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Heaton Hall & Park, Lancashire, England=Built in 1772 as a home for Sir Thomas Egerton and family, the hall has been called "the finest house of its period in Lancashire" and includes many stunning features, including a rare Etruscan Room*; a music room featuring an 18th century organ built by Samuel Green in 1790; and a superbly decorative Pompeian Cupola Room.Heaton Park is a municipal park i...
Lancashire Genealogical Resources Image Right - Lancashire Record Office>=====See also British and Irish Genealogical Reference Centre The purpose of this project is to outline the regional resources available for research in Lancashire, both geographical/physical and online.Please add links to any resources you find in the appropriate sections below.
Ancestors of Cometan=The ancestors of Cometan include those individuals whom are part of the currently eight families from which Cometan's two sets of grandparents are known to have descended from. For the project dedicated to the immediate family of Cometan, please click here .=Warbrick family= Warbrick family picture * Henry Warbrick (1896 - 1972), the father of Bill Warbrick and the great-gr...
Source: Note:General History of the Massey's of AmericaIn 1674 a treaty was to be made with the Susquehanna tribes in Virginia and Maryland. Maryland militia was sent to aid the Virginia militia. In Virginia, governor Berkley assigned Col. John Washington (Great Grandfather of George Washington) and Major Isaac Allerton to represent Virginia. These men attacked and killed the peace party of Ind...
Clayton Hall, Lancashire, England= Pictured right "Clayton Hall in 2005" by Keith Williamson. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Commons - attribution Clayton Hall is a 15th-century manor house on Ashton New Road, in Clayton, Manchester, England. It is hidden behind trees in a small park.[1] The hall is a Grade II* listed building,[2] a scheduled ancient monument, and a rare example of a medieval ...
Astley Hall, Lancashire, England= Image right © Copyright David Hignett and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Astley Hall is a country house in Chorley, Lancashire, England. The hall is now owned by the town and is known as Astley Hall Museum and Art Gallery. The extensive landscaped grounds are now Chorley's Astley Park.===History===The site was acquired in the 15th cent...
The Luddites were textile workers in Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire and Lancashire, skilled artisans whose trade and communities were threatened by a combination of machines and other practices that had been unilaterally imposed by the aggressive new class of manufacturers that drove the Industrial Revolution.In Nottinghamshire, where the Luddite attacks began in November 1811, the ‘framework-knitt...
Adlington Hall, Cheshire, England= Adlington Hall is a country house in Cheshire, England. The oldest part of the existing building, the Great Hall, was constructed between 1480 and 1505; the east wing was added in 1581. The Legh family has lived in the hall and in previous buildings on the same site since the early 14th century. After the house was occupied by Parliamentary forces during the C...
Lancashire == Historic County of England. ===Related Projects>===== Lancashire Famous People >===== Lancashire Genealogical Resources >===== Historical Lancashire incl. Manchester Merseyside >===== Historic Buildings of Lancashire >===== Greater Manchester post 1974 >===== High Sheriff of Lancashire
Monumental Inscriptions, Cemeteries and Graveyards of Lancashire Image Right - Church Street, Croston Please update this project by adding links to any available monumental inscriptions or noting which cemeteries have been added to either the Billion Graves or Find a Grave, or when they have been added.