EDITORIAL NOTE 



THE Editors desire to acknowledge the assistance and information 

 given by the Rev. S. E. Collinson, Mr. E. Dickson, Mr. J. T. Fair, 

 Mr. W. J. Fitzherbert-Brockholes, D.L., J.P., Mr. Joseph Gillow, 

 Mr. D. Howsin, Mr. A. Jobling, the Rev. J. Keating, Dr. J. A. Laycock, 

 Mr. E. A. Le Gendre Starkie, J.P., the Rev. E. T. Millard, the Rev. B. 

 Nightingale, M.A., Mr. James Openshaw, M.A., the Rev. J. F. H. 

 Parker, Mr. W. Parker, Captain C. B. Petre, the Rev. D. Schofield, 

 Mr. W. W. Simpson, J.P., Mr. R. Trappes-Lomax, J.P., and Miss 

 Weld, also the Town Clerks of Blackpool and Preston and the Librarian 

 of Preston. 



They also wish to tender their thanks to Mr. J. P. Rylands, 

 F.S.A., for revising the heraldry. 



For illustrations and information regarding the architecture of the 

 county the Editors are indebted to Sir George F. Toulmin, M.P., the 

 Editor and Proprietors of ' Country Life ' (for photographs of Shireburne 

 Almshouses and Stonyhurst Gateway Tower), the Society of Antiquaries, 

 Messrs. Austin & Paley, the Rev. W. Bodkin, S.J., Mr. W. Ellison 

 Fenwicke, and Mr. T. Harrison Myres. 



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