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Q - Cheshire Quarter Sessions - 16th century-20th century

A - Quarter Sessions Administration

C - Quarter Sessions: Clerk of the Peace

D - Quarter Sessions: Enrolment Registration and Deposit

A - Appointments

1 - Appointments of Clerks of the Peace

2 - Declaration of property qualification by Justice of the Peace, Thomas Swettenham - 18th cent

3 - Appointment of chairman and deputy chairman of Quarter Sessions - 1939

4 - Tyburn tickets - 1788-1813

5 - Declarations of property qualifications by Deputy Lieutenants - 1778-1918

6 - Declarations of property qualifications by militia officers - 1778-1814

7 - Appointment of Commissioners under Canal Acts for Salford to Holem Ferry, 1758 and Stratford to Halton, 1761 - 1785

8 - Appointments of Commissioners of Sewers - 1793

9 - Notices of appointments of Poor Law Commissioners and Assistant Poor Law Commissioners - 1834-1846

10 - Appointments of Tax Commissioners - 1842-1949

11 - High Sheriff's appointments of the returning officer for the Parliamentary Borough of Birkenhead - 1864-1877

12 - Appointments of Sheriffs and Undersheriff - 1834-1972

1 - William Astley of Dukinfield. - 1834

2 - Gibbs Crawford Antrobus of Eaton on death of Astley. - 1834

3 - Jospeh Leigh of Belmont. - 1835

4 - James Heath Leigh of Grappenhall Lodge on death of Joseph Leigh. - 1835

5 - Egerton Leigh of High Leigh and Jodrell. - 1836

6 - Charles Peter Shackerley of Somerford. - 1837

7 - George Cornwall Legh of High Legh. - 1838

8 - Thomas Hibbert, of Birtles. - 1839

9 - John Tollemache of Peckforton. - 1840

10 - John Ryle, of Henbury. - 1841

11 - Edward Davies Davenport of Capesthorne. - 1842

12 - John Dixon of Astle. - 1843

13 - George Wilbraham of Delamere House. - 1844

14 - Sir William Thomas Stanley Massey Stanley of Hooton. - 1845

15 - James Hugh Smith Barry of Marbury. - 1846

16 - Ralph Gerard Leycester of Toft. - 1847

17 - Henry Brooke of Church Minshull. - 1848

18 - Thomas William Tatton of Withenshawe. - 1849

19 - Sir Arthur Ingram Aston of Aston, G.C.B. - 1850

20 - Thomas Marsland of Henbury Hall. - 1851

21 - George Holland Ackers, of Moreton Hall. - 1852

22 - John Hurleston Leche of Carden. - 1853

23 - Francis Duckinfield Palmer Astley of Duckenfield. - 1854

24 - John Chapman of Hill End, Mottram. - 1855

25 - Richard Christopher Naylor, of Hooton Hall. - 1856

26 - William Atkinson of Ashton Heyes. - 1857

27 - George Fortescue Wilbraham of Delamere House. - 1858

28 - Arthur Henry Davenport of Capesthorne. - 1859

29 - Clement Swettenham of Somerford Booths. - 1860

30 - Edward Holt Glegg of Backford. - 1861

31 - Thomas Aldersey of Aldersey. - 1862

32 - Sir Charles Watkin Shackerley of Somerford - 1863

33 - John Ralph Shaw of Arrowe Park. - 1864

34 - Wilbraham Spencer Tollemache of Dorfold. - 1865

35 - Robert Barbour of Bolesworth Castle. - 1866

36 - Thomas Henry Lyon of Appleton Hall. - 1867

37 - John Coutts Antrobus of Eaton. - 1868

38 - Samuel Woodhouse, of Norley Hall. - 1869

39 - Sir Richard Brooke of Norton, bart. - 1870

40 - The Earl of Haddington, Eaton Bank. - 1871

41 - Egerton Leigh of High Leigh and Jodrell. - 1872

42 - Gilbert Greenall of Wilderspool House. - 1873

43 - Sir Edward William Watkin, knt., M.P., Rose Hill, Northenden. - 1874

44 - Richard Barton of Caldy Manor - 1875

45 - John Baskervyle Glegg of Withington Hall, Chelford. - 1876

46 - Thomas Unett Brocklehurst of Henbury Hall. - 1877

47 - Philip Stapleton Humberston of Glan-y-Wern, Denbigh. - 1878

48 - Charles Hosken France-Hayhurst of Bostock Hall, Middlewich. - 1879

49 - Cudworth Halstead Poole of Marbury, Whitchurch, co.Shropshire. - 1880

50 - George Dixon of Astle Hall, Chelford. - 1881

51 - Egerton Leigh of West Hall, High Legh, Knutsford. - 1882

52 - Arthur Hugh Smith-Barry of Marbury Hall, Northwich. - 1883

53 - Colonel Henry Martin Cornwall Legh of High Legh, Knutsford. - 1884

54 - Colonel Hugh Robert Hibbert of Birtles Hall, Chelford. - 1885

55 - Francis Dicken Brocklehurst of Hare Hill, Macclesfield. - 1886

56 - James Tomkinson of Willington Hall, Tarporley. - 1887

57 - Baron William Henry Von Schroder of The Rookery, Nantwich. - 1888

58 - James Jardine of Brookdale, Alderley Edge. - 1889

59 - George Barbour of Bolesworth Castle. - 1890

60 - Christopher Kay of Davenham Hall. - 1891

61 - Thomas Henry Ismay of Dawpool - 1892

62 - Robert Charles de Grey Vyner of Bidston. - 1893

63 - Frederick James Harrison of Arrowe Hall, Birkenhead. - 1894

64 - Hugh Lyle Smith of Barrowmore Hall, Chester. - 1895

65 - Ralph Brocklebank of Haughton Hall, Tarporley. - 1896

66 - William Henry Verdin of Darnhall Hall, Winsford. - 1897

67 - Richard Hobson of The Marfords, Bromborough. - 1888

68 - Thomas Hardcastle Sykes of Cringle House, Cheadle. - 1899

69 - Benjamin Chaffers Roberts of Oakfield, Chester. - 1900

70 - Thomas Brocklebank of The Roscote, Heswall. - 1901

71 - John Sutherland Harmood Banner of Ashfield Hall, Neston. - 1902

72 - Thomas Bland Royden of Frankby Hall. - 1903

73 - George Littleton Dewhurst of Beechwood, Lymm. - 1904

74 - Arthur Hornby Lewis of Marbury Hall, Northwich. - 1905

75 - William Watson of Lancelyn, Bromborough. - 1906

76 - Sir Gilbert Greenall, Bart., of Walton Hall, Warrington. - 1907

77 - Sir William Pollitt, Kt. of Fernlea, Altrincham. - 1908

78 - Herbert Wheeler Hind of Over Leasowe, Bidston. - 1909

79 - Francis Aylmer Frost of Grappenhall Hall. - 1910

80 - John Brooks Close-Brooks of Birtles Hall, Chelford. - 1911

81 - Joseph Battersby Duckworth of The Heys, Eastham. - 1912

82 - Alfred Watkin of Danebank, Lymm. - 1913

83 - Robert Walter Douglas Phillips Brocklehurst of Hare Hill, Macclesfield. - 1914

84 - Frederick Hynde Fox of Inglewood, Ledsham. - 1915

85 - Frederick William Wignall of The Rookery, Tattenhall. - 1916

86 - Thomas Royden of Frankby Hall, Frankby. - 1917

87 - James Edgar Dennis of Greysfield, Great Barrow. - 1918

88 - Sir Kenneth Irwin Crossley of Mobberley Hall, Knutsford. - 1919

89 - Sir Percy Elly Bates Bart. of Hinderton Hall, Neston. - 1920

90 - Captain Cuthbert Leicester-Warren of Tabley House, Knutsford. - 1921

91 - John Graham Peel of Peover Hall, Knutsford. - 1922

92 - The Honourable William Lever of Thornton Manor, Thornton Hough. - 1923

93 - Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Lyon of Appleton Hall, near Warrington. - 1924

94 - Major Robert Barbour of Bolesworth Castle, Chester. - 1925

95 - Sir John Herbert Vernon Bart. of Eastham House, Eastham. - 1926

96 - Major Charles William Tomkinson of Willington Hall, Tarporley. - 1927

97 - Major Philip Durning Holt of Sibbersfield Hall, Chester. - 1928

98 - Captain William Hosken France-Hayhurst of Bostock Hall, Middlewich. - 1929

99 - Frank Brocklehurst of Anthony's Close, Caldy. - 1930

100 - Edward Peter Jones of Greenbank, Eaton Road, Chester. - 1931

101 - William Gavin Clegg of Abbey Wood, Delamere. - 1932

102 - Lt. Colonel Richard Norman Harrison Verdin of Garnstone, Wembley, Herts. - 1933

103 - Major Arthur Harold Bibby of Thornton Hall, Little Sutton. - 1934

104 - Sir William Peter Rylands of Massey Hall, Thelwall. - 1935

105 - Robert Henry Grenville Tatton of The Cliff, Wybunbury, Nantwich. - 1936

106 - Sir Robert Noton Barclay of Mobberley Hall, Mobberley. - 1937

107 - Major Walter Wynnefield Higgin of Puddington Hall, Puddington. - 1938

108 - Charles Legh Shuldham Cornwall-Legh, of High Legh House, Knutsford. - 1939

109 - Sir Robert A. Burrows, Knt. of Bonis Hall, Prestbury. - 1940

110 - Philip Reginald Le Belward Egerton of Oulton Park. - 1941

111 - Edward Howard Brocklehurst of Henbury Hall. - 1942

112 - Duncan Thomas Norman, M.C. of Greysfield, Great Barrow. - 1943

113 - Brevet-Colonel James Geoffrey Bryden Beazley, M.C, T.D. of Holmfield, Great Sutton. - 1944

114 - Colonel Harry Johnson, D.S.O., T.D. of Boden Hall, Scholar Green. - 1945

115 - Major Hugh Kelsall Frost of Heron Bridge, Chester. - 1946

116 - Colonel Benjamin William Heaton, M.C., of Hawkswood, Little Budworth - 1947

117 - Edgar Rennie Bowring of Woodbank Hall, Chester. - 1948

118 - Brevet-Colonel George Bentham Leathart Rae, D.S.O., T.D. of The Lodge, Malpas. - 1949

119 - Thomas Humphrey Naylor, of The Grange, Ashton, near Chester. - 1950

120 - Humphrey Bagnall Vernon of Forest Lodge, Bracknell, Berkshire. - 1951

121 - Captain Oscar Dunstan Winterbottom of Tilstone House, Tilstone Fearnall, Tarporley. - 1952

122 - Randle John Baker Wilbraham of Rode Hall, Scholar Green. - 1953

123 - Colonel Laurence Millington Synge T.D, The Old Rectory, Gt. Barrow. - 1954

124 - Hugh Rupert Granger, Littleton Hall, Chester. - 1955

125 - Alexander Ludovic Grant, T.D., Marbury Hall, Marbury-cum-Quoisley, Whitchurch. - 1956

126 - Lieutenant Colonel Charles Douglas Ferguson Phillips Brocklehurst D.L. of Hare Hill, Macclesfield. - 1957

127 - Major Vere Arbuthnot Arnold M.C., T.D., Ardmore, Great Barrow. - 1958

128 - Colonel Gerald Hugh Grosvenor, D.S.O., Saighton Grange, Saighton. - 1959

129 - Lieutenant Colonel Ronald Henry Antrobus M.C.D.L. of Eaton Hall, Congleton. - 1960

130 - Lieutenant Colonel David Mayhew Bateson D.S.O., T.D., D.L., of Cherry Hill, Malpas. - 1961

131 - Lieutenant-Colonel Frank Leslie Orme, O.B.E., T.D. of Friars Park, Backford. - 1962

132 - Major J.N. Davies-Colley, M.C. of Newbold, Saighton. - 1963

133 - Colonel Geoffrey Vardon Churton, M.B.E., M.C., T.D. of The Cottage, Bunbury, near Tarporley. - 1964

134 - Lieutenant Colonel John Leighton Byrne Leicester-Warren, T.D., D.L., J.P., of Tabley House, Knutsford. - 1965

135 - Brevet Colonel Ronald Prinsep Langford Brooke, T.D. of Mex [Mere] Hall, Knutsford. - 1966

136 - Richard Jeffrey Lockett C.B.E., of The Lodge, Malpas. - 1967

137 - Francis Moore Dutton of Tushingham Hall, Tushingham. - 1968

138 - Colonel Sir William Loris Mather Kt., O.B.E., M.C., T.D., of Whirley Hall, Macclesfield. - 1969

139 - Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey Ernald Sparrow, M.C., T.D., of Birtles Old Hall, Macclesfield. - 1970

140 - Charles Thomas Ockleston T.D., of New House, Saighton, Chester - 1971

141 - Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander James Watkins Grubb of Bolling, Malpas. - 1972

C - Charitable Donations

D - Deeds, Awards and Inquisitions

E - Enclosure Awards

L - Licensed Tradesmen, Alehouses

N - Navigations and Canals

P - Deposited Plans - 1792-

R - Religion

S - Registered Societies

T - Turnpikes

U - Public Utilities: Annual Statements of Accounts - 1840-1967

V - Elections.

J - Quarter Sessions: Judicial