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 |  | Colonel Thomas Peter Legh was the person who originally Built the Archway we now see in Newton High Street, It was built as a gateway to Haydock Park/Lodge, Peter Legh was still a serving Officer at the time the Arch was being built, and while away at camp he apparently left orders with the workmen that he should be the first person to pass through the arched gates after their completion.
His orders were of-course obeyed, but unhappily for Col. Peter Legh, he was borne through them first when Dead, having come to a sudden end while away in army service at Piershill Barracks, Scotland, on the 7th August, 1797. (1) |
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By WILLIAM BEAMONT. Second Edition, 1878
Time, that great clock which requires no winding up, and possesses what so many dreamers have sought for and sought in vain—the secret of perpetual motion—has also, like other clocks, from time to time, but at longer intervals, its striking times which summon attention and invite us to pause and look back, promising in return something which from the past shall teach the present how to improve the future, and instruct while it amuses us.
CONTENTS.
Part 1. Etymology of Winwick.
Part 2. Oswald, King of Northumbria.
Part 3. The Domesday Survey.
Part 4. The Church.
Part 5a. The Rectors of Winwick. 1192 - 1520
Part 5b. The Rectors of Winwick. 1520 - 1610
Part 5c. The Rectors of Winwick. 1610 - 1659
Part 5d. The Rectors of Winwick. 1659 - 1764
Part 5e. The Rectors of Winwick. 1764 - 1866
Part 6. The Winwick Chantries.
Part 7. The Grammar School.
Part 8. Some Winwick Antiquities.
Part 9. Some Winwick Names and Notabilities.
Part 10. Some Funeral Inscriptions in the Church and Churchyard.
Part 11. Bibliography
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From the 1911 book Victoria History of the County of Lancaster Vol 4.
This township is usually called Newton in Makerfield or Newton le Willows, to distinguish it from other places of the name. It has an area of 3,103 acres, (fn. 2) and the population in 1901 numbered 16,699. Sankey Brook and its tributary Newton Brook form the greater part of the southern boundary; the latter is joined by the Millingford Brook, which crosses the township from north to south. |
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St. Peter's Mission
& All Saints Church In 1891 the need of services at the Earlestown end of the parish became urgent, so the Rev. H. Monk and his assistant-curate, the Rev. F. W. Johnstone, issued the following notice: | |  |
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While searching details on newton, i came upon these details about the Banastre Family, who have many local links :-
Sir Adam BANASTRE held various lands in the Parish of Standish, including Shevington, and in 1315 he led a group of insurgents against Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, and his favourite Sir Robert HOLLAND, who was regarded as an upstart. Generally speaking the cause of the friction lay between the Earl and King Edward II (1307-1327). The Banastre Rebellion was fought by many close neighbours of Sir Adam BANASTRE including Sir Henry de LEA of Park Hall in Charnock Richard, Sir William BRADSHAW of Haigh and Henry de DUXBURY.
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An old Indian Mutiny Veteran, who served diligently and faithfully throughout the mutiny of 1857-1858.
Having been asked by several, of my friends to give a short sketch of my eventful career, I have pleasure in dedicating to them my autobiography in the hope that they will at last confirm a statement I have often made, that I am a most singular man.
As it is about fifty-eight years ago since my enlisting in the army, I must respectfully request that my readers will forgive me for any mistakes I may have made herein. | |  |
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