[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.