Lancashire: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes

by Leo H. Grindon

CONTENTS

CHAP.		PAGE
[I].	Leading Characteristics of the County	1
[II].	Liverpool	26
[III].	The Cotton District and the Manufacture Of Cotton	66
[IV].	Manchester	99
[V].	Miscellaneous Industrial Occupations	134
[VI].	Peculiarities of Character, Dialect, and Pastimes	170
[VII].	The Inland Scenery south of Lancaster	194
[VIII].	The Seashore and the Lake District	227
[IX].	The Ancient Castles and Monastic Buildings	252
[X].	The Old Churches and the Old Halls	282
[XI].	The Old Halls (continued)	303
[XII].	The Natural History and the Fossils	334

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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Emigrants at Liverpool	By G. P. Jacomb Hood	[Frontispiece]
Shipping on the Mersey	By A. Brunet-Debaines	[27]
American Wheat at Liverpool		[31]
Ran away to Sea		[35]
St. Nicholas Church, Liverpool	By H. Toussaint	[43]
The Custom-house, Liverpool		[51]
St. George's Hall, Liverpool		[57]
The Exchange, Liverpool	By R. Kent Thomas	[61]
Wigan		[71]
Warrington		[75]
The Dinner Hour		[85]
Pay-Day in a Cotton Mill	By G. P. Jacomb Hood	[89]
In a Cotton Factory		[95]
Manchester Cathedral		[107]
St. Anne's Square, Manchester		[112]
Town Hall, Manchester	By T. Riley	[117]
Deansgate, Manchester		[123]
In the Wire Works		[148]
Making Coke		[151]
Smelting		[154]
Glass-Blowing	By G. P. Jacomb Hood	[157]
On the Bridgewater Canal	By G. P. Jacomb Hood	[161]
On the Bridgewater Canal		[165]
Blackstone Edge		[195]
The Lake at Littleborough		[199]
Waterfall in Cliviger		[203]
In the Burnley Valley		[211]
The Ribble at Clitheroe		[219]
Coniston	By David Law	[241]
Near the Copper Mines, Coniston		[247]
Lancaster	By David Law	[259]
Clitheroe Castle		[263]
Furness Abbey		[271]
Furness Abbey	By R. Kent Thomas	[275]
Darcy Lever, near Bolton		[305]
Speke Hall	By T. Riley	[309]
Hale Hall		[311]
Hall in the Wood	By R. Kent Thomas	[315]
Hoghton Tower		[325]
Stonyhurst	By R. Kent Thomas	[329]

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[LANCASHIRE]

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[I]
LEADING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE COUNTY