INDEX Place entry headings set in italic, publications in bold, ships in CAPITALS

INDEX Place entry headings set in italic, publications in bold, ships in CAPITALS Abbot and Co., 169 Abbots Bromfa, (Staffs.) 7, forges, 4, 7 Abenbury, (Denbighs) forges, 12 Abmethy, (Scotland) ironworks, 10 Accrington, Old and New, (Lanes.) 121-123, 126, 129-130, 140, 144, 146; cotton industry, 123; Hill Top in, 124; library, 123, 126; Oak Hill Park in, 124; Prince's Theatre, 136; regiment, 130; Union St. Wesleyan Sabbath School, 124 Accrington Advertiser, 133-152 Accrington Observer and Times, 121, 142-152 Ackerley family, 77 Acton, (Ches.) 8, 12, 13; forge, 11, 12, 13 Acton Bndge, (Ches.) 8 Advertiser and Lancashire Daily Post, 145 Africa, 30, 99-115; West, 99-112;.Niger Delta, 100-114 African Association, IK African Association of Liverpool Traders, 108 agriculture, arable farming in Ches. 55-80 Amscough, Preston, (Lanes.) 167 Aintree, (Lanes.) forge, 13 Aldford, (Ches.) 80 Alexandra, Princess of Wales, 123 Alien, Revd. Bennet, 44, 45 Altrincham, (Ches.) 187 America, north, 29, 32-33, 37-39, 44 Americas, the, 30 American War of Independence, the, 44 Amery, Leo, 198 Anglican church, 90, 109, 155 Anglicanism, 109 Angola, 103, 104 architecture, ecclesiastical, 155-172 Arnold, General Benedict, 44 Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 88, 89 Ashton, Nicholas, 35, 38-40 Aspinall, James, 110; John, 103; Sarah, 103; Thomas, 103; William, 103; J and J Aspinall, 103, 104 Atherton. John, 39, 40 Atholl, Duchess of, 189 Atlantic Ocean, 20, 39, 45, 99-100 Austria, 90 Awty, B. G., 1 Backbanoui, Fumess, (Lanes.) 1, 3 Backhouse family, 104 Baldwin, Stanley, 180, 182-183, 186, 190-193, 196-197; Mrs Stanley, 199 Ballantyne, John, 94 Ballmcollig, Cork, (Ireland) 106 Baltimore, (Canada) 45 Barclay, George P., 94, 95 Barclay, Salkeld & Co., 95 George Barclay & Co., 95 Bardsley, Anne, 27-29, 31, 35, 37-38, 40, 42-16; Mary, 27-28 Barking, (Essex) 42, 44 Baxenden, (Lanes.) 123; St. John's Church, 132

234 Index Baylies, Thomas, 7-11 Beacon, (dies.) 21 Beinecke Rare Book Room, Yale University, 41 Belgrave, Viscount, 73 Bengal, (India) 42 Bentley, John Francis, 155, 184 Bewdley, (Worcs.) 4 Bifrons, Barking, (Essex) 38 Bird, Otway, 42 Birkenhead, (Chesh.) 111 Birmingham, (Warws.) 4; works, 90 Bisbrowne, Cuthbert, 28 Bishopgate Institute, London 157 Blackburn, (Lanes.) 160, 161, 164; Congregational Church, 160; King George's Hall, 164; Library, Museum and Art Gallery Committee, 164; Mechanics Institute, 160 Blackburn Weekly Telegraph, 161 Blackcountry, the, 4 Blackpool,'(Lanes.) 157, 162; Central Beach, 166; Glee and Madrigal Society, 168 BlahyMoor, 161 Blue Coat Schools, Liverpool, 19; Chester, 19 Blundell, Charles, 92; Henry, 92; family, 96 Blundellsands, (Lanes.) Presby'n Church, 164 Boates family, 104 Bodfari, (Flints.) forge, 57 Boer War, 126, 130, 132-133, 141-143, 146 BoldJ. O., 102, 105 Bombay, (India) 106 Bonny, Niger Delta, 104-107, 111 Booth, Bartholomew (sen.), 21, 23; Revd Bart.W, 19-47; Helen, 21; Helen (sen.) 21; John, 24, 45-46; Mary, 21-22, 24, 32-33; Robert, 23-24, 26, 42, 45; William, 22, 24, 26, 42, 45; family, 23 Borneo, 125 Boston, Mass. U.SA. 169 Bourgeois, Sir Peter, 88, 89 Boxer Rebellion, 126, 132-133, 143 Boycott and Co., 3 Boydell, Thomas, 73 Bracken, Brendan, 199 Brantwood Trust, 172 Brassington, (Derbys.) 25 Brewer, Thomas, 39 Brewood, (Staffs.) forge, 11 Briggs, Frank, 164 Briggs, Wolstanholme and Thornley, 157, 164-165 Brighton, (Essex) 160 Bristol, 2, 90, 100, 102, 103, 192; High Chapel, 168 British and African Steam Navigation Co., 112 British and Continental African Co., 114 British Empire, 182 British Socialist News, 142 Brocket, Lord, 194 Bromley, (Kent) 46 Brooke, Peter, 9 Brooks, Joseph, sen., 40 Brown, Ernest, 190 Brown, Matthew, 72 Bunyan,John, 169 Burslem, William, 7 Butler, R. A., 190 Butterfield, William, 168 Byrd, Francis Otway, 42; William III, 42 Cambridge, Old Perse School, 88; University, 23-24, 88-89 Canning, George, 94, 104 Cannock Wood [Canckwood] (Staffs.) forge, 1, 4 Cantrell, Revd Henry, 24 Carracci,, 93 Carson, Edward, 187 Case, George and Co., 104 Cassell's Magazine, 132 Catena, 87 Catterall, Margaret, 121-122; William, 121 Cattermole, Charles, 169 Channon, Chips, 188-189, 193-194; 195

Index 235 Chamberlain, Austin, 195; John, 7, 8; Neville, 186 Charles I, King of England, 71 Charles II, King of England, 71 Chartley, (Staffs.) forge, 4 Chatterton, Mary, 22 Cheadle, (Staffs.) St. Mary's, 22 Cheetham, Joseph, 42, 43 Chesapeake Bat,.A'. America., 39 Cheshire, 4,'5, 7-8, 11-13, 19, 23, 25, 33-35, 44-46, 55-56, 67, 69-72, 74; agriculture, 55-56; crown land survey, 70; Inquisitions Post-Mortem, 67, 69, 71; iron partnership, 4, 5, 11-13; salt industry, 102, 105 Chester, (Ches.) 55, 71-72, 74, 76, 78; academy, 19; bishop of, 22-23; cathedral, 23; diocese of, 31, 42; and tax assessments, 76; liberties of, 67 Chester-Hawarden turnpike, 73 Chetharn's Library, Manchester, 22 Childwall, Liverpool, 28; parish, 31; Hall, 39 Cholmondeley, Charles, 8-11, 77 Christian Science, church architecture of, 156-157 Church of England priests, 26 Churchill, Diana, 188; Randolph, 180-182, 186-198; Sarah, 188; Winston, 182-184, 187-188, 192-198 Civil List, 90 Clapperton, Hugh, 138; Mrs, 138 Clark and Roscoe, 92 Claverton, (Ches.) 55-80; Crown land at, 61, 74, 79; tenant, 76 Clearyjoseph, 187 Clifton, Thomas, 35; estates, 162 Clitheroe, (Lanes.) 164 Coalbrookdale, company, 9; furnace, 2, 7-8; ironworks, 95-96 Collcutt, T. E., 166 Colnaghi's, London, 89 ColviUe, Sir John, 181 CokiynBay, (Cluyd) 129, 147 Committee of the Liverpool Royal Southern Hospital, 111 Commons, House of, 5, 110, 181, 192, 194 Congo, River, 107, 108 Congreve, (Staffs.) forges, 11 Conservative Annual Conference, 183, 185 Conservative National Union General Council, 183 Conservative Party, 181-182, 184; candidates, 187-188, 192-193, 197-198, 199 Consall, (Staffs.) forge, 4 Conway, (Caens.) parish church, 131 Cookson, John, 10; Cotgreave.John, 73; Thomas, 73, 74 Cotton, Daniel, 5; Thomas, 5; William, 4 Cove, Miss Louisa, 136 Cowper, Harriet, 69; Revd Peter, 74; family, 74 Cranage, (Ches.) forge, 4, 7 Cromarty, (Scotland) 199 Crompton, Dr Peter, 94 Cromwell, Oliver, 169, 170 Crook, Mrs, 168 Crosfields, of Warrington, 101 Croston, (Lanes.) 121 Cumberland, 3, 5 Cummings, J. and H., 102 Darby, Abraham, 2, 7-8, 10, 96; Mary, 7, 8, 10 Davies, Peter, 99 Dawson family, 104 Dean, Forest of, (Clones.) coalfields, 2, 3,4 Deanley Fairhaven, (Lanes.) 160-161, 167, 169 Dease, Edward, 31 Dee, River, 59, 60, 77 Deganwy, (Caens.) 131-132 Delamere Forest, (Ches.) 1, 3, 10, 12 Delamere, Lord, 10 Delves, Sir Harry, 3 Denbighshire, hamlets, 80; iron industry, 3, 11 DentJ. M., 157 Derby, (Derbys.) 46; grammar school, 25; mayor and burgesses, 25;

236 Index municipal records, 25; St Alkmunds, 24-25 Derby, Earl of, 71; Lord, 193, 196-198 Derbyshire iron industry, 3 Deschamps Motor Company, 130 Dicas, John, 70 Dickin, Thomas, 4 Dickin and Heyford, 5 Dickinson, Emily, 134 Disliy, (Ches.) 23, 24, 46; chapel, 23 Dissenters, 109, 156; church architecture of, 156 Dobson, Elizabeth, 122 Doddington, (Ches.) furnace, 3, 5 Dodleston, (Ches.) 73-74 Domenichino,, 93 Dolgun, Dolgellau, (Merioneth.) 1 Doran, Felix, 31 Douai, (France) English College, 30 Douglas, (IOM) 103 Doulton Co., 166 Downes, Revd. Dr, 136 Drake, B. K., 99 Drummond, A. L.,155, 157 Dublin, (Ireland) 103 Dugdale, Grace, 131 Dunlmm Massey, (Ches.) 45 Duxbury, Joseph, 122, 124 EastFulham, London 180 Eastham House, (Ches.) 111 Easrvvood, Mary Ann, 122 Eaton Hall, Chester, (Ches.) 55 Eccleston, (Ches.) 55, 61, 71-73; Crown land in, 74; lane, 60, 61, 68,71,77 Eden, Anthony, 190 Edinburgh, booksellers, 94 Edward VII, King of England, 146 Egerton family, of Oulton Park, 12 Elder, Dempster and Co., 99, 115, 164 elections, 109, 179-199; Wavertree by-election, 179-199 Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 91 Ellames, Peter, 92 Elliot, Charles, 70, 169 English Congregational Chapel Building Society, 165 Ephraim, Duke, 105 Epping, (Essex) 37, 39, 41; academy 37, 41, 43; constituency, 192, 196; Forest, 89; Highbeach, 38, 40-41, 45-16 Essex, 37, 39-10, 45-16 Europe, 30; art, 89-90 Evans, John, 11 Evening News, 188 Everton, Liverpool, 40, 42, 111, 185 Ewart, William sen., 94-95 Ewart and Rutson, 95 Fair, Thomas, 162, 172 Fairhaven, (Lanes.) 155, 157-172; Congregational "White' Church, 157-172; church members, 163; Golf Club House, 163; St Paul's, 163 Fernando Po, Niger Delta, 108 Findlay, Richard, 198 Fiorantino, Rosso, 87 Fisher, J. and R., 102 Fitzwilham Museum, 88 Fletwood, Thomas, 8 Flintshire, 73 Foley, Philip, 1, 5; Robert, 5; Richard, 3, 4; Thomas, 3; Foley partnership, 4 Ford, William, 94 Forsyth, P. T., 155-156, 157, 172 Fox, George, 169 France, art in, 90 Franklin, Benjamin, 33 Frederick, Maryland, U.S.A. 44; All Saints Parish, 44 French Revolution, 90 Frodsham, (Ches.) 5 Fumess (Cumbria) 2, 3, 5 Furnevell and Co., 124 FuseliJ. H., 91-92; exhibitions, 92 Gallipoli, Battle of, 129 Gamul family, Inquisitions Post Mortem of, 78 Gant, Elizabeth, 32; family, 40 Gascoyne, Bamber, sen., 31, 38 39, 42-13; Bamber, 42; Benjamin, 42; family, 42, 96; General, 109; George, 42; Isaac, 42; Sabine, 42

Index 237 Gates, General Horatio, 45; Mary, 45,46 Genoa, Italy 125 Gentleman's Magazine, 47 George IV, King of England 90, 110 George, John, 77; Lloyd, 189, 194, 195 Georgetown, Maryland, U.SA. 44 Germany, 89/180 Gerrard and Sons, 166 Girls' Own Paper, 132 Gladstone family, 109; John, 95, 109; Robertson, 110; William Ewart, 95 Glamorgan coalfield, 2 Globe Chemical Works, (Lanes.) 123 Glynne, Revd Sir Stephen, 73-74; family, 56 Gosling, John, 13 Gossages of Widnes, 101 Government of India Act, 183 Gower, Lord, 7 Goyt, River, 22 Gray, H. L., 70, 80 Great Harwood, (Lanes.) 164 Great War, the, 129, 131 Gregson, William, 39 Grigg, Sir Edward,. 187 Grosvenor, Earl, 61, 69, 73, 77; Lord, 74; Richard 1st Baron. See also, Westminster, Duke of Grosvenor of Eaton, estates, 55-56, 59-60, 71-73, 75-76, 79, 80, crown surveys, 77; rentals, 72, 76; Grosvenor driveways, 61, 68, 80 Guise, General John, 88 Hacking, Douglas, 195 Hagerstown, Maryland, U.SA. 20, 45; Delamere Estate, 45 46 Hale, (Ches.) salts works, 35 Hales (Haksowen) (Wares.) furnace, 2 Hall, Edward, 5, 12; Thomas, 4, 5, 13 Handbridge, (Ches.) 55-86; agriculture, 55 79; crown tenants, 76; Haywood's Castle, 57; royal manor of, 55, 67, 71,74 Hansard, 183 Harrison, Thomas, 106-107 Hart, Thomas, 5, 7, 11-12 Hasler,, 160 Haslingden, (Lanes.) 122; union foundry, 124 Hatch, Harry Augustus, 131; Horace Whitehead, 131; John, 131; Richard William Thornton, 131 Hatch and Fielding, 131 Hatch, John and Sons, 131 Hawarden, (Flints.) 56, 76; enclosure, 73; manor, 73 Hawkeshead, William, 35 Haydock, (Lanes.) Dean Mill, 8, 11 Heyford, Dennis, 4 Heywood, Arthur, 95; Benjamin Arthur, 91, 94-95; Nathaniel, 95 Hibbert, Booth, 27, 46; George, 27, 43; Helen, 27; Revd Henry Booth, 46 Higham, Tom, 139 Hill, John, 41^2 Hitler, Adolf, 197 Hoare, Samuel, 183, 193-196 Hocking, Joseph, 157; Revd Silas, 157 Holden, Mr, 146 Holland, 12,41 HollinsheadJ. 109 Holt, John, 99, 115 Holt, John and Co., 115 Holywell, (Flints.) furnace, 12 Home, Charles Silvester, 168 Horniman Museum, London, 157 Horsfall, Charles, 103, 110-112, 115; family, 99-100, 103, 105; George, 107, 111, 113-114; George Henry, 104; Robert, 104, 113; Thomas Berry, 104, 107, 110, 113; Thomas, 107, 108, 111 Horsfall and Tobin, 107 Horton by Tilston, (Ches.) 80 Houston, Lady, 188 Howard, Ebenezer, 160 Hoylake, (Ches.) 129 Hudsons (Liverpool,) 101 Hughes, William, 70 Huskisson, William, 95, 109 Hyde, Eleanor, 72

238 Index Iddinshdl, (Ches.) 80 Ince, (Lanes.) 92 India, 10, 107, 182-184, 192-194, 196; Independence for, 183; Viceroy of, 182 India Bill, 187, 191, 195-197 India Defence League, 183, 189, 192, 195, 197 Indian Empire Society, 183 Ingham, Mrs, 147 Inskip, Sir Thomas, 190 Irish, in England, 184; Catholic, 184; migrations, 184; Nationalists, 184 Irving, Henry, 161 Irwin, Lord (Viceroy), 182-183 Isle of Man, 103 Italy, 89 Jamaica, 30, 103-104 Jennens, Humfrey, 3; John, 3 Johannesburg, S. Africa 125 Johnson, Professor B.L.C., 1 Jones, A. L., 99, 110, 115 Jones, Joseph, 76-77 Joseph II, King of Austria, 90 Keeling, Joseph, 42 Keene, Edmund, Bishop of Chester, 22-23 Kendal, (Cumbna.) 30 Kendall, Edward, 5 Kendrick, William, 76-77 Kent, Ralph, 5 Keyes, Roger, 189 King's Lynn, (Norfolk) 41 Kirkham (Lanes.) 36, 39-40, 43; Congregational church, 164 Konigsburg, German)/ 41 Labour Government 182; party, 180, 185-186, 187-188, 194 Laird, Macgregor, 111; William, 110 Laird's African Steam Ship Co., 112, 114 Lake District, 172, 182 Lancashire, 1, 5, 19, 28-29, 32, 36, 39, 41, 44-45, 184-191; academies, 19; cloth, 102, 121; industries, 101-102; iron production, 1,2, 12, 13; politics, 184; quarter sessions, 36; seat, 39 Lancashire and Cheshire Chapel Building Society, 165 Lancashire Daily Post, 145 Lanchester and Rickard, 167 Lane, Obadiah, 4, 5 Langton, John (Jack), 36, 42-43; Thomas, 36-41, 43; William, 36-37, 40^3 Latham, John, 99, 105, 110 Lathom, (Lanes.) 121; chapel, 32 Lawton furnace, 3, 4, 7 Lea, (Ches.) forge, 3, 5 Lee, Richard Henry, 44; Thomas Sim, 45 Leeds, (Turks.) 159, 166 Legas family, 2 Legh, Peter, 8, 23; family, 23 Lennox-Boyd, Alan, 191 Lever, William, 99, 101 Leverhulme, Lord, 160 Liberal National Party, 182; candidates, 187 Lichfield, (Staffs.) 25, Bishop of, 25; Diocese, 25 Lightfoot, William, 31 Lindemann, Professer, 190 Liscard Hall, WaUasey, (Ches.) 106, 111 Literary Society, (Liverpool) 95 Little Clifton, (Cumberland) furnace, 10-11 Littledale, T. & H., 114 Liverpool, African trade, 99-115; booksellers, 94; Church Missionary Society, 111; churches: Chapel St., 27, 29; Christ Church, 111; St. George, 27; James St., 31; St. Nicholas, 25, 27; St. Peter, 27; St. Thomas, 27; Park Lane, 27, 29; Common Council, 108-111; Custom House, 30; deputy recorder, 27; directory, 27; elections, 109, 110, 179-199; M.P.'s, 42, 45, 108-110; Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, 102, 164; oil trade, 100-102, 105-111; old church yard, 25, 27, 29, 32;

Index 239 politics, 108-184; properties, 95; Royal Institute, Gallery of Art, 87-96; slave trade, 99-106; town council, 89, 108, 110-111, 185, (Select Finance Committee), 110; university, 164; Walker Art Gallery, 58; Woolton Academy, 19-40, 43-44, 46^7 Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 95, 106 Liverpool Benevolent Society for Reclaiming Fallen Women, 111 Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, 108, 110 Liverpool Chronicle, 31 Liverpool Conservative Assocation, 198; Junior Conservative Association, 190 Liverpool Conservative Party, 186 Liverpool Daily Post, 189 Liverpool Mercury, 110 Liverpool Society for the Abolition of Slavery, 95 Liverpool Working Men's Association, 185 Livingstone, David, 169 Lloyd, Lord, 189, 195 London, 40, 43, 45, 89-90, 93, 101-112, 112, 160, 194; byelection at Norwood, 197; churches: Holy Trinity, 156; Woodford Green, Savoy House, 164 London City and Midland Bank, 165 Longfellow,, 134, 135 Longton, (Staffs.) 3, 4 Lowe, Joseph, 45 Luther,, 169, 170 Lytham, (Lanes.) 35, 157, 162;.King " Edward CoUege, 164 Lyme, (Ches.) 5 Macdesfield, (Ches.) Chapel 23; Highfield House, 129 Macdona's Company, 145 MacDonald, Ramsay, 181, 188, 190-199 McHardy, Miss Eleanor, 145 Macmfflan, Harold, 192 Madelty, (Staffs.) furnace, 5 Manchester, 43, 90, 94-95, 102, 106, 126, 162; booksellers, 188; goods, 102; grammar school, 21-24, 26 Manchester Guardian, 184 Manhattan, M.Y., U.S.A. 45; Trinity Church, 45 Manlove, Revd Thomas, 24-25 Manley, (Ches.) 80 Margesson, David, 195 Marple, (Ches.) 21-22, 24, 27, 32, 45; chapel, 23-24 Marriner, Sheila, 101 Marsh, Gabriel, 71 MartingalTs, Mr, 13 Martini, Simone, 88 Marion, (Ches.) 9 Maryland, U.S.A. 20, 21, 39, 42, 44-45 Massey, John Stanley, 35 Mason,, 94 Maugham, Mrs Somerset, 194 Mawson, T. H., 160, 172 Maxwell, W. A. and G., 102 Mearheath, (Staffs.) furnace, 4 Mellor, (Derby s.) 21-24; Lane Head, 23; school, 21;Tardin, 23 Mersey, River, 28, 35 Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, 102, 164 Merseyside, 191; soap industry of, 101-102 Meynell, Godfrey, 42 Michelangelo,, 87 Middleton Brick and Tile Company, 158, 166 Milton, John, 169 Mitton, Stourport, (Wons.) forges, 13 Moffat,, 168 Molleston, Eleanor, 45; William, 39, 43,45 Molyneux, family, 36, 96; Richard, 28; Viscountess, 28-29, 32-33, 35 Monaghan, Mrs, 142 Moody, and Sankey, hymns, 167 Moreton, (Salop.) forge, 11 Morley,John, 160 Morris, Arto, 187; Robert, 44

240 Index Morris and Co., 168 Moscow, Russia 188 Nail-Cain, Arthur Ronald Nail, 185 Napoleon Bonaparte, 90 Napoleonic Wars, 90 National Government, 179-187, 190, 192-193, 195-196 National Labour Party, 180, 182, 187-188, 190; candidates, 193, 194 National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, 124 National Trust, 1 72 Needuiood Forest, Maryland, U.S.A. Boarding School, 44; Estate, 45 New Blue Coat School, Wavertree, 164 New York, U.SA. 106 New Zealand, 125 Newby, Thomas, 40, 43 Neuicastlt-under-Lyme, (Staffs.) 1 Newcombe,, 42 Newton, (Ches.) 8 Niger, River, 100-107 Norton, (Staffs.) forge, 5 Oakamoor, (Staffs.) forge, 4 Oakhill, (Lanes.) house, 106, 111 Old Calabar, Niger Delta, 105-107 Opobo, Niger Delta, 114 Ormskirk, (Lanes.) 122, 36; Lathom Chapel, 32; quarter sessions, 36 Oulton, (Ches.) furnace, 3, 12, 13; mill, 12; park, 12 Oxford University, 22, 23, 24, 88; Brasenose College, 22-23; Christ Church, 88; Mansfield College, 168 Paget, Lord, works, 4 Paley and Austin, 165 Paris, (France) 129 Park, Dr Henry, 35, 39 Parke and Heywood, 95 Parke, Heywood and Conway, 95 Patent Automatic Sewage Distributors, 124 Peking, (China) 126 Penny, James, 105 Peover, Nether, (Ches.) 80 Perry, George, 13 Perse School, Cambridge, 88 Peter Family, 27; Revd. Richard, 32-34; Ralph, 27, 32 Pettvpool, (Ches.) farms, 7 Pevsner, Nikolaus, 157 Philadelphia, (Pennsylvania), U.S.A. 32, 34; academy, 33; chapel, 33; Christ Church, 33; land office, 32 Phillips, Edward, 76 Pitt Thomas, 'Diamond', 10; Thomas, Earl of Londonderry, 10 Platt, James, 187, 190-191, 193 Political Committee of Liverpool Conservative Club, 111 Poole, B., 107 Porter, Barry, 185 Portugal, 114 Prescot, (Lanes.) 11, 13, 28, 32, 40 Prestbury,John, 71 Preston, (Lanes.) 36; M.P.s, 181; police courts, 164 Primrose League, 195 Probis, William, 71 protestantism in politics, 184 185 Puddington, (Ches.) 33 Quiver, the, 132 Rathbone, Richard, 96; Sarah, 96; William sen., 95-96; family, 95-96 Rathbone and Benson, 96 Rea, William, 5 Reni, Guido, 93 Reynolds, Hannah Mary, 96; Joseph, 94-96; Richard, 96 Ribble, River, estuary, 157, 172 Riley, Thomas, 162, 172 Roberti, Ercole de, 88 Robinson, John, 169; William, 94; Revd. William, 167 Rome, Church of, 36, 109, 155; in politics, 184-185 Roscoe, Henry, 96; William, 87-88, 91-96; essays, 91 Roscoe, Gant and Roscoe, 92

Index 241 Ross, (Scotland) 199 Rossendale, (Lanes.) 162 Rothermere press, 188, 197 Rowley, John, 72 Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, 124 Royal Society, 27 Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 132 Rubens, Peter Paul, 93 Rugeley, (Staffs.) mill, 4 Ruskinjohn, 161, 172 Russia, iron from, 12 Sabbath Schools, 124 St. Annes, (Lams.) 157, 162; Land and Building Company, 162 St. Helens, (Lanes.) furnace, 12; Carr Mill, 13; Institute, 164 St. Johns Ambulance Association, Accrington Branch, 124 St. Mark's Church, Venice, Italy, 172 St. Mary's-on-the-Hill, Chester, enclosure, 55-56, 59, 71, 73-75; headland, 70, 72 Saltney Common, 72-74 Salisbury Plain, (Wilts.) 130 Salvidge, Archibald, 185 Sandars, Joseph, 94-95 Sandars and Claxton, 95 Sandys, Duncan, 198 Sarto, Andrea del, 93 Saturday Review, 188 Savoy Hotel, London, 166 Schongauer, Martin, 87 Scotland, 95-185 Scott, Foliot, 42; Jonathan, 42 Sedding,, 156 Selwood Lodge, Frome, (Somerset) 130 Severn Basin, forges, 3, 4 ><.. Sewell, William, 43 Shakespeare, William, 138 Shaw, Alderman Thomas, 27; Richard Norman, 155 Shippen, Dr William, 44 Ships: CALVERT, 43; GIPSEY, the, 104; MOLLY, the, 104; R.M.S. LUSITANIA, 130 Shrewsbury, (Salop.) assizes, 73-74 Shropshire, iron industry, 3, 7 Shuttleworth, Diana, 40; Robert, 40 Simon,John, 190, 195-196 Smedley's Hydropathic Establishment, (Lanes.) 129, 142-144 Snow, Peter, 69 South Africa 125 Southport, (Lanes.) 122, 126, 129-137, 162; Wesley Methodist Chapel, 122 Southport Visitor, the, 121, 142, 144 Slave trade, 99-100, 103-104, 108, 109; abolition, 55, 59, 69, 72; traders, 103-104 Sparrow, George, 7 Stafford, (Staffs.) 11 Staffordshire, coalfields, 30; iron industry, 3-45; partnership, 4, 5 Standen, Miss Ada, 139 Stanley family, 96 Stanley, Lord, 190 Starkie, Diana, 36; Thomas, 36 Steward, Adam, 42; Robert, 42 Stockport, (Ches.)1l Stour valley, (Wares.) 3 Street furnace, (Staffs.) 3 Strutt, Joseph, 91 Sunday Dispatch, 188, 191 Sutton, (Lanes.) 8, 12 Sweden, 8, 12 Sylvester, Dorothy, 69, 80 Tardin, Mellor, 23 Tarleton family, 104, 113, 115 Tarring, John, 160, 168 Tayleur, Charles, 94-95 Test and Corporation Acts, 109 Thatto Heath, Sutton (Lanes.) colliery, 11 Thornley, Arnold, 164, 167 Tib Green (Ches.) forge, 7, 11 Tidworth Military Hospital, (Wilts.) 130 Times, The, 184, 186, 188, 191, 196 Titian,, 93

242 Index Tobin, James, 110-111, 113-114; James Aspinall, 113; John, 103, 115; Sir John, 103-106, 108-111, 113, 115; Patrick, 103, 105; Thomas, 103-107, 109, 113; family, 99-100, 103-115 Tobin, John and Co., 104 Tobin, Thomas and Son, 107 Tobin, Grunig and Castellain, 113 Topping, Mr, 186 Townsend, Harrison, 157 Trickett, Lily, 139 Traill, Dr Thomas Stewart, 94 Transatlantic Steam Company, 106 Transvaal, South Africa 142 Turner, John, 42; Richard, 8-11 U.S.A., 45, 100, 132 United Indigo and Chemical Company, 1, 2, 3 Vale Royal, (Ches.) abbey, 1, 8; furnace, 1,3-12 Vale Royal Company, 1 13 Valens family, 27, 29, 32, 36; Joseph, 27, 35, 46; Mary, 27-29, 31, 35, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46 Van den Berg,, 42 Victoria, Queen of England, 126, 133, 141, 143-144 Virginia, U.SA., 29, 41, 42 Virginia Gazette, 29, 42 Vladwostock, Russia 125 Wadsworth, Frank, 129 Wallasey, (Ches.) 110; pool, 110; municipal buildings, 164 Walmsley, Luke Slater, 160-162, 165-172 Waltham Abbey, (Essex) 38 Walton-on-the-Hill, (Lanes.) 39 War Office, 196 War, World War I, 129, 131, 165, 185 War, World War II, 181 Warmington, (Ches.) forge, 4, 7 Wanington, (Lanes.) 95, 101 Warwickshire, 3 Washington, George, 20; family, 144 Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagarstown, U.S.A. 46 Watt, Ralph, 35 Watts, Anne, 10; Mary, 10; William, 8, 10 Wavertree, Liverpool By-election, 180-199; Eton House, 94; New Blue Coat School, 164; Town Hall, 189 Weald, The (Kent), 2, 4 Webb, Beatrice, 195 Wells, (.Norfolk) $\ Wemeth, (Ches.) 21 Wesleyjohn, 169 Wesley Centenary Memorial, Westminster, 167 Wesleyan Central Hall, London 167 West Essex Unionist Association, 92 West Africa, 99-100, 102, 106-108, 112 West Indies, 10 3-104, 106-10 7 Westtarby, (Ches.) 129 West Kirby News and Advertiser, 121, 147 West Midlands, 2 West Toxteth, Liverpool, 185, 190 Westminster, Duke of, 187-188, 194. See also Grosvenor, Earl Westminster, churches: Cathedral, 155, 157, 165, 167, 172; St. Margaret's, 22 Westmorland, 2, 3, 5, 30 Westover, Virginia, U.SA. 42 Wheeler, John, 4, 5 Whitby,,72 White, Sir Thomas, 186, 191, 193, 197-198 Whitechapel Art Gallery, London 157 Whittaker, Alderman Thomas, 121-123, 124, 125-127, 130, 138; Christopher Joseph, 122-123, 129-130; Grace Allan, 130;James, 122-123, 126; Jane (Janie), 121, 123-125, 129-130, (poems of), 132-152; Laurence, 122-124, 129-131; Norman, 130, Thomas Hepton, 131 Whittaker, Christopher, and Co. Limited, 124, 125

Index 243 Whittam, Tom, 139 Widnes, 101 Wigan, (Lanes.) 164 Wilcox, Ella Wheeler, 132 Wilkinson, Issac, 2; Richard, 3, 4; Thomas, 3 Williams, Corner, 104; Kyffin, 72 Wifflamson's Advertiser, 26, 28, 31,45 Wills Tobacco, 168 Wilson and Dawson, 102 Wmsford, (dies.) 1 Winstanley, Thomas, 92 Wolmer, Lord, 189 Wolstanton, (Staffs.) 7 Wolstenholme, Harry, 165 Wolverhampton, (Staffs.) 4 Wood, Edgar, 156; Peter, 23 Woolton, Liverpool, academy, 19 46; estate, 35; Hall 19, 28^7; village, 28, 40, 46 Wordsworth, William, 145 Workman's Compensation Act, 167 Wrexham, (Denbighs.) 80 Wytheford, (Staffs.) 11 Yates, William, 30 Yelling, J. A., 70 York Building Company Ironworks, 10 Yorkshire, 4 Young, Robert, 9 Yule and Co., 102 Zwilchenbart, Blessing and Co., 102