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The Assize Town of Lancaster in 1821
Researched by Linda Moorhouse
150 pages of A4 - 129,967 words
Contents:
- Cronological Index of Public Affairs in 1821
- The Weather
- Miscellaneous Events
- The Coronation of George IV
- The Militia
- Entertainments
- Ladies Fashions
- Jobs
- Businesses
- Bankrupts
- Items for Sale
- Houses and Land for Sale or Rent
- The Assize and other Courts
- The Shipping Reports
- Marriages reported in the Newspaper
- Deaths reported in the Newspaper
- Debtors Yard, Lancaster Castle 1836
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EXAMPLE of book:
19th May 1821
Longlevity – There are now living within one mile of the White Horse Inn, in Myerscough, about six miles from Preston, (a district not remarkably populous) no fewer than 27 persons, the youngest of whom is 72, and three of them 93 years old, and the total amount of whose ages is 2,190. The fact is so curious, that we give a list of their names, with their several ages annexed:-Mr Henry Blacow 93; Thomas Hindle 79; Hannah Hothersall 93; James Wilkinson 79; Hannah Lee 93; Elizabeth Darlington 78; Mr Richard Fisher 91; James Lee 77; A. Santas 88; Mr Harper 77; Francis Wells 86; Mr John Barton 77; John Darlington 86; Elizabeth Rogerson 76; James Sidgreaves 86; Mrs Barton 74; Richard Latus 82; Elizabeth Wells 74; Agnes Hardicar 82; Ann Cook 72; Robert Amer 82; Mary Wilkinson 72; Elizabeth Carter 81; William Abbot 72; Agnes Abbot 80; Isabella Turner 80; Lydia Cottom 80; Total 2,190