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Today I managed to transcribe some poems written by J H Lane, which he published in 1916 in a small 40 page booklet called "Newton le Willows - Pictures and Verse".
Most of the Pictures from the book have already made it into the photo gallery, as they duplicate ones in his other two publications, as do some of the verse from the book, but here are three small sections of verse which are new to me. |
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While searching details on newton, i came upon these details about the Banastre Family, who have many local links :-
Sir Adam BANASTRE held various lands in the Parish of Standish, including Shevington, and in 1315 he led a group of insurgents against Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, and his favourite Sir Robert HOLLAND, who was regarded as an upstart. Generally speaking the cause of the friction lay between the Earl and King Edward II (1307-1327). The Banastre Rebellion was fought by many close neighbours of Sir Adam BANASTRE including Sir Henry de LEA of Park Hall in Charnock Richard, Sir William BRADSHAW of Haigh and Henry de DUXBURY.
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I recently bought a copy of this old book concerning Winwick Church, It doesnt have a print date, but I believe it was published around the 1930s
THE CHURCH OF SAINT OSWALD, WINWICK, IN LEGEND AND HISTORY.
By JOSEPH P. PEARCE, F.R.I.B.A. : F.R. HIST. S.
With a Foreword by the Bishop of Warrington. | |  |
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The following account was written in 1843 by the Rev. Edmund Sibson, once Curate at Winwick, and after- wards Vicar of St. Thomass, Ashton-in-Makerfield, and is entitled "An Account of the Opening of an Ancient Barrow called Castle Hill, near Newton-in-Makerfield, in the County of Lancaster"
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Railway share certificates, in common with other railway ephemera, have been and always will be desirable, and thus they fetch consistently high prices in relation to other similarily aged and engraved pieces ? especially shares of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (henceforth referred to as the L&M). |
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Found some great history about Burtonwood while surfing:-
Burtonwood is a village between the towns of St Helens and Warrington, whose history stretches back into the thirteenth century and probably further. The population has always been small in number, yet Burtonwood, for such a small village, is well known for two phenomena: its American connection and its beer!. |
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