A financial schedule listing salaries and positions of military and administrative officers stationed across the Isle of Man's five principal fortifications (Rushen, Peel, Douglas, Ramsey, Derby) immediately prior to the 1765 Revestment. Provides evidence of the manpower and cost structure of governance under the Duke of Atholl's rule.
A financial schedule listing military and administrative salaries and posts across Isle of Man's fortified garrisons (Rushen, Peele, Douglas, Ramsey, Derby) immediately prior to the 1765 Revestment. Shows the structure and cost of the Atholl administration's military establishment, totalling £305 5s. Relevant to understanding the institutional framework inherited by Parliament.
Lathom is a locality in Lancashire, England, site of Lathom House, a seat of the Stanley family. The Siege of Lathom House in 1644, during which Charlotte de la Tremouille, Countess of Derby, defended the stronghold against Parliamentary forces, is a celebrated episode in Stanley family history with direct connections to the contemporaneous events on the Isle of Man.
A compiled historical account of Lathom House and Knowsley, the principal estates of the Stanley family. Covers the architectural history of Lathom House (destroyed in the Civil War and rebuilt 1724), the genealogy of the Stanley family from the 12th century, the legendary Eagle and Child crest, and biographical sketches of notable Earls of Derby including the 14th Earl (Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley), a prominent Victorian statesman. Includes detailed accounts of the 1644 siege of Lathom House by Parliamentary forces under Sir Thomas Fairfax and the heroic defence by Charlotte de la Tremouille, Countess of Derby.
This 19th century Wesleyan Methodist Chapel is shown on the 1869 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map. It appears to have been converted into a dwelling by the early 21st century.
Prehistoric flint scatter.
A single worked prehistoric flint was recovered from Knocksharry by CH Cowley, from 'Laurel Bank Lane'.
The description is too vague to locate precisely, and so grid reference relates to the mid-point of the lane for indicative purposes only.
The antiquary Charles Harry Cowley was an avid collector of worked flint and coarse stone artefacts revealed by agricultural activity, mainly on farms located around Peel, and occasionally from further afield. He was active from 1900 until 1943. His entire collection of artefacts, together with a daybook cataloguing his discoveries, was later donated to Manx National Heritage.
18 names listed under title of 'Members of the Bar' or 'Students-at-Law'; First World War. Varnished oak wood board. Names in gold lettering, gilded by Mr J. Christian of Holmes & Christian.
Memorial originally unveiled at The Law Society, 20 Athol Street, Douglas. It was moved to its current location of 27, Hope Street, Douglas, when this became the new Law Society headquarters.
Modern gun battery.
A volunteer gun battery corps was established for Laxey in 1864.
The battery, which was completed in 1865, was located in a small rectangular enclosure measuring 18 by 15m. The Ordnance Survey First Edition mapping of 1867 marks the enclosure (OS Plot no. 2029) on the foreshore near the south end of the beach. Access would have been through a gateway in the easterly corner and by unmade track across the top of the beach leading back towards the village. The site was marked by a flagstaff, also recorded by the OS ('F.S.').
The Laxey corps had been disbanded by 1872. No obvious remains of the battery survive and the site is now an open public area under lawn.
The site of a post-medieval chapel in Laxey. It is shown as a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on the 1869 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map and has an A.D. 1850 datestone on its façade.
The site of a 19th century bleach field. Dr L.S. Garrad notes that early photographs show linen bleaching on the floor of the glen near St Georges mill, before the electric railway was built through the area.
The site of a post medieval weir. The Ordnance Survey First edition mapping of 1869 shows a weir at this location. The weir pooled water in the Laxey River, allowing it to be led off along a 300m race to a mill which began life in textile use (spinning) before being converted for paper-making and ultimately extended and converted into a power station serving the Manx Electric Railway. It is now used as a workshop.
The site of a modern watermill. The Ordnance Survey First edition mapping of 1869 shows a mill race and an unmarked industrial complex at this location. The building began life as a water-powered spinning mill in the 18th century, but was converted for use as a paper mill in the 1820s, operated by a syndicate led by a Manx-based businessman named Lewthwaite, with partners including William Walker, a paper wholesaler and retailer based in Liverpool.
A succession of proprietors operated and extended the mill through the 19th century until it was converted for use as a power station serving the Manx Electric Railway. It now serves as a workshop. The complex was served by water drawn from a weir 300 metres upstream along a mill race. A short 30 metre tail race returned water to the river immediately downstream
