Memorials of old Cheshire

EDITED BY THE VEN. EDWARD BARBER, M.A., F.S.A. _Archdeacon of Chester and Canon Residentiary of Chester Cathedral_ and THE REV. P. H. DITCHFIELD, M.A., F.S.A. Author of “_The Ca...

Over the poor remains of Mercia that remained to Alfred’s rule he set the Ealdorman Æthelred, the husband of his daughter Æthelflæd, or Ethelfleda, a ruler well fitted for his c...

“Three of the English counties, viz. Chester, Durham, and Lancaster, are called Counties _Palatine_. The two former are such by prescription or immemorial custom, which dates ba...

The Chamberlain of Chester or his Deputy was the Keeper of the original Seal of Chester and Flint. At Chester, where a considerable amount of business was transacted, there was...

Though many of the buildings of the monastery have been destroyed, sufficient are left to enable us, with the aid of a plan, made probably early in the seventeenth century, to r...

Nantwich Castle was in ruins before the reign of Henry VII., when the stones were removed and made use of for the purpose of enlarging the south transept of the church, which wa...

The church underwent some repairs in 1804, when the old roof was taken off and lowered. In 1850 there was a considerable and unhappy restoration, when the old two-light wooden-f...

If the Walls of our city possess this great interest for us, what shall we say of our Rows? They are practically unique. Other cities and towns have their Walls, but no other pl...

An exemplification of this is provided by Bramall, where the “great hall” has a flat ceiling, and above this is the drawing-room; an apartment growing rapidly into importance in...

There is an interesting little village called Halton on the northerly border of Cheshire, about two and a half miles from Runcorn; but as it is not on the high road to anywhere...

Another Parliamentary leader was Colonel Robert Dukinfield, of Dukinfield, who came of an ancient Cheshire family. He defended Stockport Bridge against Prince Rupert, laid siege...

One of the earliest historians of Cheshire was Daniel King, the author of _The Vale Royal of England, or History of Cheshire_. He was more skilled in engraving than in writing,...

Let us remember that the Bible and religious books could not be read or consulted by the people; and as late as the seventeenth century we find an aged rustic who knew nothing o...

These storyes of the Testamente at this tyme, you knowe, In a common Englishe tongue never read nor harde; Yet thereof in these pagentes to make open shewe, This moonke & moonke...

Make rombe, lordinges, and give us waye, And let Balacke come in and plaie, And Balame that well can saie To tell you of prophescie. That Lord that died on Good Frydaie, He save...

In the early part of 1645, the correspondence between the leaders on both sides was constant. Sir William Brereton, however, seems to have been indisposed to treat with commissi...

From the summit of Beeston Castle, or, better still, from the more elevated escarpment of the adjacent Peckforton Hill, marked on the survey map _Stanner Nab_--a name little alt...

The crosses varied much in form and character, as also in position and origin. Many of them, no doubt, were in the first instance _Preaching Crosses_. The monks or other early h...

Going back to Roman times, we must remember that Farndon was on the road between Chester and Wroxeter, and that it commanded the ferry, the first means of crossing the river abo...

But Michael Drayton says of Cheshire men that “they of all England most to antient customs cleave”; and an attempt will be made in this chapter to give a general and compressed...

The land was afforested immediately after the Conquest, though the Saxon owner was, for a time, allowed to keep his estate in it. About 1123 Ranulph de Meschines, third Earl of...

1762. For a bassoon £5 5 0 1787. John Richardson, for instructing the singers 8 17 0 1801. For a hautboy 0 14 0 1811. For a base violin 6 16 7 1820. Paid Mr. Cotgreave, for lead...

We can imagine therefore St. Plegmund paying his frequent visits to the neighbouring city, only three or four miles distant, taking up his position at one or other of its gates...

Lacy, Constable de, 24 “Lamb, The,” 138, 139 Langdale, Sir Marmaduke, 184 Leet, Halton Court, 106-113 ---- Widnes or Farnworth, 112 Legend, Brereton, 253 ---- Capesthorn, 253 --...

By Sidney Heath, with a fore-word by R. Bosworth Smith, of Bingham’s Melcombe. Illustrated with 40 drawings by the Author, in addition to numerous rubbings of Sepulchral Brasses...