40 MUSEUMS. 
(d) AcquisITIONS. 
(1.) GENERAL. 
Part of the handle of a Sword used by the Mock Corporation of 
Sefton, found in.the ditch at the rear of the Punch Bowl Inn, 
Sefton, near Liverpool, about 1897 (3. 2. 05. 1); presented by 
Mr. W. E. Gregson. [Nore: The sword—minus this part of the 
handle—had been in the Museum some years. | 
Meat Jack (3. 2. 05. 2), from an old house in Crosby, near 
Liverpool, called “‘ Stanley House,” now pulled down; presented by 
Mr. W. E. Gregson. 
Water-colour drawing of Boulton’s House, Finch Lane, West 
Derby, near Liverpool; painted (1879) and presented by Mr. E. P. 
Thompson, Whitchurch. 
Lithographic print of St. George’s Hall, 1854 (9. 3. 05); 
purchased. 
Several examples of rails and chairs of various Railways 
(5. 5. 05. 38-50); presented by Mr. Clement E. Stretton. 
Tinder-box pistol (12. 5. 05. 3), made by Desco, Lavnez, France; 
book (12. 5. 05. 4), ““ De Imitatione Christi,” Paris, 1858; presented 
by Mr. Samuel Smith, Junr. 
A selection of photographs (16. 5. 05. 1-101) and (9. 11. 05. 1-100) 
of old halls, churches, houses, and other interesting objects in 
Lancashire and Cheshire has been acquired for the Local Area 
collections, as follows:—Mossock Hall; New Hall, Club Moor; 
Simonswood Hall; Bamfurlong Hall; Chanters Hall; Hesketh 
End; Higher Buckstraw, Wharton Hall; Newton Old Hall; 
New Hall; Salmesbury Hall; Tong Hall; Hawkley Hall; 
Standish Hall; Borwick Hall; Worthington Hall; Claughton 
Church; Rainhill Hall; Moor Hall; Agecroft Hall; Heysham 
Hall; Lydiate Hall; Bold Old Hall; Claughton Hall; Aughton 
Church; Black-lawyer’s House; Martholme; Worden Old Hall; 
Ashhurst; Martin’s Hall; Sephton Hall; Ordsall Hall; Standish 
Church; Hornby Hall; Saxon stone, Hornby Church; Hoole 
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