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Tony is an accomplished local historian. He holds a B.A.
in History (Manchester, 1991) and an M.A. in Local History (Keele, 1994). He is
the author of many articles on various aspects of Cheshire Historyand is a
regular contributor to Cheshire History and is editor and writer of the Winsford
Record. He is a regular speaker/lecturer to local history and similar societies
and is a part-time lecturer in the subject with the Mid-Cheshire College, Sir
John Deane's College, and has taught with Liverpool University's Centre for
Continuing Education and the Workers' Education Association. His latest book is
Owners, Occupiers & Others: Seventeenth Century Northwich, published by
Leonie
Press.
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As well as being a member
of a number of academic societies in the region, he held the chair of the Cheshire
Local History Association for three years, was then Secretary and is now
(2007/8) in the last
year of a
further three years as chairman. He is also an active committee member of the Winsford Local
History Society, of which he was chair-person for many years. Having retired
from a professional life in public service, Tony now employs himself as a
full-time local historian.
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This site will contain:
| information about the village, the
origin of its name, its history and the hall; |
| the history of the medieval family; |
| the main branches of the family; |
| heraldry. |
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