A History of Lancashire by Henry Fishwick

A History of Lancashire by Henry Fishwick

Author:Henry Fishwick
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2015-07-04T16:00:00+00:00


About 150 varieties of these Lancashire tokens were issued before the close of the seventeenth century,168 some of which indicate the trade followed by the issuer, and thus furnish some clue to the spread of certain industries within the county. A study of them gives the following results:

SEVENTEENTH–CENTURY TOKENS.

Town. Number

issued. Trade indicated.

Ashton–under–Lyne 4 1 mercer, 1 tallow–chandler, 2 unclassed.

Blackburn 6 4 mercers, 2 apothecaries.

Bolton 5 2 dealers in tobacco, 3 unclassed.



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