On Some Ancient Battle-Fields in Lancashire / And Their Historical, Legendary, and Aesthetic Associations.
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ON SOME ANCIENT BATTLE-FIELDS IN LANCASHIRE and their Historical, Legendary, and Aesthetic Associations.
CHARLES HARDWICK,
Author of a History of Preston and its Environs, Traditions, Superstitions and Folk-Lore, Manual for Patrons and Members of Friendly Societies, &c.
MANCHESTER: ABEL HEYWOOD & SON, OLDHAM STREET. LONDON: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, & Co., STATIONERS' HALL COURT. 1882.
GEORGE MILNER, Esq., President,
AND TO THE COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE
MANCHESTER LITERARY CLUB,
Charles Hardwick
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ANCIENT BATTLE-FIELDS.
EARLY HISTORICAL AND LEGENDARY BATTLES.
THE DEFEAT AND DEATH OF ST. OSWALD, OF NORTHUMBRIA, AT MASERFELD, (A.D. 642).
BATTLES IN THE VALLEY OF THE RIBBLE, NEAR WHALLEY AND CLITHEROE.
ATHELSTAN'S GREAT VICTORY AT BRUNANBURH, A.D. 937., AND ITS CONNECTION WITH THE GREAT ANGLO-SAXON AND DANISH HOARD, DISCOVERED AT CUERDALE, IN 1840.
TO THE LORD GENERAL CROMWELL.
THE DISPOSAL OF ST. OSWALD'S REMAINS.
THE DUN BULL, THE BADGE OF THE NEVILLES.
THE GENESIS OF MYTHS.
ANGLO-SAXON HELMET.
