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Lt-Col Henry Fishwick JP FSA FRHistS (9 March 1835 – 23 September 1914) was a British soldier, politician and antiquary. [1] After a military career, he became a Liberal Party Councillor (1871–1914) and twice Mayor of Rochdale (1903–05). He was also author and editor of several books on Lancashire and was a founding member of three of the ...
The society was formed at a meeting at Chetham's Library, convened by the historian Henry Fishwick, on 26 November 1897, but the year 1898 was fixed as the first year of the society's existence. The society became a registered charity (No. 511396) in 1981.
Fishwick, Henry (1889), The History of the Parish of Rochdale in the County of Lancaster, Rochdale: J. Clegg; Fishwick, Henry (1900), A genealogical memorial of the family of Buckley of Derby and Saddleworth; Flanagan, John; Hughes, Carthage (1988), The History of Buckley Hall, Rochdale 1887—1947, Chorley: Lisieux Hall, ISBN 1-870335-05-8
It was at a meeting convened in response to a circular issued by George Charles Yates (held in the Rooms of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, in George Street, Manchester), that several antiquaries and historians (including William Ernest Armytage Axon, James Croston, Alfred Darbyshire, Lt-Col. Henry Fishwick, Robert Langton, George Webster Napier, Thomas Glazebrook Rylands ...
Butterworth was a township occupying the southeastern part of the parish of Rochdale, in the hundred of Salford, Lancashire, England. [1] It was also a civil parish.It encompassed 12.1 square miles (31 km 2) of land in the South Pennines which spanned the settlements of Belfield, Bleaked-gate-cum-Roughbank, Butterworth Hall, Clegg, Haughs, Hollingworth, Kitcliffe, Lowhouse, Milnrow, Newhey ...
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Publication started with Lancashire and Cheshire Church Surveys 1649–1655, edited by Henry Fishwick (1879). [5] Earwaker soon gained permission to publish lists of wills that had been proved in Chester, which was "hailed as a coup"; G. E. Cokayne, Lancaster Herald, wrote to congratulate Earwaker, stating that "I do not think there is any work that has been at any time, or that could be now ...
Butterworth was a township occupying the southeastern part of the parish of Rochdale, in the hundred of Salford, Lancashire, England. It encompassed 12.1 square miles (31 km 2) of land in the South Pennines which spanned the settlements of Belfield, Bleaked-gate-cum-Roughbank, Butterworth Hall, Clegg, Haughs, Hollingworth, Kitcliffe, Lowhouse, Milnrow, Newhey, Ogden, Rakewood, Smithy Bridge ...