1750 |
Exact date
uncertain - Hall of Habergham sold to Mr Holt of
Goodshaw Fold. He left it to William Preston and
was succeeded by his son who took the name Thomas
Preston Holt.(vol 6) |
1755 |
1757 |
Warrington Academy
for Protestant nonconformists founded. John Holt was a
tutor at one time(vol 3). Also noted in the dictionary
of National Biography John Holt 1743-1801 author, lived
near Liverpool, made the agricultural survey of
Lancashire in 1790s etc. He had no children. |
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1763 |
As mentioned in
the Lancashire wills at Chester, Thomas Holt of Blackwater
in Rochdale was a Felt hat maker |
1770 |
Dorothea Holt
founded free school for 6 poor girls and continued mother`s
charity - capital had reached £80 (p201) |
1788 |
Holt charity founded
(p232). |
1798 |
Edward Holt was
one of the principal landowners in Shevington and
Standish ref. Land tax returns at Preston (vol 6) |
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