County Borough of Bury - Jubilee Souvenir

<body> <table width="100%"> <tr><td> <h1>BURY, LANCASHIRE. 1926</h1> Bury is a Parliamentary and a County Borough of the County Palatine of Lancaster. </br> It was created a parliamentary borough in 1832, received its Charter of Incorporation on September 9th, 1876, and was made a County Borough in 1888.</br> The town is situated 9 miles N. of Manchester by rail, 35 miles N.E. of Liverpool, and is 195 miles from London.</br> The town is built on the banks of the rivers Irwell and Roch and has a mean elevation of about 400 feet above the sea level, the lowest point being 223 feet at Blackford Bridge, and the highest, 763 feet at Higher Sedger Hey, in the N.E. portion, not far from Walmersley Golf Links and Birtle Edge. </br> The altitude of the footpath in front of the Parish Church is 314 feet above sea level.</br> The latitude of the Parish Church is 53° 35' 37" N. of the equator, and its longitude 2° 17' 45"W. of Greenwich.</br> The average annual rainfall in the town is 43 inches. </br> The Market Day is Saturday and the Early Closing Day Tuesday, at 1 p.m. </br> </td></tr> <tr align="center"><td> <img src="coatofarms1.jpg"></td></tr></table> <h2>HERALDIC COAT-OF-ARMS.</h2> The following description of the Coat-of-Arms for Bury is taken from the College of Heralds Records :- </br> </br> <i>Bury, Lanc.</i> </br></br> Quarterly, argent and azure, a cross party and fretty, counter-changed, between an anvil sable in the first quarter; a fleece or in the second; two shuttles in saltire, threads pendent proper in the third; and three culms of the papyrus plant issuing from a mount, also proper, in the fourth.</br> </br> <i>Crest</i> :- Upon a mount, a bee volant, between two flowers of the cotton tree slipped, all proper.</br> <i>Motto</i> :- "Vincit omnia industria."</br> </br> </td></tr> <tr><td><h2>HISTORY OF BURY</h2></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">Of the antiquity of Bury there can be no question. Of its early origin all traces appear to have been lost ; but several discoveries made in the neighbourhood tell the tale that the district has had a "long past." In our local Museum in Moss Lane there is a Cinerary Urn, believed by antiquarians to belong to the Bronze Age, a period nearly 3,000 years ago. There is also a stone hammer-head, and part of an ancient "quern," both found at Woolfold. Do you know what a quern is ? It is a primitive stone, of very hard rock, and was used for pounding corn into flour, before people knew how to grind it. These are probably of Roman times, as the Romans taught the Britons how to clear and cultivate the land.</td></tr> <tr><td>About sixty years ago, the discovery of a Roman urn took place at Throstle Hill, Walmersley, a place about half-a-mile east of Grant's Tower. James Nuttall, a poor farmer and hand-loom weaver, unearthed the urn which had been buried in an embankment on his land. The urn contained some five to seven hundred small bronze coins, some silver bracelets, armlets, and finger rings. The heads of various Roman Emperors were to be seen quite distinctly on the coins, which were all dated between A.D. 253 and 282. The Roman road from Manchester, through Affetside, over Holcombe Moor to Edgworth, Blackburn and Ribchester also proves that Roman citizens lived in the vicinity. It is surmised that the urn with its treasure was buried in a time of danger; probably danger caused by Saxon or Danish invasion.</td></tr> <tr><td>Coming to the 5th or 6th century, when the Saxons had defeated, and become amalgamated, more or less, with the native people, it is assumed that the name Bury, Buri, or Byri, was adopted, and has continued ever since. The name is derived from the Anglo-Saxon, and means " at the town." The next definite fact is that at the time of the Norman Conquest there was a Church here, with a Rector in charge. The Doomsday Book says nothing about the farms or buildings, probably because these had been destroyed by the rapacious Norman Barons. It does, however, state that the patron of the Church was Roger de Poictou. The manor of Bury afterwards became part of the estates of the De Lacy family, who were overlords of Tottington. Bury was held as " one knight's fee," the tenant knight of the estate from 1193 to 1219 being named Adam de Bury. Either by sale of the manors, or by intermarriage, the town and church patronage are next found in the possession of the Lord of Pilkington, who lived in the adjoining parish of Prestwich. John de Pilkyngton was Rector of Bury in 1367.</td></tr> <tr><td>Many changes had taken place in the 14th century. Edward III. had undertaken a great war with France, since known as the first part of the Hundred years' War. This was followed by the disease known as the "Black Death." These two events led to a great shortage of labourers on the land the ploughing and tilling of which fell into decay. . From agriculture, large tracts of land were turned into pasture, and sheep were reared in flocks for the sake of the wool. It was at this time that Bury appears to have become a centre for both wool and woollen cloth. The 15th century saw the concluding portion of the Hundred Years' War, and the end of English hopes of dominions in France. This was quickly followed by the clash of arms in our own land. The bitter struggle of the Wars of the Roses occurred. Sir Thomas Pilkington was at this period Lord of Bury, Bolton and Pilkington. He was High Sheriff of Lancashire in the 3rd, 5th, 13th and 22nd years of Edward IV's reign. He fought on the side of Richard III., at Bosworth ; and for this, was attainted for treason, and executed. His estates were confiscated, and given to Thomas, Lord Stanley, who, for his services to Henry Tudor, was created Earl of Derby. From 1485, the Stanley family have been the Lords of the Manor of Bury.</td></tr> </table> </br> </br> </br> <table> <tr><td><h2>Table of Contents: </h2></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the.hindles/BuryMain.htm">FOREWORD</a></td</tr> <tr><td><a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the.hindles/page2.htm">BURY [LANCASHIRE].</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the.hindles/page3.htm">HERALDIC COAT-OF-ARMS.</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the.hindles/page4.htm">HISTORY OF BURY.</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the.hindles/page5.htm">BURY CASTLE.</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the.hindles/page6.htm">THE OLD TOWN</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the.hindles/page7.htm">THE MARKET CROSS.</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the.hindles/page8.htm">THE COURT HOUSE.</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the.hindles/page9.htm">CIVIL WAR.</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the.hindles/page9a.htm">CHURCH LAND</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the.hindles/page9b.htm">MERCHANTS</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the.hindles/page10.htm">CHANGES IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the.hindles/page11.htm">THE IMPROVEMENT COMMISSIONERS.</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the.hindles/page12.htm">CO-OPERATION.</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the.hindles/page13.htm">LATER WORKS OF THE IMPROVEMENT COMMISSIONERS.</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the.hindles/page14.htm">THE TOWN CREATED A MUNICIPALITY.</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the.hindles/page15.htm">COPY OF CHARTER.</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the.hindles/page16.htm">MUNICIPAL WORK.</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the.hindles/page17.htm">MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the.hindles/page18.htm">CLEANSING COMMITTEE.</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the.hindles/page19.htm">HEALTH COMMITTEE.</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the.hindles/page20.htm">SEWERING, PAVING AND STREETS COMMITTEE.</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the.hindles/page21.htm">SEWAGE COMMITTEE.</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the.hindles/page22.htm">FINANCE COMMITTEE.</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the.hindles/page23.htm">WATCH COMMITTEE.</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the.hindles/page24.htm">JOINT WATER BOARD.</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the.hindles/page25.htm">JOINT HOSPITAL BOARD.</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the.hindles/page26.htm">MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT contd.</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the.hindles/page27.htm">MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the.hindles/page28.htm">THE ART GALLERY AND LIBRARY</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the.hindles/page29.htm">CORPORATION INSIGNIA</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the.hindles/page30.htm">PLAYING FIELDS.</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the.hindles/page31.htm">MILITARY NOTES.</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the.hindles/page32.htm">THE GREAT WAR, 1914-18.</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the.hindles/page33.htm">EDUCATION.</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the.hindles/page34.htm">RETROSPECT.</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the.hindles/page35.htm">BURY AND ITS GROWTH AS AN INDUSTRIAL TOWN.</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the.hindles/page36.htm">MAYORS OF THE BOROUGH, 1876-1926</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the.hindles/page37.htm">HONORARY FREEMEN OF THE BOROUGH.</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the.hindles/page38.htm">HIGH SHERIFFS OF LANCASHIRE.</td></tr> </table> <br> <table bgcolor="white" ><tr> <td> <font color="white"> Keywords: Bury, Lancashire, Borough, history, cotton, industry, industrial revolution, Incorporation, County Borough, Bury, history, town, Municipality, Souvenir, local government, public buildings, Corporation, MAYOR,BURY, LANCASHIRE, County, Irwell, UK, England, Britain, Manchester, Greater Manchester, photos, 1926 Freemen, High Sheriffs, Sheriff, Freeman foreword bury lancashire heraldic coat-of-arms history of bury bury castle the old town the market cross the court house civil war church land merchants changes in local government the improvement commissioners 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