Cheshire History
Cheshire History is the journal of new work relating to the history and archaeology of the ancient and modern county of Cheshire. It is published by the Cheshire Local History Association and appears as a single annual edition.
Number 47 (for 2007-8), a substantial issue of 132 pages with four colour plates, is now available.
Its contents are:
George
Twigg Saltmaking at Higher and Lower Dirtwich.
This article traces the
history of a neglected salt-field on the Welsh border, from the earliest records
through to the twentieth century.
Clare
Johnson The Travels and Trials of a sixteenth-century Wirral recusant.
William Hough was heir
to the Lord of the manors of Thornton Hough and Leighton in Wirral, but being a
Catholic, was obliged to spend much of his time abroad and much of his energies
protecting his lands and interests. The article gives a vivid portrait of the
difficulties he faced.
John P Hess Backfords Memorial Boards: were they painted by a Randle Holme? Although it is thought that Dugdale destroyed all the memorial boards that Randle Holme painted without authority, there are grounds for believing that some survived. Four in question are reproduced in full colour.
David
Hayns Hidden behind an oaken door? The last years of an ejected minister:
George Mainwaring of Malpas.
Unlike Hough, Mainwaring was not a Catholic but suffered for his beliefs in
an age that required conformity.
James
Sutton An eighteenth-century Cheshire Carrier: Twiss of Alsager.
This article details the life and business of a family of carriers in the
days before the development of the stage coaches.
Tony
Bostock Mapping the Past. Tithes and their value in detecting the past.
The recent tithe map project mounted by the Cheshire Record Office makes
access to these fascinating but sometimes difficult documents much easier and
this article shows how much can be learned from them.
Ronald
Durdey John Tollemache and his castle.
Mr Durdey explores the building and planning of John Tollemaches famous
mock-medieval castle at Peckforton.
Derek
Brumhead The railways of Newtown, New Mills.
Dr Brumhead traces the development of the early railway system at New Mills,
the rivalry between the companies and the subsequent history of the lines.
Anthony
Annakin-Smith The Neston Collieries birthplace of the Industrial
Revolution in Wirral and West Cheshire 1750-1850
Not many people
appreciate that there was an English coalfield on the Welsh side of the Dee
estuary let alone that it stretched out under the river. Two rival
families fought a bitter war of sabotage and dirty tricks to gain control
of the scant resources.
W.
Mark Lloyd Six females have been engaged as an experiment
The
Role of Women in Birkenhead Corporation Transport, 1915 to 1969. The Struggle
for Equality in the Workplace in Microcosm.
During both World Wars women were recruited in Birkenhead to take the place
of men who had gone off to fight. They were not easily accepted at the time and
when peace returned they were no longer wanted. They had to fight the
popular prejudice that they were not up to the job, a recognition that did not
finally come until 1965.
plus five book reviews.
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The Editor, Stephen Matthews, will be pleased to consider items for inclusion in future issues of Cheshire History.
Cheshire History No. 46 and a number of other back numbers are available for purchase.
Notes for contributors are available.