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Hace 3 días · Among persons of eminence who have made Derby their residence may be mentioned Thomas Parker, the first Earl of Macclesfield.
Hace 4 días · Macclesfield had 71 mill factories at its peak, notably along the River Bollin, earning it the moniker of “Silk Town”. Clarence Mill situated on the Macclesfield Canal (Photo: R A Kearton/Getty)
Hace 4 días · George Lord Parker, one of the Tellers of the Exchequer for Life; Heir Apparent of the Earl of Macclesfield. William Hucks, Esq; Brewer to his Majesty's Houshold. Abington. Robert Hucks, Esq; Son of the aforesaid William Hucks, Esq; Buckinghamshire. Montague Garrard Drake, Esq; Sir Thomas Lee, Bart. Buckingham. Richard Greenville, Esq; deceased ...
Hace 5 días · CHAPTER XXIV. SOHO. "The lights are fled, the garlands dead."—Old Song.. The Situation and Etymology of Soho—Historical Reminiscences—Newport Market—French Refugees—Gerrard Street—The Toxophilite Society—Dryden's House—Edmund Burke—The "Turk's Head" Tavern, and the Literary Club—The "Literary Society"—Macclesfield or Gerard House—The Prince of Wales's Shooting-ground ...
Hace 2 días · Macclesfield was created as a two-member parliamentary borough by the Reform Act 1832. This continued until 1880 when, after problems at the general election that year, it was decided to declare the election void and suspend the writ of election (so no by-election could take place). In September 1880 a Royal Commission was appointed to ...
Hace 4 días · Cover by Nick Stathopoulos. This is the sort of story the reader must simply accept, as the actions don’t really follow any logic or laws of physics. Captain Starlight’s airship goes where (and when) it does simply because at any given point of the story, the author decided it would be cool for the protagonist to make a detour. “Captain ...
Hace 3 días · Englishmen have always travelled. According to French Abbé Le Blanc, they travelled more than other people of Europe because `they look upon their isle as a sort of prison; and the first use they make of their liberty is to get out of it'.(1) For young elite males who travelled to France and Italy for up to five years, the Grand Tour was, most historians agree, ‘intended to provide the ...
