Excerpt from The Cheshire and Lancashire Historical Collector, Vol. 1 I have often wished that we had some periodical which might become a receptacle for those scraps of information relating to local history which at present are bandied about as mere waifs and strays, and may, unless secured, be ere long lost to us for ever. The Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Historic Society, though in themselves most valuable, are more adapted for elaborate essays and papers than such matter as I have in view - added to which, the fact of their only appearing as an annual publication, precludes their forming a direct medium of intercommunication between those interested in the subjects to which they refer. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.