TRANSACTIONS OF THE HISTORIC SOCIETY OF LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE VOE. 131. ;.
TRANSACTIONS \ OF THE HISTORIC SOCIETY OF LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE FOR THE YEAR 1981 : VOLUME 131 '-'. '. '- LIVERPOOL PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY 1982
ISSN 0140-332X Produced for the Society by Alan Sutton Publishing Limited, Gloucester and printed in Great Britain
CONTENTS Editorial note Council and officers of the society PAGE vii Nantwich: an eleventh-century salt town and its origins J. Oxley, B.A. 1 The population of Frodsham manor, 1349-50 J. Phillip Dodd, M.A., M.Sc., Ph.D. 21 Government in perspective: Lancashire and the Privy Council, 1570-1640 B.W. Quintrell, M.A., Ph.D. 35 "A fallacy, a delusion, and a snare": arbitration and conciliation in the Preston strike, 1853-4 H.I. Button, B.A. and J.E. King, B.A. 63 The Birkenhead Garibaldi riots of 1862 F. Ned, M.A., B.Sc. (Econ) 87 Long-distance migrant workers in nineteenth-century Britain: a case study of the St. Helens' glassmakers J.T. Jackson, B.A., Ph.D. 113 The Liverpool dock battalion: military intervention in the Mersey docks, 1915-1918 K.R. Grieves, B.A. 139 Short notes Herbert the jerkin maker: a Domesday tenant identified 159 Fishing stalls on the south-west Lancashire coast 161 Reviews 165 Obituaries 167 Council and officers' reports 169 Index 173 ix
ILLUSTRATIONS FIGURES PAGE NANTWICH: AN ELEVENTH-CENTURY SALT TOWN AND ITS ORIGINS 1 Timing of salt tolls and Friday boilings 2 2 Tolls 3 3 Nantwich 7 4 Domesday townships in Warmundestrou hundred 10 5 Parishes in Nantwich hundred 12 THE POPULATION OF FRODSHAM MANOR 1 Bovate structure of Frodsham bond lands 26 LONG-DISTANCE MIGRANT WORKERS IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY BRITAIN 1 Comparative size of glassmaking centres, 1832 119 2 Intra-urban moves by plate and crown glassmakers, St. Helens 1851 to 1861 127 FISHING STALLS ON THE SOUTH-WEST LANCASHIRE COAST 1 Fishing stalls on the Birkdale and Ainsdale coasts 162
EDITORIAL NOTE Unusually, the editors have been able to produce a volume this year, which in terms of the range of topics, and their chronological and geographical distribution, should contain something of interest to most readers. The contents of each volume of the Transactions depends on the nature of the articles submitted, and although it would be rewarding to receive articles, on, for example, that neglected period the late 17th and Hith-centuries, such are the shifting interests among historians that the editors must normally be content to reflect whatever are the concerns of our contributors. Next year, however, the vagaries of fashion will be put to a particularly good use. The overwhelming and consistent popularity of the 17th century as a period of study in the north-west, must surely owe much to the teaching and research of Mr. J.J. Bagley, a former editor of this journal. Volume 132 will be a collection of essays on 17th-century Lancashire, dedicated as a festschrift to celebrate his seventy-fifth birthday. The editors wish to thank Mrs. Grace \\yatt for preparing the Index to this volume. University of Liverpool J.I. Kermode University of Manchester C.B. Phillips August, 1982 Contributors to these Transactions are advised to write to Mrs J.I. Kermode who can supply a leaflet containing guidance for contributors. The Honorary Secretary will be pleased to hear from members who wish to read papers, or persons wishing to join the society. Membership is open to all and provides the right to attend the society's meetings, to borrow from its Library, and to receive an annual volume. Transactions, Occasional Series volumes, and offprints can be bought from the Honorary Publications Secretary (for addresses of Editors, Secretary, and Publications Secretary see the list of Council and Officers overleaf).
COUNCIL AND OFFICERS FOR 1981 Hon. President The right hon. the Earl of Derby, M.C., LL.D. President MJ. Power, B.A., Ph.D. Vice-presidents JJ.Baglev,M.A.,F.R.Hist.S. S.A.Harris, A.C.I.S. Miss J. Beck, M.A. W.H.G. Jones Miss P.R. Pleasance Elected members of the Council Mrs. F.Dickinson, M.Sc. J.R. Bulmer, B.A. N.Carrick, B.A., F.L.A. K. Hall, B.A.,D.A.A. B.E.Harris, M.A.,Ph.D. P.E.H.Hair,M.A.,D.Phil.,F.R. Hist.S. Miss J.B.Gnosspelius,B.Arch. T.Lloyd-Jones,M.A. B.C.Redwood,M.A. M.M.Schofield, M.A. GJ.Wilson, B.A. Hon. Secretary P.J.Andrews,B.A., 10 Waterside Way, Middlewich, Cheshire, CW10 9HP Hon. Treasurer R.G.Dottie,B.A.,M.Phil., 1 North Barcombe Road, Childwall, Liverpool 16 Hon. Editors Mrs J.I. Kermode, B.A., The School of History, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX; C.B. Phillips, B.A., Ph.D., Department of History, University of Manchester Hon. Librarians R.Malbon, F.I.A., Miss J. Smith, B.A., The City Record Office, Central Public Library, William Brown Street, Liverpool 3 Hon. Publications Secretary Mrs E.M. Schofield, B.A., 272 Liverpool Road, Widnes, Cheshire, WAS 7HT Hon. Auditors A.W. Andrews, A.C.B.I. H. McCallum