[39] Wedgwood MSS.

[40] Burton, op. cit., p. 86.

[41] Shaw, op. cit., p. 126.

[42] But there are several places called Delf or Delves in Staffordshire, and they took their name from spots where men delved or dug turf for peat.

[43] Burton, op. cit., p. 83.

[44] Aikin, “Manchester,” p. 527.

[45] Shaw, op. cit., p. 145.

[46] Aikin, op. cit., p. 528.

[47] Burton, op. cit., p. 89.

[48] Burton, op. cit., p. 88.