Vol 1 (1848-1849)

'IN issuing the First Volume of the Transactions of the HISTORIC SOCIETY OF LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE, the Council cannot but congratulate the Members on the varied and interesting nature of its contents.'

Front matter

Presentations to the Society and Exhibits Session I no. 1

The inaugural address
Rev. Abraham Hume

On the ancient family of Wyche, or de la Wyche, with a descriptive account of their seat at Alderley, in Cheshire
Richard Brooke

To the land-owners and inhabitants of Liverpool and The Golden Lion (Two exhibited documents)
Joseph Mayer

Presentations to the Society and Exhibits Session I no. 2

1745 rebellion; exhibited document and other information
J. Leigh Clare

Record from Wigan parish register of touching for the king’s evil
J. Leigh Clare

Document exhibited relating to the civil war and Thomas Breck of Runcorn
Joseph Mayer

Roman and other finds, some from Chester and Hoylake, exhibited
Joseph Mayer

Deed exhibited, between Sir Cuthbert Halsall of Halsall and John Barnes of Sutton (St. Helens) regarding Micklehead Hall, Sutton
Richard Brooke

A descriptive account of the historical decorations now putting up in the grammar school, Preston
Frank Howard

On the quern recently presented to the Society, and on hand mills in general
Rev. Abraham Hume

Presentations to the Society and Exhibits Session I no. 3

On the best mode of carrying out the objects of the Society
Henry C. Pidgeon

Presentations to the Society and Exhibits Session I no. 4

On the common seal of the borough of Liverpool
Henry C. Pidgeon

On the family of Percival, of Allerton, Lancashire
Thomas Heywood

Presentations to the Society and Exhibits Session I no. 5

On the Roman roads in Lancashire, with a particular account of the tenth iter of Antoninus
John Just

Observations on the inscription upon the common seal of Liverpool
Richard Brooke

Notice of recent discoveries at Chester, in a letter from William Ayrton esq., of Chester
William Ayrton

Presentations to the Society and Exhibits Session I no. 6

Memoir of the family of Holme, especially of the various Randle Holmes; the Cheshire antiquaries of the seventeenth century
William Williams Mortimer

Second part of observations on the inscription upon the common seal of Liverpool
Richard Brooke

Memoranda relating to Lancaster castle, in connection with the presentation by Thomas Housman Higgin, esq., Belfast, of two pictures painted previous to the alterations commenced in the year 1780
Edward Higgin

Presentations to the Society and Exhibits Session I no. 7

Inscription on the grave stone of a blacksmith in the churchyard of Alderley,at the west end of the church
Richard Brooke

Vindication of [H. C. Pidgeon’s] reading of the legend on the ancient seal of Liverpool
Henry C. Pidgeon

Note of certain mineral springs at Leasowe
Rev. Abraham Hume

Presentations to the Society and Exhibits Session I no. 8

Some notice of a monumental brass to the memory of Mr. Lingard, in the parish church of Warmingham, Cheshire
G. Clayton

Notice of an ancient sculptured group of St. George and the dragon
Rev. John James Moss

Some account of ancient armour, with especial reference to the figure of St. George
Henry C. Pidgeon

On ancient shoes, as used in this and other parts of the country
Joseph Mayer

On the reading of the Lancaster runic inscription
John Just

Presentations to the Society and Exhibits Session I no. 9

Description of the old church of Wilmslow, in Cheshire, and its monuments
Richard Brooke

Description of a picture of horse racing, in the seventeenth century, at Leasowe Castle, in Cheshire
Sir Edward Cust

On the ruined chapel, at Lydiate, in Lancashire
William John Roberts

On the British urns found at West Kirby
Joseph Mayer

Closing Address
Rev Abraham Hume

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