The Manchester guide, a brief historical description of Manchester & Salford [by J. Aston.].

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Side 36 - And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, along by the altar and the house, by the king round about. 12. Then he brought out the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony ; and made him king, and anointed him, and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.
Side 101 - The living is a rectory, in the gift of the Bishop of Norwich, and now in the possession of the Rev.
Side 50 - Mayor, for the time being, treated with more respect, (the paraphanalia of a mace-bearer excepted) than the Boroughreeve of Manchester. He does not appear to have many duties to discharge, since the actual superintendence of the police is performed, under the direction of the two Constables, by their deputy, who has a salary of £350 per annum, and has under his command four beadles to assist him in the laborious duty of constable in so populous a township.
Side 77 - Hollingworth i or any of them shall think most proper for the edification of the common people ; to be by the discretion of my said Executors, chained upon desks or to be fixed to the pillars or in other convenient places in the Parish Churches of Manchester and Boulton in the Moors, and in the Chapels of Turton, Walmesley, and Gorton, in the said County of Lancaster, within one year next after my decease.
Side 37 - ... of the town, the auxiliaries dining at the same place. During the time of dinner, and until after sunset, the said conduit did run with pure claret, which was freely drunk by all that could, for the crowd came so near the same.
Side 32 - Pestilence that for many moueths none were permitted either to go in or to come out of the said town, whereby most of the inhabitants (living upon trade) are not only ruined in their estates, but many families like to perish for want...
Side 36 - Ashton, knight and baronet, and divers neighbouring gentlemen of quality, together with the said warden and fellows of the said college, and divers other ministers, with the town...
Side 155 - ... land from Sir Oswald Mosley, Bart., and the foundation of a more suitable building was laid by James Massey, Esq., May 20, 1754. The new Infirmary was opened in 1755. The subsequent additions are very considerable, and, at this time, there are not less than one hundred and sixty beds, appropriated to the use of patients. In the year 1765, the Lunatic Hospital and Asylum was founded, and, in the spring of the following year, a suitable erection was completed for the reception of patients. The...
Side 203 - J.' o. 186. pose * and offered 120 talents (about 21 ,000/. sterling,) the interest of which was to be applied for the support of the members of the public council. Others came likewise from Seleucus, who, in the name of their sovereign, offered ten...
Side 37 - ... pure claret, which was freely drunk by all that could, for the crowd came so near the same. ' After an hour, or something more, spent in dinner, the drums did beat, and the soldiers marched into the field again, giving three great vollies, and...

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