Politics: Lancaster

Volume of copies of documents relating to Lancaster end Heysham

Includes the constitutions of the borough of Lancaster, 19 Aug. 1708; oaths to be taken by various officials of the town; charter of Chas. II to Lancaster, 4 July 1663; papers relating to dispute over the will of John Jameson of Barbadoes, 1804-1808; deeds relating to the manor of Heysham, 1722-1767, owned by Lancaster Corporation, 1725-1766: legal opinion regarding the trusts of the will of Robert Lawson of Bolton le Sands, gentleman, and petitions etc. in the case of Dennison v Dennison re. property in Bolton and Heysham, 1815-1819; also contains printed maps of Lancashire, including one by E. Bowen, 1751; engravings of Lancaster, Ashton Hall near Lancaster, 1807, Clitheroe Castle, 1784, Allerton Hall, Cockersand Abbey, 1808, birthplace of Sir Robert Peel [senior] at Blackburn, Coniston Old Man, Blackfriars Bridge and the Commercial Room, Manchester, Childwall Abbey, Croxteth Hall, Childwall Hall, Furness Abbey, Gileaad House, Heaton Park 1807, Holme Hall, 1808, Hale Hall, Howick Hall, St, Helens, the Hutt in Halewood, painted glass at Healey Hall, Birch House near Bolton, Knowsley Hall, Preston, Hornby Castle, Salford, Ince Blundell, Irlam Hall and Skelwith Cascade, 1785.