1 THE LATE F. H. CHEETHAM, F.S.A.
139 A LIST OF THE PUBLISHED WORKS OF THE LATE F. H. CHEETHAM, F.S.A. (1872-1937) [THE material for this list has been placed at our disposal by Mr. B. T. W. Stevenson, M.A., F.L.A., Chief Librarian of Southport, after being collected by Miss V. M. Pollard, F.L.A., Chief Cataloguer and Reference Librarian. To them we tender our thanks. Mr. Cheetham resided at Southport from early childhood until his death, and was engaged during his last years on the preparation of a comprehensive work on the history of that town. His private collection of notes and papers relating to Lancashire antiquities, and particularly to the Southport district, was bequeathed to the Southport Library, which possesses also an almost complete collection of his published works.] CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PUBLICATIONS OF LEARNED SOCIETIES The Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, Transactions " Some Old Books on Southport " (vol. 60) " Eccleston Church in Leyland " (vol. 63) " North Meols Church " (vol. 65) " The Church of St. Michael-on-Wyre in Amounderness" (vol. 66) " Monumental Inscriptions in Melling Church, Liverpool " (vol. 67) " The Chantry of St. John Baptist at Bailey," by C. A. Newdigate ; architectural description by F. H. Cheetham (vol. 68) " Maghull Chapel " (vol. 74) " Bio wick : the Name and the Place " (vol. 75)
140 A List of the Published Works of " Notes on North Meols. i : Did St. Cuthbert's body rest there? 2 : The Dove-house at Meols Hall " (vol. 76) " Euxton Chapel " (vol. 78) " Bell Ringing Orders at Preston Church, 1587-8 " (vol. 78) " Crosby Hall, Lancashire " (vol. 81) " North Meols Church, Lancashire " (vol. 83) " The Monument to Sir Thomas Hesketh, Bt., at Rufford " (vol. 83) " Records of the Court Baron of North Meols, 1640 and 1643 ; with observations on the North Meols Court Leet, 1884-1926 " (vol. 84) " Lancashire and Cheshire Briefs in a Rutland Parish " [i.e. Hambleton] (vol. 84) " A North Meols Document of 1716 " [Conveys the decision of five deputy lieutenants of the County of Lancaster regarding a difference between the townships of North Meols and Birkdale as to their respective shares in the payment of the militia tax] (vol. 86) " A Lancashire Document of 1651 " [A warrant permitting Henry Eccleston of Eccleston, Prescot par., with two servants, to leave England] (vol. 87) " A History of the Old Parish of Bidston, Cheshire," by J. Brownbill ; chapters on the Church and Bidston Hall by F. H. Cheetham (vol. 88) " Warrington Friary : the Discoveries of 1931," by G. Owen and F. H. Cheetham (vol. 88) " The Case of Robert Scarisbrick, Esq., 1701 " (vol. 88) " Two Inventories at Scarisbrick Hall, Ormskirk, 1608 and [posthumous] (vol. 89) The Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society, Transactions " Scarisbrick Hall, Lancashire " (vol. 24) " Burscough Priory " (vol. 26) " Darcy Lever Old Hall " (vol. 28) " Martin Hall, Burscough, Ormskirk " (vol. 29) " Cartmel Fell Chapel " (vol. 29) " Tarleton Chapel, in Ley land, Lancashire " (vol. 30) " A Note on the Plan of Prestwich Church " (vol. 30) " New Park, Lathom ; A Vanished Residence of the Earls of Derby " (vol. 31) " The Church Bells of Lancashire " (vols. 32-35, 37-40, 45)
The late F. H. Cheetham, F.S.A. 141 " A Note on Hyde Hall, Denton " (vol. 38) " A Seventeenth Century Bell at Tonge, near Middleton " (vol. 44) " The Bells of the Parish Church of Neston, Cheshire " (vol. 48) " A Further Note on the Tonge Bell, 1936 " (vol. 51) " Notes on some Ormskirk Watch and Clock Makers " (vol. 51) " Anthony Wilkinson of Ormskirk, Gold-balance Maker " (vol. 51) The Lancashire Parish Register Society " The Parish Registers of North Meols, 1732-1812," transcribed by F. H. Cheetham ; edited by A. Sparke (vol. 72) The Southport Literary and. Philosophical Society, Proceedings " Alfred de Vigny : A Study in Pessimism " (Session 1900-1) " The Napoleonic Idea " (Session 1902-3) Le Comite Flamand de France, Bulletin " An Inscription in the Church of St. Eloi, Hazebrouck " (1924) " Ruskin a Cassel " (1924) " Families du Nord de la France 6migrees en Grande-Bretagne," par F. H. Cheetham et C. Looten (1929) CONTRIBUTIONS TO OTHER PERIODICALS The Builders' Journal and Architectural Record " Haddon Hall in Print " (10 Sept. 1902) " Some lesser Lancashire Halls " (4 Feb. 1903) " The Gardens at Haddon Hall " (7 Oct. 1903) House and Garden " Smithells Hall, Lancashire, England " (Feb. 1903) The Home Counties Magazine " Thomas Day and his Circle " (vol. 9, 1907) Notes and Queries (Between 1897 and 1937, Mr. Cheetham made nearly 200 contributions. A list of these is filed in the Central Reference Library, Southport)
142 A List of the Published Works of The Southport Visiter (He contributed numerous articles to this and other papers. A collection of these, with manuscript letters, illustrations, etc., relating thereto, is also in the above Library. Three articles entitled "Nathaniel Hawthorne and Southport," " Burscough Priory : Notes on its History," and " Blowick : An Enquiry into the Origin of the Place-name," were reprinted from the Southport Visiter in. 1903, 1906 and 1923, respectively) INDEPENDENT WORKS (Sole Authorship) Description of the Communion Plate, 1932, in Ormskirk Parish Church and Lathom Chapel (n.d.) Haddon Hall : Being Notes on its Architecture and History, for the Use of Visitors (1899) Haddon Hall : An Illustrated Account of the Fabric and its History (1904) Lancashire (The Little Guides Series, 1920) Louis Napoleon and the Genesis of the Second Empire : being a Life of the Emperor Napoleon III to the Time of His Election to the Presidency of the French Republic (1909) Scarisbrick Hall, near Ormskirk : The Seat of Sir Everard Scarisbrick, Bt. (1936) (Joint Authorship) Catalogue of the Books, Ancient Deeds, Manuscripts, Etchings, Drawings and Curios in the Collection of James Bromley, J.P., The Homestead, Lathom ; comp. by the owner and F. H. Cheetham, December, 1901 (n.d.) (Part Authorship) Memorials of Old Lancashire, ed. by H. Fishwick and P. H. Ditchfield, 1909, vol. 2, contains chapter oil " Hoghton Tower " by F. H. Cheetham West Kirby and Hilbre, by J. Brownbill, 1928, contains chapter on " The Fabric " [of West Kirby Church] by F. H. Cheetham The Victoria History of the Counties of England (Mr. Cheetham wrote the architectural descriptions for Lancashire (vols. 4-8), Northamptonshire, Rutland, a number of parishes
The late F. H. Cheetham, F.S.A. 143 in Durham and Worcestershire, and the Wapentake of Langbaurgh (West and East) in Yorkshire, North Riding, (vol. 2) i PUBLICATIONS FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS Southport : A Handbook of the Town and Surrounding District, prepared for the meeting of the British Association at Southport, 1903 (ed. by G. W. Chaster, G. E. Johnson, H. Brodrick and F. H. Cheetham) Illustrated Guide to the Church Congress and Church Congress Exhibition held in Southport from October 2nd to October 8th, 1926 ; Including Historical and Descriptive Notes on Southport and District and the Diocese of Liverpool, etc., by F. H. Cheetham St. Luke's Church, Southport : Jubilee, 1882-1932 (contains " Historical Sketch " by F. H. Cheetham) Southport : National Association of Head Teachers Conference Souvenir, 1935 (ed. by W. A. Bracewell, and containing " Historical Sketch " by F. H. Cheetham) Southport : National Union of Teachers Conference Souvenir, 1936 (ed. by G. D. Watkins, and containing " Historical Sketch " and " Southport's oldest School " [i.e. Churchtown Council School] by F. H. Cheetham, and " Southport's Literary Associations " by F. H. Cheetham and B. T. W. Stevenson)