Excerpts of Relevant Sections for Grimshaw Family History
(Note: Webpage in preparation)
Baines' History of Lancaster1 contains a great deal of general information on areas and locations relevant to Grimshaw family history as well as specific mention of Grimshaws for Eccleshill and Clayton-le-Moors. A portion of Volume II of Baines' work, which contains the most relevant sections, is provided on this webpage.
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Thanks go to Edward Baines (posthumously) for his thorough historical work on Lancaster.
| Excerpt 1. |
The first excerpt includes the front matter (title page, table of contents) and a description of the Hundred of Blackburn and the first two pages of the history of Whalley Parish. It goes through page 5.
| Excerpt 2. |
Excerpt 2 picks up on page 54, with the beginning of the description of one Whalley Parish's churches - Altham. The Altham description includes Clayton-le-Moors and Accrington. It ends on page 64.
| Excerpt 3. |
Excerpt 3 begins coverage of Blackburn Parish on page 65 and continues through page 74, where the section on "Municipal Government" begins.
| Excerpt 4. |
The fourth excerpt begins with page 74 (for overlap with Excerpt 3) and continues through page 85, an arbitrary page selection for file size management.
| Excerpt 5. |
The fifth and final excerpt continues from page 85 to the end of coverage, which stops at the end of the section on Blackburn Parish on page 94.
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Webpage posted March 2007