Bill brought into Parliament in 1843 to sanction the Building of the Birkenhead Docks; First Stone of the Birkenhead Docks laid in 1844; the Woodside Ferry; Ferry-boats between Liverpool and the Cheshire side of the Mersey; Birkenhead, in one sense, a Suburb of Liverpool; the Railroad from Chester to Birkenhead
The Low Water Basin; Warehouses on the Western Side of the Great Floating Harbour at Birkenhead; Finished Portions of the Dock Warehouse Company's Works; the Workmen's Dwellings; Sanatory Condition of Birkenhead
Liverpool in past ages; Liverpool Castle attributed to King John; Account given by Mr. Baines of the Rise of Com- merce in England; allusions to Liverpool found in early annalists and topographers; small importance of Liverpool in the thirteenth century 174
Consumption of tobacco in England; the Queen's Dock, Liver- pool; Basins connecting the Docks of Liverpool; the Brunswick Dock, appropriated to the timber trade; pro- gress of the Herculaneum Docks at Liverpool
in the Domestic Habits and Local Usages of the Manches- ter People in the eighteenth century; Dr. Aiken's "third period" in the History of Manchester Trade 207 Improvements in the mode of conducting Business at Manches-
Cotton Manufacture of Manchester in 1760; the Fly-shuttle of John Kay; Inventions applicable to the Spinning and Weaving of Cotton; Arkwright's first Patent for the Spin- ning Machine taken out in 1769; Hargreave's Spinning- jenny; successive Improvements in the system of Cotton- spinning; Rise of the Factory System
Value of Land in the heart of Manchester; the Cotton Ware- houses of Manchester; the Old Streets of Manchester; the North-east District of Manchester; Picture given by a writer in "Blackwood" of Manchester at one
The Cotton Towns of Lancashire; distinction between different varieties of Factories; the Hand-loom Weaver; Appear- ance of the Factories of Manchester; Viaduct across the Mersey at Stockport; Orrell's Cotton Factory at Stock- port
Annual Exportation of Cotton Yarn to Foreign Markets; the Weaving Factories of Manchester; the Power-loom 227 The Forest of Rossendale; Bleaching and Printing Establish- ments around Manchester
Potteries at Burslem in 1700; State of Atmosphere pro- duced by the use of Salt in the Potteries; Establishment of a Pottery at Bradwell, by the Brothers Elers, in 1690; Stratagem by which Twyford and Astbury discovered the Manufacturing Secrets of the Brothers Elers; Mr. Astbury's Discovery of the Use of Coloured Flint in Pottery Josiah Wedgwood; Partnership between Wedgwood and Mr. Bentley; the Queen's Ware; Jasper Ware; Establishment of the Etruria Pottery in 1768; incident of the Barberini or Portland Vase; evidence given by Mr. Wedgwood, in 1785, illustrative of the importance of the Pottery Manu- facture at that time; attempts made in various Countries
Population of Sheffield in 1615; the Town and District of Sheffield in the beginning of the seventeenth century; Feudal Domination of the Earls of Shrewsbury; the Shef- field Whittle; Demolition of the Castle of the Earls of Shrewsbury; local Tradition connected with John Tal- bot 274
Beauchief Abbey; the Village of Norton; the Birth-place of Chantrey; the Milk-boys of Sheffield; Chantrey appren- ticed to a Carver and Gilder at Sheffield Chantrey's First Work; the Grave of Chantrey in Norton Churchyard; Scenery of the Sheaf; a Visit to Wharncliffe; the Hallamshire Harriers; the Hare-hunting of the Shef- field Cutlers and Grinders
South Wingfield Manor-house; Imprisonment of Mary Queen of Scots in South Wingfield Manor-house; Architecture of Wingfield Manor-house; Present Appearance of the Ruins of Wingfield Manor-house; Road from Wingfield to Hard- wick; Exterior of Hardwick Hall; Interior of Hardwick Hall; General Character of Hardwick Hall; "Mary Queen of Scots' Apartment;" the Picture Gallery; Hardwick Park; Bolsover Castle; Chesterfield