| Description | Belonging to the Right Honourable Mary Countess of Stamford.
Includes an index pasted to the inside front cover. Inserted index pages. Arranged by area: Ashton Town, Audenshaw, Alt, Alt Edge, Alt Hill, Crossbank, Hartshead, Hazlehurst, Hurst, Knott Lanes, Littlemoss, Luzley, Mossley, Ridgehill and Lanes, Smallshaw, Souracre, Waterhouses, Woodhouses, Woodpark, Demesne. Lists name of tenant, number on plan, field name, plot or property description, area in statute acres and Lancashire acres. |
| AdminHistory | Mary Booth, only child of George Booth 2nd earl of Warrington, married Harry Grey, 4th earl of Stamford, in May 1736. Mary was George Booth's sole heir. As such, Mary held a considerable amount of land, and the marriage meant that towards the end of his lifetime, the 4th Earl of Stamford was among England's top 400 landowners. George Booth died in 1758, having left the Dunham estate in trust to his daughter and the remainder to her male heirs. The 4th earl died in 1768 and was succeeded by his son, George Harry Grey, 5th Earl of Stamford and Warrington. Mary died in 1772. See Chapter 15 - Return to the Shires in "The Greys: A long and noble line" by Anthony Squires, published 2002 (local studies shelf mark L922). |
