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Memorials of the Counties of England
General Editor:
Rev. P. H. Ditchfield, M.A., F.S.A., F.R.S.L., F.R.Hist.S.
Memorials of
Old Cheshire
MEMORIALS OF
OLD CHESHIRE
EDITED BY
THE VEN. EDWARD BARBER, M.A., F.S.A.
Archdeacon of Chester and Canon Residentiary of Chester Cathedral
AND
THE REV. P. H. DITCHFIELD, M.A., F.S.A.
Author of
“The Cathedral Churches of Great Britain,” “English Villages,” “The Parish Clerk,” &c.
With many Illustrations
LONDON
GEORGE ALLEN & SONS, 44 & 45 RATHBONE PLACE, W.
1910
[All Rights Reserved]
Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co.
At the Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh
TO THE
MOST NOBLE
THE DUKE OF WESTMINSTER
LORD-LIEUTENANT OF THE
COUNTY OF CHESHIRE
THIS VOLUME
IS
DEDICATED
BY HIS GRACE’S KIND PERMISSION
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PREFACE
THE Editors desire to express their grateful thanksto those who have co-operated with them, andhave contributed papers for this volume. Theironly regret is that the limits of space prevented them frominviting the assistance of others, and thus of includingother subjects, which, it may be, some readers wouldexpect to find here.
But wide as the range is, it is manifestly impossible ina volume of this size to cover the whole ground. It doesnot profess to be a complete history, or to give all thosememories of the past which ought to be of interest tothose of the present day. Perhaps no county is richerin these treasures than the county of Chester, and everycorner of