to this rule has been made in the case of some few theological pamphlets printed in the 17th century, which are so curious and valuable that their admission will not be regretted. As a rule Tracts and Pamphlets printed since 1720 are excluded, because after that date their number is so great (and many of them so perfectly valueless), that to have included them. would have defeated the object in view. As a book of this kind is essentially a work of reference, every care has been taken, by means of alphabetical and chronological arrangement, as well as by the addition of copious Indices, to render its contents accessible with the least possible trouble. I have now only to record my sense of gratitude to those gentlemen who have kindly rendered me assistance by the loan of books or the forwarding of collations, and also to express my thanks to the custodians of the various Lancashire Public Libraries for the facilities which they have afforded me in consulting the volumes in their keeping. H. F. CARR HILL, ROCHDALE. An HISTORICAL ACCOUNT of the TOWNS of ASHTON- UNDER-LYNE, STALYBRIDGE, and DUKINFIELD. By EDWIN BUTTERWORTH, Busk, near Oldham. Ashton printed by T. A. Phillips, stationer, etc., Old Cross. 1842. Foolscap octavo. Title as above, Preface, and History, 177 pp., Index, v. pp. Sells for Edwin Butterworth, the youngest son of James Butterworth, the author A HISTORY and DESCRIPTION of the TOWN and PARISH Title, Dedication, Preface, and History of Ashton, 86 pp. 2d Title, View of Glossop Church, and Dedication, and History of Glossop, pp. 87-132. View of Mottram Church, 3d Title, Dedication, and History of Mottram, pp. 133-210. View of Parish Church of Stock- port, 4th Title, Dedication, Preface, and History of Stockport, pp. 211-375. View of Dukinfield Lodge, 4th Title, Dedication, and Memoirs, 110 pp. Addenda, viii. pp. Frontispiece, View of The History of Ashton was first published in 1823. This work is B ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE. TOPOGRAPHY. ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE. James Butterworth, born on the 28th August 1771 at a place called Pitses, in the hamlet of Alt, parish of Ashton in Lancashire. His father, who was also called James, married Jane Ogden of Low Side, Oldham. They had eleven children, of whom James was the youngest. In early life he (the author) was a hand-loom weaver, and afterwards a schoolmaster. One of his scholars was the late Edmund Buckley, sometime M.P. for Newcastle. He married Hannah Boyton, and had ten children. He died the 23d November 1837. Many of his MSS. are preserved in the Oldham Lyceum. See EDWIN BUTTERWORTH, p. 1. GEOLOGICAL SKETCHES and OBSERVATIONS on VEGETABLE FOSSIL REMAINS, etc., collected in the Parish of ASHTONUNDER-LYNE from the GREAT SOUTH LANCASHIRE COALFIELD, etc. etc. Also an attempt to explain the Original Formation of the Earth on a Theory of Combination. Illustrated with numerous woodcuts, etc. By Charles Clay, M.R.C.S.E., Ashton-under-Lyne. [Quotation, four lines.] : London published by H. Johnson, 44 Paternoster Row; Bancks and Company, Manchester, and Davis, Stalybridge. 1839. Octavo. Title as above, Dedications, Preface, and Explanation of Lithographed Plate, ix. pp. Geological Sketch and Index, 150 pp. Frontispiece, Folding Lithographic Plate of Fossils. Published at 6s. 6d. for 3s. 6d. Sells ILLUSTRATION of the CUSTOM of a MANOR in the NORTH of ENGLAND during the FIFTEENTH CENTURY. With occasional remarks on their resemblance to the Incidents of Ancient Scottish Tenures. By SAMUEL HIBBERT, M.D., F.R.S., F.S.A.E., etc. Edinburgh printed by Alexander Smellie, printer to the University. 1822. Quarto. Title as above. Address to Reader, 3 pp. Illustration of the Custom, etc., 28 pp. (exclusive of folding plate of arrangement of forms in Kirk of Assheton). Documents connected with the foregoing Illustrations of the Custom of the Manor of Assheton-under-Lyne in the fifteenth century, 23 pp. (This forms the Appendix). Quarto. Originally read before the Society of Scottish Antiquaries. A copy of this, somewhat scarce work, is in the Manchester Free Library. |