President.

THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF DERBY, K.G., G.C.V.O., P.C.

S. W. PHIPPS, 32 DANEHURST ROAD, WALLASEY, CHESHIRE.

R. T. BAILEY, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. | A. WOLFGANG.

JAMES A. WAITE.

I.

2.

3.

4.

Officers of the Society since Commencement.

Presidents.

Right Hon. Francis, 1st Earl of Ellesmere, Lord-Lieutenant of
Lancashire

Right Hon. Charles William, 3rd Earl of Sefton, Lord-Lieutenant
of Lancashire

General the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, K. C.H., D.C.L.

Right Hon. William Ewart Gladstone, M. P.

5. Joseph Mayer, F.S. A., &c.

The Very Rev. J. S. Howson, D.D., Dean of Chester
Thomas Glazebrook Rylands, F.S.A., &c.

6.

Rev. Canon Hume, D.C.L., LL.D., &c.

7.

8.

9.

Right Rev. The Lord Bishop of Oxford, F.S.A.

IO.

Right Rev. The Lord Bishop of Chester, D.D. .

1848

1854

1855

1863

1866

1869

1875

1879

1885

1889

1903

II.

12.

Right Hon. Arthur, 16th Earl of Derby, K.G., G.C.B., Lord

Lieutenant of Lancashire

RIGHT HON. EDWARD, 17TH EARL OF DERBY, K.G., G.C.V.O., C.B. 1908

Rev. A. Hume, LL.D., and Rev. Thomas Moore, M. A.
Rev. A. Hume, LL.D.

List of honorary Local Secretaries.

LANCASHIRE.

DISTRICT.

NAME.

Burnley
Leigh
Leyland

Ormskirk

Rainford
Sefton

Warrington

Whalley and

Pendle Hill S

Wigan

W. FARRER, D.Litt., Hall Garth, Carnforth.
W. D. PINK, Public Library, Leigh.

The Rev. W. Stuart White, Healey Vicarage, Roch-
dale.

JAMES BROMLEY, J.P., The Homestead, Lathom.
The Rev. Canon J. WRIGHT WILLIAMS, Farnworth.
W. E. GREGSON, 43 Moor Lane, Great Crosby.
CHARLES MADELEY, Municipal Museum, Warrington.
W. S. WEEKS, Westwood, Clitheroe.

Sir T. R. RATCLIFFE-ELLIS, 18 King Street, Wigan.

Wray, near Lancaster Rev. C. L. REYNOLDS, M.A., Wray Vicarage, Lancaster.
Darwen and
Blackburn Ĵ

J. POMFRET, Public Library, Darwen.

*

The Council would be glad to hear from Gentlemen, not
necessarily members of the Society, willing to volunteer
as Hon. Local Secretaries for Districts in Lancashire
and Cheshire not already provided for

EDITORIAL NOTES

THE authors of Papers are alone responsible for the statements and opinions in their several communications.

The Society is indebted to Mr. Crossley for several of the plates for his essay on the Lancashire Screens; and to Messrs. Rylands and Beazley for the illustrations in the text of their account of the Monuments at Bunbury.

The present volume has been prepared for the press by J. BROWNBILL, M.A., Honorary Editor.

N. B. It is requested that notice be given to the Secretary of any errors, change of address, or death.

LIST OF MEMBERS

(Corrected to 1st January 1919)

The names of Life Members are printed in BLACK TYPE

DATE OF ELECTION

1889. April 4. Abraham, Miss E. C. Riverham, Grassendale Park, Liverpool.

1902. Jan. 16. Abraham, T. Fell. 53 Bidston Road, Birkenhead.

1908. Mar. 5. Accrington Public Library, Accrington.

1889. Jan. 10. Alsop, J. W., B.A. 16 Bidston Road, Birken

head.

1910. Nov. 10. Anderton, Henry Ince. i Hôtel des Trois Couronnes, Vevey, Switzerland.

1903. Jan. 15. Arkle, A. H. Elmhurst, Oxton, Birkenhead. 1888. Mar. 22. Athenæum Library. Liverpool.

1899. Jan. 19. Atkinson, W. J. A. Hillside, Gateacre.

1907. Sept. 16. Aubrey, F. E., L.D.S.

13 Upper Duke Street, Liverpool. Excursion Committee.

1890. Jan. 23. Ayrton, William. 10 Dale Street, Liverpool. 1904. Jan. 14. Bailey, F. W., D.S.O., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. 51 Grove Street, Liverpool. Excursion Committee.

51 Grove

1904. Jan. 14. Bailey, R. T., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.
Street, Liverpool. Hon. Librarian.
Baker, Harold R. P., M.R.C.S. 77 Accrington
Road, Blackburn.

1918. Jan.

1.

1886. Nov. 18.

Banner, Sir John S. Harmood, M.P. Aston
Hall, Preston Brook, Cheshire.

1912. Jan. 18. Barlow, Miss A. L. 70 West Bank Road, Birkenhead.

1907. Feb. 21. Barrow-in-Furness, Free Library of.

1912. Nov. 21. Barton, S. Saxon. The Beach, St. Michael's Hamlet, Liverpool.