A List of Various
Items:
Archaic Terms; Naming Patterns 18th & 19th Century; Ancient Mylthorp & the River Douglas Estuary; Fazakerley House Picture;
List of Diseases
That Influenced Our Ancestors in the USA & Worldwide; NY Newspaper Article
Archaic terms: You may see some of these terms in the following records: Relict: widow (literally means to leave behind); Uxor: wife; Vidua: widow; Puer or Puellus: Latin for child or boy; Puella: girl; Filius: Latin for son; Filia, Latin for daughter; Iacobus (Jacobus): Latin for James. The "Old English" for William was Gulielmus (how that became William is beyond me!); Michaelmas: Church Festival celebrated September 29. Two terms found in the Newchurch, Winwick Parish church records: Armiger means Esquire (Esq.) & Generosus or Gener or Gen means Gentleman
Naming Patterns:
18th & 19th Century Britain:
There was no ironclad rule, but families "tended" to name their children in a specific pattern, but
not always. This has helped to figure out who belonged to whom, but it certainly
hasn't always worked.
Males: First born son: Father's father; Second born son:
Mother's father; Third born son: Father; Fourth born son: Father's eldest
brother; Fifth born son: father's 2nd oldest brother or mother's oldest brother.
Females:
First born daughter: Mother's mother; Second born
daughter: Father's mother; Third born daughter: Mother; Fourth born daughter:
Mother's eldest sister; Fifth born daughter: Mother's 2nd eldest sister or
Father's eldest sister.
Mylthorp
(Now Mill Hill in Hoole)
The
following was presented by Stephen Cook.
"An
ancient area located within the triangle formed by the villages of Much Hoole
(often known as Hoole), Bretherton and Tarleton.
Mill Hill is adjacent to the River Douglas and the Rufford Branch of
the Leeds and Liverpool Canal."
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from
http://www.heskethbank.com/history/bulpit/bulpittltn.html
"In
the 15th & 16th centuries the River Douglas was busy with shipping.
Cargoes were brought as far as a point near the Toll House at Bretherton."
Trading
Accounts from the Tarleton area:
"Old
Trading Accounts show the following:
1565 5th July the boate Gud Lucke, of Liverpole, shipped 25 windles of (Avenax)
oats for Mylthrop.
1565
8th July the boate Luke, of Liverpole, shipped 30 quarters of (Avenax) oats
& two sacks of peas for Mylthrop.
1565
8th July the boate Elizabeth, of Liverpole, shipped xi quarters 10 windles of
(Avenax) oats and 6 windles of wheat for Mylthrop."
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As
the area was only boat accessible via the River Douglas estuary which itself
comes off the Ribble estuary so the flat bottom sailing vessels evolved. It
was this style of boat that were later used on and adapted for use on the
Douglas Navigation to Wigan and later for use on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal
in the South West Lancashire area.
"When in November 1770
the
Leeds and Liverpool Canal was commenced in Halsall the canal would have been
initially land locked. So, where
did the first boats come from? It
took a number of years for the canal to reach Liverpool and Wigan and it is a
matter for speculation whether the canal was in use prior to this completion.
I
suspect if the canal was navigable then the opportunity would have been
grasped to use it for local transport and for generating canal company
revenue. The number of canal boat
families that originate in the Halsall, Barton, Downholland and Melling area
supports this view. If the canal
was not utilised until the Liverpool to Wigan section had been completed then
one would expect the early Census records to reflect the recruitment of
boatmen from these areas. This is
not the case.
Boats
would have been built locally as overland
transport would be impractical if
not impossible. The boat builders would, most likely, have come from the
nearest established boat building areas i.e. Liverpool and/or the Tarleton
area or possibly Meols."
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Southport and District BY THE Rev. W. T. Bulpit 1908
from
http://www.heskethbank.com/history/bulpit/bulpittltn.html
"The landing-place for Tarleton was at Banastre's
Wharf. The Douglas is tidal. The Vikings sailed up it,
and, I think, gave the name of Jarle's Town to the
district. Another survival of their nomenclature is
found in Windy Gate (Norse for road), the name of the
steep road adjoining the Old Chapel of St. Ellyn.
Trade to the Douglas is shown by the ships' charters:-
"Bond £40. Nicholas Norres de Tarleton, Nicholas
Bonnde de Meales, Ranulph Mellyng de Liverpoole are by
deed dated the 18th day of January, the eighth yere of
Elizabeth our Queen (1563) to discharge at Hesket
Bancke out of the Bartholomew of Liverpool of which
Nicholas Bonnd is Master 2 tons of (Ferri) iron."
Bond bought the Bartholomew, and so a charter runs:-
Bond £40. Nicholas Norres de Hesket Bancke in the
County of Lancaster, Merchant; and Nicholas Bonde de
Meales in the Countv of Lancaster, Mariner, are by
deed this 1st day of August, the 8th year (1565) of
the reign of' Elizabeth our Queen to discharge at
Hesket Bancke out of the Bartholomew of Meales 3 Tons
of (Ferri) iron and 1Ton of (Sal) Salt."
from
http://www.heskethbank.com/history/bulpit/bulpittltn.html
Stephen Cook
June, 2003
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 | Picture of Fazakerley House; Ian
Sime sent a picture of this house on Lower Lane in Fazakerley (the street
is actually two streets away from where he lives). I sent this along to
Dave Fazackerley (the Fazakerley "Historian") and he believes
this might be the house built by John Hawarden after he changed his name
to Fazakerley and inherited the Fazakerley money. |
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