Download or read book Lancashire & Cheshire: Past and Present. Volume 1. written by Thomas Baines and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is volume one of the highly acclaimed and comprehensive History of Lancashire and Cheshire originally published in 1868. Every parish, hundred, city, town and village is described in great detail. Due to boundary changes after the publication of this book it also encompasses a history of Manchester and Merseyside.