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 have taken place in the sanatorium, kitchens, laundries, etc. The old school has been arranged and fitted up as a lecture-room and laboratory. The new chapel is a handsome edifice, containing stained glass windows and a richly decorated chancel; it is dedicated to the Holy Trinity. It should be added that the original name,—The Northern Church of England School,—has been discontinued, and that of Rossall School, substituted, as a more comprehensive title for a great public school.

HEAD MASTERS OF ROSSALL SCHOOL.

+-+ Date of   |                          |      Cause of vacancy. Appointment.|                              | +-+   1844    | Rev. John Woolley, D.C.L.     | 1849   | Rev. William A. Osborne, M.A. | Resignation of John Woolley. 1869   | Rev. Robert Henniker, M.A.    |     "       "  W. A. Osborne. 1875   | Rev. Herbert A. James, B.D.   |     "       "  R. Henniker. +-+

A preparatory school in connection with this college was successfully established during the reign of Mr. Osborne, about one mile distant along the shore, in a southerly direction, to which pupils are admitted at seven years of age, but not younger, and subsequently drafted into the higher institution.

POPULATION OF THORNTON TOWNSHIP, EXCLUSIVE OF FLEETWOOD.

1801. 1811.  1821.  1831.  1841.  1851.  1861.  1871. 617     739    875    842   1,014  1,013  1,023   934

, anciently written Carlentun, is named in the Domesday Book as comprising four carucates of land; and in the Black Book of the Exchequer, it is stated that during the reign of Henry II., 1154-89, Gilbert Fitz Reinfred held four carucates in Carlinton and another place. In 1254 the manor of Carleton in Lancashire belonged to Emma de St. John, and at that date there appears to have been some litigation concerning her right of proprietorship, but how settled we have no means of discovering. In the Testa de Nevill it is recorded that Roger Gernet had the 24th part, and Robert de Stokeport the 48th, of a knights' fee in Little Carleton of William de Lancaster's fee.

The earliest allusion to the local territorial family occurs in 1221, when Michael de Carleton, as before stated under "Thornton,"