquest of England by William of Normandy, did not...
9. Chapter V.).The names of places thus supplied give some clue to the early history of the district. Out of sixty-two vills, over one-third are "tons"; there are also found the Anglo-Saxon an...
10. CHAPTER VII.As soon as Henry VII. was firmly seated on the throne, he proceeded to reverse the attainders which his predecessor had passed against certain of the prominent adherents of the...
11. CHAPTER VIII.Allusion has been already made to the superstitious side of the character of the Lancashire people; their belief in omens, charms, witchcraft and demoniac possessions lingered l...
12. CHAPTER IX.Of the non-Aryan tribes who at some remote period lived in the North of England we do not know sufficient to even conjecture what was their religion, if they had any; but judgin...
13. CHAPTER X.The most striking event in Lancashire in the beginning of the eighteenth century was the rebellion of 1715, which arose out of the Highland feeling in favour of the elder Stuart...
14. CHAPTER XI.The general appearance of the chief Lancashire towns in the early part of the eighteenth century has been graphically described by a lady who rode through England on horseback;[...
15. CHAPTER XII.The cotton trade of Lancashire was now fairly established; steam was just beginning to be commonly used as the motive power instead of the old water-wheel, and consequently the...
16. CHAPTER XIII.There are many traditions relating to the county, some of which are worth preserving; others are only the result of some fertile brain which first invented the tale and then tol...