Europe, British Isles, England, Welsh March, Cheshire, Wirral

Wirral, Cheshire is in Cheshire.

Europe, British Isles, England, Welsh March, Cheshire, Wirral, Eastham

Europe, British Isles, England, Welsh March, Cheshire, Wirral, Eastham, St Mary's Church [Map]

St Mary's Church, Eastham [Map]. The Stanley chapel contains two altar tombs. One is in alabaster and is to the memory of Charlotte, Lady Stanley, who died in 1662, and the other is in sandstone and commemorates Sir William Stanley who died in 1612. Other memorials in the church are to Sir Rowland Stanley who died in 1613, Lady Haggerston who died in 1836, and Sir Thomas Stanley Massey Stanley who died in 1841.

On 31 Jul 1662 Charlotte Molyneux Lady Stanley died. She was buried at St Mary's Church, Eastham [Map].

In 1673 William Stanley 1st Baronet (age 45) died. He was buried at St Mary's Church, Eastham [Map]. His son Rowland Stanley 2nd Baronet (age 10) succeeded 2nd Baronet Stanley of Hooton in Cheshire.

Europe, British Isles, England, Welsh March, Cheshire, Wirral, Necton

Europe, British Isles, England, Welsh March, Cheshire, Wirral, Necton, Ness

Flintshire Historical Society Volume 12. The Second Stage

We now come to the third of our five accounts, which covers the period 30 November 1277 to 5 March 1279, a period of 15 months, including the whole building 'season' of 1278. How much the pace of the work at Flint had slowed is evident from this simple comparison: that the wages paid during these 15 months amounted to no more than £727 4s. ½d., whereas in the preceding 13 weeks they had been £440 11S. 8d., Two other points also stand out in this third account. Firstly, the only wages paid to masons were for dressing stone in a quarry at Nesshead.'28 This seems to mean that no masons were working on the actual site of Flint during these fifteen months, and if that was so, we seem to be left with the rather unexpected deduction that no masonry was erected at Flint between November 1277 and March 1279. Secondly, this account records the paying of wages to a plumber for putting lead roofing on ' towers in the castle.'29 The account simply says 'towers' in the plural; it does not say how many or which towers were roofed: but as the plural is used, there were presumably at least two, and there would not in any case be more than four. The amount of wages paid to the plumber suggests the minimum rather than the maximum number. But the important point is this. Towers would not be roofed with lead until they had been built to their full height. But if we are justified in the previous inference that no masonry was erected at Flint between November 1277 and March 1279, any towers that were roofed during that period had presumably been built to their full height before November 1277. If so, then we have a clue to what the masons employed between July and November 1277 had been doing: they had probably been employed largely upon the towers of the castlc, and they had apparently completed the masonry of at least two of them.

Note 28. Presumably near the little village of Ness in the Wirral, right opposite Flint; and therefore the stone could be brought across by boat. The account states that this particular lot of stone was 'for paving (which presumably means 'revetting') the ditch around the castle of Flint,' but goes on to remark that the ditch was not however paved with this stone in the time of the aforesaid Nicholas (i.e. Nicholas Bonel, the clerk of the works who rendered the account for the period 30 November 12 to 5 March 1279), but turves.' Dr. E. Neaverson already suggested, on purely geological grounds, that some of the stone in the castle 'resembles the Middle Bunter sandstone of Wirral and Chester' (Medieval Castles in North Wales, p. 41): we may now add the quarry or at any rate one the quarrie, was near Ness.

Note 29. Et in stipendiis cuiusdam plumbarii cooperientis turres (sic in full) in estro predicto per predictum tempus 24s.'

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Europe, British Isles, England, Welsh March, Cheshire, Wirral, Necton, Ness, Swan Cottage

On 26 Apr 1765 Amy "Emma Hart Lady Hamilton" Lyon was born to Henry Lyon (age 28) in Swan Cottage, Ness Necton. He died two months later.

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Europe, British Isles, England, Welsh March, Cheshire, Wirral, Port Sunlight, Christ Church [Map]

Christ Church, Port Sunlight [Map] was built between 1902 and 1904, and was designed by William and Segar Owen. The church was paid for by William Lever (age 52). It was opened on 08 Jun 1904. In 1914 the Lever family vault was added as a memorial to the memory of Lady Lever (age 53).

On 24 Jul 1913 Elizabeth Ellen Hulme Viscountess Leverhulme (age 62) died. She was buried at Christ Church, Port Sunlight [Map].

On 07 May 1925 William Lever 1st Viscount Leverhulme (age 73) died. He was buried at Christ Church, Port Sunlight [Map]. His son William Lever 2nd Viscount Leverhulme (age 37) succeeded 2nd Viscount Leverhulme of the Western Isles, 2nd Baron Leverhulme of Bolton le Moors in Lancashire, 2nd Baronet Lever of Thornton Manor in Cheshire. Marion Beatrice Smith Viscountess Leverhulme (age 38) by marriage Viscountess Leverhulme of the Western Isles.

Marion Beatrice Smith Viscountess Leverhulme: On 06 Jul 1886 she was born to Bryce Smith. On 13 Apr 1912 William Lever 2nd Viscount Leverhulme and she were married. In 1936 William Lever 2nd Viscount Leverhulme and Marion Beatrice Smith Viscountess Leverhulme were divorced. On 30 Aug 1987 she died.

On 27 May 1949 William Lever 2nd Viscount Leverhulme (age 61) died. He was buried at Christ Church, Port Sunlight [Map]. His son Philip Lever 3rd Viscount Leverhulme (age 33) succeeded 3rd Viscount Leverhulme of the Western Isles, 3rd Baron Leverhulme of Bolton le Moors in Lancashire, 3rd Baronet Lever of Thornton Manor in Cheshire.

Philip Lever 3rd Viscount Leverhulme: On 01 Jul 1915 he was born to William Lever 2nd Viscount Leverhulme. In 1988 he was appointed 968th Knight of the Garter. On 04 Jul 2000 he died. Viscount Leverhulme of the Western Isles, Baron Leverhulme of Bolton le Moors in Lancashire, Baronet Lever of Thornton Manor in Cheshire extinct.

On 19 Feb 1966 Winifred Agnes Lloyd Viscountess Leverhulme (age 66) died. She was buried at Christ Church, Port Sunlight [Map].

Winifred Agnes Lloyd Viscountess Leverhulme: On 14 Jul 1899 she was born. On 20 Jan 1937 William Lever 2nd Viscount Leverhulme and she were married. She by marriage Viscountess Leverhulme of the Western Isles.

Europe, British Isles, England, Welsh March, Cheshire, Wirral, Port Sunlight, Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map]

Before 1815 Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (age 59). Portrait of Amy "Emma Hart Lady Hamilton" Lyon (age 49). In the collection of the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map].

1854 to 1855. William Holman Hunt (age 26). "The Scapegoat". In the collecttion of the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map].

1858. John Everett Millais 1st Baronet (age 28). "Spring aka Apple Blossoms". Model far left Sophie Gray (age 14). In the collection of the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map]. See The Life and Letters of Sir John Everett Millais pages 328-331.

1860. John Everett Millais 1st Baronet (age 30). "The Black Brunswickers". Model Catherine "Kate" Perugini nee Dickens (age 20). On the wall of the room is an engraving of a painting by J L David (1748-1825), which depicts Napoleon crossing the Alps. It serves as a reminder of Waterloo. The The Black Brunswickers suffered severe losses at the battle of Quatre Bras at Waterloo in 1815. In the collection of the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map].

1874 to 1877. Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1st Baronet (age 40). "The Beguiling of Merlin". Model Maria Terpsithea Cassavetti aka Zambaco (age 30). In the collection of the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map]. The painting was commissioned by Frederick Richards Leyland (age 42).

Between 1875 and 1878. Dante Gabriel Rossetti (age 46). The Blessed Damozel. Models centre Alice aka Alexa Wilding (age 28), probably left-hand angel Mary "May" Morris (age 12). The first four verses of his poem The Blessed Damozel are written on the frame. In the collection of the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map].

1883. William Ewart Gladstone (age 73) by Edward Onslow Ford (age 30). In the collection of the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map].

William Ewart Gladstone: On 29 Dec 1809 he was born to John Gladstone 1st Baronet and Anne MacKenzie Robertson. On 25 Jul 1839 William Ewart Gladstone and Catherine Glynne were married. On 19 May 1898 William Ewart Gladstone died.

1883. Marble bust of William Ewart Gladstone (age 73) by Edward Onslow Ford (age 30). In the collection of the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map].

Before 1890. John Everett Millais 1st Baronet (age 60). "Bubbles". In the collection of the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map].

1890. "Dancing". Edward Onslow Ford (age 37). In the collection of the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map]. Originally displayed at Lord Lever's London home The Hill, Hampstead. In 1922 it was moved to the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map] and displayed outside the south entrance.

1890. William Holman Hunt (age 62). "May Morning on Magdalen Tower". In the collection of the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map].

1890. "Linus". Edward Onslow Ford (age 37). In the collection of the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map]. Originally displayed at Lord Lever's London home The Hill, Hampstead. In 1922 it was moved to the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map] and displayed outside the south entrance.

1895. "Echo" by Edward Onslow Ford (age 42). In the collection of the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map].

1895. Bust of James Lever (age 85), father of William Lever 1st Viscount Leverhulme (age 43) by Edward Onslow Ford (age 42). In the collection of the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map].

James Lever: In 1810 he was born. Before 19 Sep 1851 he and Eliza Hesketh were married. On 25 May 1897 he died.

1900. Marble bust of William Lever 1st Viscount Leverhulme (age 48) by Edward Onslow Ford (age 47). In the collection of the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map].

1901. "Snowdrift". Marble, green onyx for base, with lapis lazuli below with silver mounts, and black marble below. The last work of Edward Onslow Ford (age 48). Completed following his death. In the collection of the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map]. In the collection of the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map].

1908. Originally "Feronia", renamed "The Wood Nymph". Frederick William Pomeroy (age 51). In the collection of the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map].

Around 1914. "Fiammetta". Francis Derwent Wood (age 42). Modelled in plaster with a bronze patina. In the collection of the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map].

1918. "The Penitent Thief". Francis Derwent Wood (age 46). In the collection of the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map].

1920. "Psyche" by Francis Derwent Wood (age 48). Bronze. In the collection of the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map].

The Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map] is a museum founded and built by the industrialist and philanthropist William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme (age 70) and opened in 1922.

1929. "Diana" by Gilbert Bayes (age 56). Puchased by William Lever 2nd Viscount Leverhulme (age 40). Presented to the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map] in memory of his friend the architect Segar Segar-Owen who helped design the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map].

Around 1930. Bronze sculpture in the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map] by an unknown artist.

1934. Gerald Leslie Brockhurst (age 43). "Jeunesse Dorée (Gilded Youth)". Portrait of Kathleen Woodward (age 21). Painted for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. It was bought for £1000 by William Lever 2nd Viscount Leverhulme (age 45), for his Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map] on the very first day of the show.

1942. "Deidre" by Jacob Epstein (age 61). Bought by the trustees of the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map] in 1948. Deirdre was Epstein’s family cook and housekeeper from 1939-42 whom he sculpted three times.

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Leverhulme Memorial, Port Sunlight [Map]. Unveiled 13 Sep 1930 by Thomas Peacock, a veteran employee of Lever Brothers. Sculptor William Reid Dick. Built by John Stubbs and Son.

Leverhulme 1851-1925 to the honoured memory of William Hesketh first Viscount Leverhulme founder of Lever Brothers Limited and of Port Sunlight. A man remarkable for his business ability. His public benefactions and his love of beauty and art. This monument is erected by his fellow workers.

The figures at the base of the memorial symbolise the three great interests in the life of the founder of Port Sunlight industry, education and charity in its widest meaning the figure at the top of the column represents 'Inspiration' the foundation of all human progress

Europe, British Isles, England, Welsh March, Cheshire, Wirral, Port Sunlight War Memorial [Map]

The Port Sunlight War Memorial [Map] was unveiled in 1921. On the memorial are the names of all of the company's employees who died as a result of both World Wars. Sculpted by William Goscombe John. The memorial cost £10,000; it was paid for by Lever Brothers Ltd and through public subscription. The bronzes were cast by A. B. Burton. The stone is Devon granite.

Europe, British Isles, England, Welsh March, Cheshire, Wirral Forest

Around 1358 Maud Stanley was born to William Stanley (age 39) and Alice Massey (age 29) at Wirral Forest, Cheshire.

Around 1360 William Stanley of Hooton was born to William Stanley (age 41) and Alice Massey (age 31) at Wirral Forest, Cheshire.

Around 1380 William Stanley of Hooton was born to William Stanley of Hooton (age 20) at Wirral Forest, Cheshire.